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Why the doctrine of necessity can’t apply for the Northern Ireland Protocol
This week’s second reading of the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill moves the UK one step closer to a significant aggravation of the relationship with the EU. With no Tories voting against the Bill – partly because it was presented as … Continue reading
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Tagged Necessity, Northern Ireland Protocol, Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
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Making the Northern Ireland Protocol work
The title of this post feels insanely optimistic, given the events of the past weeks, but if we don’t try then we certainly won’t succeed. Last month I submitted some evidence to the Follow-up inquiry on the impact of the … Continue reading
Challenging implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol
Since we’re back in a hotter phase of the NIP rhetoric cycle, it’s useful to revisit various points. None of it’s new and I’ve shared all the content below with you before, but apparently that’s not got through to everyone. … Continue reading
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Tagged negotiations, Northern Ireland Protocol, Withdrawal Agreement
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WA/TCA meeting tracker: April 2022
A short post this week, to update the trackers for meetings of the assorted committees of the EU-UK’s Withdrawal Agreement and Trade & Cooperation Agreement. As you can see, things have been quiet so far this year. WA activity has … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, Trade & Cooperation Agreement, Withdrawal Agreement
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Ukrainian accession to the EU: run now, walk later?
The question of whether and how Ukraine joins the EU ranks relatively low on the list of priority topics right now, for reasons that are both too obvious and too horrific to discuss right now. However, it is still a … Continue reading
The old rules don’t apply any more
The non-invitation of Boris Johnson at last week’s European Council on Ukraine came after a period of improved EU-UK relations, driven strongly by the Russian invasion. However, that close cooperation – highlighted by Liz Truss’ appearance at a Foreign Affairs … Continue reading
The EU needs more than an external unifier
This post originally appeared on Encompass. When trying to explain why European integration took off after the end of the Second World War, academics typically point towards some combination of factors. As well as the peace project in the wake … Continue reading
Did Brexit change anything?
This week I went to a conference on ‘British politics after Brexit‘. We didn’t talk about Brexit very much, among the swirl of partygate, shifting opinion polls and questions over the viability of the Union. Which prompts a question about … Continue reading
Building a Parliamentary post-Brexit relationship
After much delay, the membership of the Trade & Cooperation Agreement’s (TCA) Parliamentary Partnership Assembly (PPA) was finally settled in late January. The Assembly is an advisory body to the TCA’s main Partnership Committee, “a forum to exchange view on … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, Parliamentary Partnership Assembly, Trade & Cooperation Agreement, UK
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