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No deal is still on the table: Simon Hix on Brexit in 2020
LSE Brexit asked some of our academics to predict what kind of Brexit we can expect in 2020. Simon Hix says that while a no-deal Brexit is still entirely possible, Boris Johnson may want to protect...
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LSE Thinks: What kind of Brexit can we expect in 2020?
LSE Brexit asked some of our academics to predict what kind of Brexit we can expect in 2020. ‘Its direction will be constantly changing’: Brexit in 2020. Photo: _eWalter_ via a CC-BY-NC 2.0 licence...
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More fragmentation and division? What 2020 will be like for Higher Education
What will the year 2020 be like for Higher Education in the UK? Anne Corbett and Claire Gordon (LSE) predict more fragmentation and division. The higher education sector had been expecting 2020 to be a...
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‘Experience has taught Johnson that the penalty for breaking promises is...
LSE Brexit asked some of our academics to predict what kind of Brexit we can expect in 2020. Dimitri Zenghelis (LSE) says we should expect plenty of brinkmanship and subsequent climbdowns from a PM who...
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OK, Generation Z – this is how Brexit will affect you
Just before Christmas, Nicholas Barr (LSE) was asked by a 16-year old what he thought about Brexit and how it would affect members of Generation Z personally. In this letter, he explains why he...
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“Global Britain” in a cold climate: Michael Cox and Tim Oliver on Brexit in 2020
LSE Brexit asked some of our academics to predict what kind of Brexit we can expect in 2020. Michael Cox and Tim Oliver compare the UK to a ship being tossed around on a stormy and cold ocean looking...
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Is electoral reconciliation in sight?
Labour and Tory voters are “disgusted” by one another, according to latest ‘Hostility Barometer’, writes Sarah Harrison (LSE). The latest survey from the Electoral Psychology Observatory at the LSE and...
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It’s still the money, stupid: Britain continues to pay into the EU budget
Although Britain leaves the EU at the end of January 2020, it will continue paying into the EU budget until the end of the implementation period. Iain Begg (LSE) says that although the issue has faded...
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Will British universities end up as Johnson’s bargaining chips?
With the legal formalities for Britain’s exit from the EU now complete, the university world of the UK and the EU is looking to Phase 2. After three and a half years of regret and frustration, they...
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After Brexit comes the battle for the soul of British democracy
Opponents of Brexit cannot afford to lick their wounds for long. The UK now enters a contest for the soul of its democracy. It must now be reconstituted. Such a renewal might one day presage the UK’s...
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How should financial governance disputes be resolved after Brexit?
Financial governance is complex and dynamic, and disputes between the UK and EU will inevitably emerge. How should they be resolved? Elizabeth Howell (LSE) sets out three possible models. In the field...
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Britain needs friends in the post-Brexit era. Alienating EU allies would be...
Amid the posturing about trade, the fact that Britain no longer has a voice in the EU has gone largely unremarked. N Piers Ludlow (LSE) warns that alienating European allies by talking tough risks...
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Is this a return to no deal? Probably not – but there will be losers
The EU’s General Affairs Council has agreed on the negotiating mandate for the next phase of Brexit. Although the key points were already well-known and have barely changed, British negotiators will...
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Defending liberalism is not enough
‘Democracy crisis’, ‘illiberalism’, ‘authoritarian regression’, ‘executive takeover’. The dark political mood in Europe has generated its own language in recent years. In the corridors of power, there...
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Long read | Who are you calling unskilled?
Why do we tend to label migrants who do manual, caring and service labour as unskilled? Because, Patrick McGovern (LSE) argues, labelling them in this way makes it easier to justify exclusion,...
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How LSE Brexit 2020 will change during the Covid-19 pandemic
Brexit has not gone away, but the world’s attention is on the Covid-19 pandemic. Kevin Featherstone, Tony Travers, Roch Dunin-Wąsowicz and Ros Taylor (LSE) explain how our coverage will change. The...
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3 April update: what happened in Brexit this week?
The Covid-19 pandemic is at the forefront of everyone’s minds, but although Brexit negotiations have been suspended there is no official signal that Britain plans to ask for an extension. Ros Taylor...
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Brexit has complicated and isolated Germany’s role in the EU
There is only one priority for Germany and the UK right now and that is dealing with COVID-19. The available estimates of the costs of shutdown in the form of lost value-added show that the coronavirus...
View ArticleEaster 2020: our must-read posts from the Lent Term
For the Easter break, we’ve compiled a list of our must-read posts from the Lent Term. Brexit is a policy fiasco. Were voters deceived during the referendum? WW2 has become a rallying point for...
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17 April update: We don’t want no extension
Lockdown and Easter combined to quell talk of Brexit – but not for long. With Michel Barnier back at work, post-Brexit negotiations are to resume next week. But can the transition talks really be...
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