The UK will suffer no matter what
If Brexit had been cancelled a year ago after a genuine change of heart, the economic damage would have been
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EU
Last chance to leave: The Brexit exodus
Although the UK still seems to be in denial about the risk of crashing out of the EU without a
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Independence movements and Realpolitik
The current independence projects don’t seem to be going too well: The Kurds are losing huge areas to the Iraqi
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The infuriating – but necessary – European Union
The EU is not like the US, where the President and the federal administration are extremely powerful. The European Commission
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The leaked paper: What will Scotland do?
The Home Office’s leaked paper on EU citizens was sadly rather predictable. They clearly want to deal with EU citizens
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The road to EU membership
How do countries join the EU? I’ve noticed a lot of confusion about this. In particular, there seems to be
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Entering the Brexit endgame
Rational people (including most Remainers) have been assuming that the UK and the EU of course would negotiate a reasonable
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