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Why May can’t have it all: the ECJ and the Brexit rules of (dis-)engagement
Theresa May was adamant that the UK would not accept the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice after Brexit. But as reality has sunk in, that red line has begun to blur. LSE Fellow Anna...
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A Brexit summer reading guide
Have you been struggling to keep up with all the new books on Brexit? Were you secretly planning to spend your summer holiday catching up on some of them? OK – perhaps not. But if you were, Tim Oliver...
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Which British regions will suffer most – and least – from Brexit?
Britain’s richer cities, particularly those in the south of England, will be hit hardest by Brexit, according to a study by the LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance (working with the Centre for Cities...
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LSE Continental Breakfast 4: Britain’s future trade relationships
In the fourth of LSE’s Continental Breakfasts – held under Chatham House rules, so participants can speak as freely as they wish – a roundtable discussed the future of Britain’s trade outside the...
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Book Review: Guilty Men (Brexit Edition) by Cato the Younger
Brexit is as big and dangerous a mistake as that of appeasement in the 1930s. So argues Cato the Younger in his book Guilty Men: Brexit Edition, reviewed here by Tim Oliver. Taking up the pen of his...
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Are the British economy’s prospects faltering?
All of a sudden Britain has become the slowest growing of the major western economies, and there are increasing concerns about its medium-term outlook. Iain Begg (LSE European Institute) writes that...
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The British are indifferent about many aspects of Brexit, but Leave and...
While the public have voted to leave the EU, it is less clear what that means in terms of policies around key aspects of EU membership. Sara Hobolt and Thomas Leeper (LSE) examined public opinion on...
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UK government’s customs position paper fails to answer key questions
The UK government’s new position paper on future customs arrangements sets out its objectives for how goods trade with the EU will be governed following Brexit. However, as Thomas Sampson from the...
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The Economists for Brexit predictions are inconsistent with the basic facts...
There is a degree of consensus among economists that a Brexit will make us worse off. The exception is recent work by Economists for Brexit. Their forecast of income gains from Brexit contrasts with...
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Low-carbon services can enhance UK’s post-Brexit economy
The future of the UK’s trade with the EU and beyond is currently uncertain. What is certain is that the UK will need to secure trade deals to guarantee its future prosperity post-Brexit. But what...
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Post-Brexit diplomacy: Can the UK hope to exert leverage at the UN without...
When it comes to international diplomacy, the UK has benefited considerably from being part of the EU. But can it maintain its influence at the UN without EU membership? Megan Dee and Karen E Smith...
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Bureaucracy may be the solution, rather than the problem, for issues of...
The European Union is often criticised from the perspective that it has created a layer of bureaucracy or ‘red tape’ which has a damaging effect on European governance. Martin Lodge and Kai Wegrich...
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I’m not British – why should I care about Brexit?
Marta Lorimer, from the LSE European Institute, explains why non-Brits should care about Brexit. She argues that for millennial Europeans, the Generation Brexit platform, now available in French,...
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Warning: the cost of Brexit could seriously damage your health service
Leaving the EU would free up more money for the NHS, according to Leave campaigners. This pledge has been all but disowned – and in any case, writes Joan Costa Font, Brexit will impose further costs on...
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Book Review: The European Union in Crisis
Tim Oliver (LSE Ideas) reviews The European Union in Crisis. He writes that this latest contribution dealing with the multi-dimensional nature of EU’s crisis offers a solid starting point to...
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It’s time students take to the barricades over Brexit
The eve of the new academic year is a key moment for students across the higher and further education sectors to take a more active role in the Brexit debate. As things stand right now, future cohorts...
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It’s all relatives: the trouble with post-Brexit family reunification plans
Who is a family member? This question is at the heart of the ambiguities surrounding the UK’s offer to EU citizens post-Brexit, writes Katya Ivanova (LSE). The proposal seeks to align the rules...
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For many individuals, the prospect of Brexit has caused genuine suffering
The experience of Brexit appears to be one of real individual anxiety and pain set against a prospective, and increasingly unlikely, collective gain. Henry Radice, from the Department of International...
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Was that it? May’s speech suggests she is the prisoner of her Cabinet
Theresa May has delivered her long-awaited speech about Brexit in Florence. Was that it, asks Kevin Featherstone (LSE European Institute)? May’s speech reveals just how constrained she is by her...
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Disappointment all round: experts respond to the Florence speech
Prime Minister Theresa May has delivered her long-heralded Brexit speech in Florence. Thomas J Leeper (LSE), Tim Oliver (LSE/EUI), Holger Schmieding (Berenberg), Katy Hayward (Queen’s University...
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