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LSE Continental Breakfast 8: ‘follow’, ‘unfriend’ or ‘take a break’? Three...
‘Follow’, ‘unfriend’ or ‘take a break’? Reporting on LSE Continental Breakfast discussions held under Chatham House rules among Italian and British economists, policy-makers and the public in Rome in...
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Are discretionary referendums on the EU becoming ‘politically obligatory?’
Do governments call referendums on EU matters because contextual circumstances make them ‘politically obligatory’ or because ruling politicians believe they are the ‘appropriate’ decision-making...
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Taking back control? The impact of Brexit on the immigration of third country...
Natascha Zaun (LSE), reflects upon the situation for third-country nationals, especially asylum seekers, wishing to come to the UK whilst it is part of the EU. Focusing on policies such as the Dublin...
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Misguiding Britain: the EU’s Brexit mistakes are many
Britain has made numerous mistakes over Brexit, but the European Union’s record also needs to be analysed. In the first of a three-part series, Tim Oliver (EUI/LSE) looks at some of the things the EU...
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Continental Breakfast 9: Can Brexit only mean exit? European foreign policy...
The EU has recently ramped up its Common Security and Defence Policy. Will the UK be able to maintain similar partnerships with the EU after Brexit? Sean M Deel (LSE) reports on an LSE Continental...
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Using it, losing it: what has EU citizenship meant to young people in Britain?
British young people will shortly lose their EU citizenship. Since 2015 Sam Mejias and Shakuntala Banaji (LSE) have explored what this citizenship means to them and to what extent they are able to...
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Refusing to dance to a Brexit tune: how the EU has misinterpreted Britain’s...
Britain has made numerous mistakes over Brexit, but the European Union’s record also needs to be analysed. Tim Oliver (EUI/LSE) addresses some of the things the EU has been accused of getting wrong...
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Can the Eurozone be more democratic?
How the eurozone will be governed in the future is a matter of much debate and is expected to form a key part of the European Council meeting in June. Kevin Featherstone argues that the debate is...
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Britain continues to make a mess of Brexit, but the EU has mishandled it too
Britain continues to make a mess of Brexit, but the EU’s record also needs to be put under the spotlight. In this post, Tim Oliver (EUI/LSE) looks at what the EU has been accused of getting wrong in...
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Outside the Single Market, what kind of deal can Britain’s services sector...
Professional and business services account for more than a tenth of the UK economy. Leaving the single market means it will no longer enjoy the passporting rights that give the financial sector smooth...
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Book Review: Brexit and Beyond: Rethinking the Futures of Europe edited by...
In Brexit and Beyond: Rethinking the Futures of Europe, editors Benjamin Martill and Uta Staiger bring together contributors to consider the possible implications of Brexit for the futures of Europe...
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People’s vote: what would a serious Brexit referendum look like?
A number of things were wrong with the 2016 referendum, including the disenfranchisement of key stakeholders and the extent of misinformation by both sides. Given that referendums should be informed...
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Powerless to resist: Canute, Brexit and the tides of political pressure
Canute tried to hold back the waves; David Cameron tried to hold back the discontent within and outside his party. Neither succeeded. Will Jennings (University of Southampton) and Martin Lodge (LSE)...
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Clean break? Why the Sanitary and Phytosanitary framework matters
After Brexit, Britain wants to be able to diverge from the EU’s Sanitary and Phytosanitary frameworks so as to negotiate new trade deals. But to sell into the Single Market, the UK will have to...
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Keeping zero tariffs is good economics, but the EU’s political interest...
Tariffs are a key element in any trade deal negotiated between the EU and the UK. Ozlem Taytas Ozturk (LSE) explains why and writes that while a zero tariff arrangement is in the economic interests of...
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Europe’s Brexit: a successful outcome of negotiations for all?
In writing about his recently edited book, Europe’s Brexit: EU Perspectives on Britain’s Vote to Leave, Tim Oliver draws out several key themes about how the other 27 Member States and EU institutions...
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The Brexit vote was driven by the losers of globalisation, but that’s hardly...
On the second anniversary of the Brexit vote, there is hardly any further clarity on how a whole host of issues will be resolved. Some say we are in what Gramsci called “interregnum” – a period of...
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Mission impossible: calculating the economic costs of Brexit
Much of the 2016 referendum debate focused on the costs involved in a potential Brexit. The ‘fatalists’ claimed that the losses would be huge and felt immediately after the UK had taken the decision...
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“Read my lips”: no Brexit dividend
After all the debunking it has had, including the admission from prominent ‘leave’ supporters that it was phoney, the continuing hold on British public debate of the claim of £350 million per week for...
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Brexit is still a hot topic on Twitter, but public sentiments remain largely...
The Brexit debate is intense and continues to dominate the UK policy agenda. It concerns the entire population. Josh De Lyon, Elsa Leromain and Maria Molina-Domene (LSE) use Twitter data to...
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