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Long regarded as two versions of the same populist phenomenon, they’re now clearly two different stories — each with its own cautionary tale.
What follows is a basic guide to Brexit: what it is, how it turned into a political mess and how it may ultimately be resolved.
Brexit is having “profound and ongoing stifling effects” on goods trade between the United Kingdom and the European Union, according to a new report.
Officially, Brexit was done on January 31, 2020, when the UK formally left the European Union and entered the transition period, which is set to expire at the end of this year.
Recent survey data shows that much of the British public is ignorant or misinformed about basic facts relevant to the upcoming Brexit vote. This is just one important manifestation of the broader ...
How Brexit failed to take control – it made immigration rise ‘Getting Brexit done’ has led to record migration numbers. So, what now? asks Thom Brooks ...
Brexit has broken Britain, but there’s no stomach for another bloody battle in the trenches The challenges of Brexit will not go away for decades to come. So why, asks Sunder Katwala, are people ...
After Britain voted in 2016 to leave the European Union, many feared other countries would follow and the EU might collapse. But Brexit's chaotic example has helped strengthen the EU's standing.
Far from delivering on former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s promise of a “propserous, dynamic and contented” Britain, Brexit has hobbled the UK economy.
Brexit Backlash: Brits Now Regret Their Populist Revolt As the U.K. heads to the polls next week, a majority thinks that leaving the EU was a mistake and has delivered few benefits—and new problems.
A cliché—“Expect the Unexpected”—has happened. As I noted in “The Divisive Brexit Vote”, though I favoured Brexit, I took the opinion polls at face value, and expected that Britain as ...
Brexit has left the UK economy 5.5% smaller than it would have been and added to the squeeze on public services that’s behind strikes crippling the railways and National Health Service, a ...