EU analysis, cross-posted to Blogactiv
The superficial difference between a Hard Brexit and a Soft Brexit is political control – taking back control, to coin a phrase. A Soft Brexit leaves the UK having to abide by the rules of the Single Market or the Customs Union or both but, as a non-EU Member State, […]
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Brexit, EU Politics, Hard Brexit, Mansion House Speech, Switzerland, Theresa May |
As anyone who has ever read this blog, or follows me on Twitter, knows, I am no fan of Theresa May or her government’s position on Brexit. So it was then not without a little surprise that I did not find myself shouting at the screen while listening to the […]
The post We now know where May wants to go with Brexit. We still do not know how to even begin to get there. Or if the road to Brexit is remotely worthwhile. appeared first on Jon Worth Euroblog.
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Theresa May is due to give a big Brexit speech this coming Friday 22nd September in Florence. With Boris Johnson having jumped the gun and penned his own Brexit vision a couple of days ago (fisked by me here), and with frustration on the EU side growing about the slow […]
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Boris Johnson, Brexit, EU Politics, Florence Speech, Hard Brexit, Theresa May |
05/01/2017
Sod all this cheery coming together lark. I admire Ian Dunt for trying it, but ultimately I do not think it is going to work, not least – as Richard Elwes elegantly points out – so many Remain people rightly feel what happened prior to the referendum was a swindle. Brexit is ultimately taking your […]
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Article 50, Brexit, EU Politics, Political crisis, Theresa May |
20/12/2016
Various varieties of Brexit crop up in the British media, but it has all started to get a bit unmanageable. So here, as a sort of summary, are twenty varieties of Brexit! Soft Brexit One of the two original varieties of Brexit, Soft Brexit means the UK would leave the EU but retain the closest economic […]
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The amusing film of Theresa May at last week’s European Council looking rather confused and isolated drew the predictable reactions – Brexiteers saw it as the EU bullying the UK, while Remain people saw it as a symbol of Britain’s choice to isolate itself. For me the thing that was really remarkable was that Theresa […]
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Brexit, EU Politics, European Council, Simon Hix, Simon Usherwood, Soft Brexit, Theresa May |
My first reaction to the Trump-Farage pictures last night was to be repulsed, not least because the group picture also shows Arron Banks and Raheem Kassam there with him – a nastier threesome in British politics would be harder to find. My second reaction was to think the opulent background, and the smug grins, might …
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Brexit, Donald Trump, EU Politics, Nigel Farage, Theresa May, UK EU Referendum |
12/09/2016
I’ve recently been pondering what happens next in Britain’s attempt to Brexit. The summer, when Theresa May looked like she had most things in hand, is now very much behind us. But at the time of writing we are still no clearer what sort of Brexit the UK government wants, nor when (or if?) it …
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Brexit, EU Politics, European Council, Featured, Theresa May, UK EU Referendum |
When, in a couple of years, we look back at the car crash that was the Brexit referendum and its aftermath, 4th September 2016 ought to stand out as the day when the post-referendum problems really started. Theresa May, we better not forget, had a relatively calm summer. The Tories enjoyed a bounce in the …
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Article 50, Brexit, EU Politics, Japan, Theresa May, UK EU Referendum |
This is a sequel to the post “12 ways to make it look like Brexit has happened“ So my tongue in cheek post about ways to make it look like Brexit has happened turned out to be a huge success. Newspapers Tabloids have even repeated some of the ideas! But they, and the collective brain …
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Brexit, EU Politics, Featured, Opportunities, Parmo, Theresa May, UK EU Referendum |
Idealistic European with a British passport. Member of the Grüne in Germany. Campaigner, consultant, blogger. Writes about EU, DE, UK and tech. Train traveller.
