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Walking, running and the emergent UK ‘dialogue’
A lot of the media interest in matters European in recent weeks has focused on Andy Burnham’s project for a dialogue on future UK-EU relations. Thanks understandable as it not only raises some very big questions (possibly bigger than Burnham … Continue reading
Andy Burnham and the Gnomes
A short one this week, partly because I can’t manage my time well and partly because there’s not much to say, even with all the UK government briefing about the fabulous deals coming later this month (that means you, travelling … Continue reading
Obligations and understandings: the UK and the Euro UPDATED
UPDATED 29/10/26 to properly reflect Denmark’s opt-out (hat-tip David Phinnemore) As part of the incipient debate on the UK’s future relations with the EU, Andy Burnham has been out and about this week, trying to balance not pre-judging the outcome … Continue reading
How long does it take to join the EU? Why the UK in 2026 isn’t Finland in 1992
This post originally appeared on the UK in a Changing Europe website. Andy Burnham’s announcement last month that he wanted to start a dialogue about the UK’s future relationship with the European Union has prompted a wave of contributions … Continue reading
A dialogue on Europe, but with whom?
We are a few weeks past Andy Burnham’s speech about wanting to re-open the question of the UK’s long-term relationship with the EU. Since then, there has been a fair amount of (sometimes hyperventilated) comment and discussion about what this … Continue reading
Party conferences and the EU
A short post this week, partly because I’ve got other things on, more because my cunning plan to summarise where parties are on ‘Europe’ came a bit unstuck. Either they’ve kept quiet on the matter or they’ve offered much talk. … Continue reading
“And there are different options”
Well, it feels like I picked a good time to start trying to blog more. Andy Burnham’s speech to the Labour party conference has fired the gun on something that felt pretty unlikely just a few weeks ago: a debate … Continue reading
Today in motivated reasoning news
It’s party conference time, so everyone’s pushing their ideas into the public domain, hoping they will get picked up by the faithful (and the media) just at the point that policy might get changed. The IPPR have a useful report … Continue reading
Will this do?
I’ve been spending the week at the UACES conference in Prague, talking about lots of things to do with European Studies. However, one the things that didn’t come up very much was UK-EU relations. It’s almost as if most people … Continue reading
Not even a new ‘reset’: The minimalist Burnham agenda on the EU?
The arrival of the seventh Prime Minister in Number 10 since the 2016 referendum is an opportunity to try once again to get to grips with British European policy. In practice, this is not a problem of wrestling Lots of … Continue reading