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Investment banks are already leaving London. Other jobs will follow
The Brexit exodus is already happening. Investment banks have announced plans to relocate jobs from London to Frankfurt and Dublin, and Warsaw is also likely to benefit. With 8% of the UK’s GDP coming...
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What if the UK were to break up? A closer look at an English foreign policy
If the UK were to break up then how might a post-UK England relate to the rest of the British Isles, Europe, and the wider world? Will the end of the UK produce a reduced and angry ‘Little England’ or...
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If May fights on, a hard Brexit is inevitable. Only Boris Johnson might avert it
If Theresa May manages to carry on as Prime Minister, her precarious position within the Conservative Party and in Parliament will leave her a weaker negotiator. Kevin Featherstone argues that if she...
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Breaking up families is easy to do: family reunification post-Brexit
Will EU citizens living in the UK be able to keep the rights they have enjoyed up to now? Or will the UK’s unusually harsh family reunification laws apply to them? Katya Ivanova (left) and Georgiana...
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Hopes of a softer Brexit are probably in vain – though I’d love to be proved...
Are we heading for a softer Brexit after the Conservatives’ electoral setback? Piers Ludlow doubts it. There is little to suggest voters were warning Theresa May off a hard Brexit. The Cabinet...
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The net migration target is one of the strangest political fetishes in recent...
The net migration target is one of the strangest political fetishes of modern political history, writes Jonathan Wadsworth. He argues that it is far from obvious why any government would seek to target...
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Parliament has a strong and clear mandate for Brexit, Remainers and EU...
The recent general election gave the UK Parliament a strong and clear popular mandate for delivering Brexit. Annette Bongardt and Francisco Torres emphasise that with more than 85 per cent of the vote...
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Introducing the Generation Brexit project – a chance for millennials to shape...
Young people don’t vote – or that was the conventional wisdom. However, polling data from the 2017 UK General Election suggest an unprecedented youth turnout, especially when compared with the Brexit...
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Brexit will disrupt financial markets – but systemic risk is unlikely
Brexit will probably cause disruption in markets, but systemic risk is unlikely. This is because we’re likely to see increased financial fragmentation and caution in the face of uncertainty, write Jon...
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The Brexit vote and General Election were both about austerity and inequality
The unexpected result of the general election is just another case of voters punishing governments for their handling of the economy, writes Jonathan Hopkin. He argues citizens have had enough of an...
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LSE Continental Breakfast 3: Whitehall feels the strain
In the third of LSE’s Continental Breakfasts – held under Chatham House rules, so participants can speak as freely as they wish – a roundtable discussed the immense challenges facing Whitehall as it...
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Calling all millennials: share your ideas and help to shape Brexit
Generation Brexit is a crowdsourced project aimed at inspiring millennials in Britain and the EU to help shape Brexit negotiations and the future of UK-EU relations. As Michael Cottakis and Roch...
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Significant concessions to the UK in any Brexit deal are increasingly unlikely
Britain’s negotiations to leave the European Union formally began on 19 June, but it is still unclear what impact the unexpected result of the UK’s general election will have on the process. Julian M...
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Brexit is a fascinating case study for the next generation of students and...
Brexit is both a boon and a bane to the teaching and study of British and European politics. For Dr Tim Oliver of LSE and Alex Boyle, a politics student at the University of Liverpool, there are five...
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A U-turn on a hard Brexit should not be entirely disregarded
Britain’s recent General Election and its unanticipated outcome marks the latest chapter in the political turbulence that has characterised the last twelve months since the EU referendum. Tim Oliver...
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Divorce doesn’t have to be bloody difficult
Framing Brexit as overwhelmingly negative prevents productive dialogue. Jennifer Jackson-Preece who has recently introduced the Generation Brexit project on the blog, which gives voice to the...
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Post-Brexit work visa quotas on EU nationals are likely to favour graduates
Businesses that rely on low-skilled EU labour may face hiring difficulties, writes Jonathan Wadsworth. He argues that post-Brexit work visa quotas on EU nationals will probably favour graduates. Had...
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Euroscepticism has taken hold across the EU – but it has many different roots
Euroscepticism – defined as outright or defined opposition to the European project – is becoming a mainstream, contested phenomenon, writes Simona Guerra. The EU has been challenged by the Greek...
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Desire for change and rejection of a ‘hard Brexit’ motivated young people in...
A new survey of voters in the recent UK general election has revealed that young voters – those between the ages of 18 and 24 years old – were significantly more motivated by a desire for change, a...
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When unpaid childcare isn’t ‘work’: EU residency rights have gendered...
All EU migrants are not equal when it comes to residency rights, writes Isabel Shutes, Assistant Professor of Social Policy at the LSE. The unpaid labour of women with young children, who take time...
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