One Year After Referendum, Brexit Questions Remain Unanswered
The deadline for a deal is March 2019, but companies and people need clarity sooner.
Brexit
Conservatives Have Neglected Their Responsibility to the Union
From the Brexit referendum to the deal with DUP, Conservatives have put party over country.
Hammond Pours Cold Water on Hopes of Soft Brexit
The chancellor rules out membership of the European single market, condemning Britain to a “hard” Brexit.
Defeat Makes It Harder for May to Navigate Brexit Demands
Both pragmatists, who want a “soft” Brexit, and hardliners now hold more sway over the prime minister.
What Britain’s General Election Result Means
The Conservatives will probably stay in power. Scottish independence has become less likely.
Brexit Is an Opportunity to Take Back Control — For Spain
With Britain on the way out, why should other EU countries push back against Spanish irredentism?
Victory for Brexit Fundamentalists as May Invokes Article 50
Britain is leaving the EU without much hope of remaining in the single market.
Brexiteers Keep Lowering Expectations
From no interruption of trade to a “not apocalyptic” change, the United Kingdom has come a long way.
“Hard” Brexit Dilemma for Scottish Nationalists
Should they push for a second referendum now or wait for the economy to get worse?
Brexiteers Demand Subjugation of Institutions to Will of “The People”
Anybody who stands in the way of making Britain’s exit from the European Union a “success” must be a traitor to the cause.
Brexit Imperils May’s Compassionate Conservatism
The cost of Brexit will not leave much extra for those who are “just about managing”.
There Are Basically Three Ways Brexit Can Go
So long as neither Britain nor the EU is willing to compromise, a “hard” exit is the likely outcome.
“Flexible” Brexit Is Not a Realistic Solution for Scotland
Scotland must choose which of its borders to keep open: those with England or with the rest of Europe.
Spain Unwilling to Keep Gibraltar in EU Single Market
Mariano Rajoy says Spain would block a special Brexit deal for the peninsula.
Britain to Keep EU Laws (For Now), May Announces
Theresa May is unable to deliver on the Brexit campaign’s promise of deregulation.