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The boundless mystery of Assimilated EU Law?
This piece was originally published on the UK in a Changing Europe site. It’s something of a truism to say that Brexit is a process, not an event, but nowhere is this more evident than in the UK’s continuing difficulties … Continue reading
New year, same old UK-EU relations?
I notice it’s been some six months since my last post here, which reflects on both the new pace of UK-EU relations and the lack of anything useful to add to the debate. I did bestir myself to write about … Continue reading
Tracking the UK-EU reset
Following the EU-UK summit last month, I’ve finally got my ducks in a row on trying to track the substance of what follows. You’ll recall that apart from the Security & Defence Partnership, there was not a single definitive legal … Continue reading
We’re gonna need a bigger tracker…
One of the joys of listening to Radio 4 is that while having my regular daily walk yesterday I heard a lovely discussion about the 50th anniversary of Jaws, the film that created the summer blockbuster and gave us some … Continue reading
Circling the wagons
Not so much a post as a list of links for you this time, as I’ve been working up from a thread on BlueSky to a graphic to a podcast. The central theme here is how the UK-EU relationship is … Continue reading
Visions, strategies and plans: Deconstructing Labour’s EU policy
Maybe it’s some kind of Stockholm Syndrome, but since the Tories left office I have not felt the same urge to write about British European policy. Equally possibly, it might be because I feel a bit broken by another government … Continue reading
The sleeping dog of ‘Europe’: UK relations with the EU as a non-issue
This piece was originally posted as part of the UK Election Analysis project. Do visit for lots of other pieces on all aspects of the 2024 General Election. Given that the past decade of British politics has arguably been shaped … Continue reading
Europe in the 2024 manifestos
It’s a week until the General Election, so a good point to consider the European issue in the campaign so far. This will be a short post, mostly because very few parties want to talk about the EU, and those … Continue reading
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Article 2 of the Northern Ireland Protocol: More headaches in London
Back when the Withdrawal Agreement was first concluded, I did wonder about whether there was a need for an explainer for each of the provisions contained within it, one graphic at a time, so that everyone could be more on … Continue reading
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Tagged Article 2, Brexit, Human Rights, Northern Ireland Protocol
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