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Controlling big business in a post-Brexit world: Can the UK cope alone?

The Brexit vote has been called a victory against big business. But Kenneth Amaeshi says it was a missed opportunity to grasp responsible capitalism.

Northern Ireland and Brexit: Now is not the time for talk of Irish unity

Mary C. Murphy, University College Cork, urges caution in linking Northern Ireland support for remaining in the EU with growing support for a united Ireland.

In 1998, the Northern Ireland electorate voted in a historic referendum to support the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement. The Agreement was reached following multi-party talks and was an integral part of the Northern Ireland peace process. Turnout for the referendum was 81%. Of those who voted, 71% voted in support of the Agreement.

Was the Brexit Referendum Democratic?

Stephen Tierney suggests that the referendum outcome should be seen for what it is: a narrow but clear constitutional decision of the highest significance. This post originally appeared on the UK Constitutional Law Association blog.

Are Scots European?

Judging by the referendum result, it may seem obvious that Scots are more European than their neighbours to the south but, says David McCrone, the binary choice in a referendum masks a more complex picture.

The Implications of Brexit for Energy Policy

Brexit poses challenges in many areas of the UK's social, economic and environmental policy, energy not least among them, say Drs Ronan Bolton, Antti Silvast and Mark Winskel.

The Dalriada Document

Summary: This document explains how Northern Ireland and Scotland should and could stay within the European Union while remaining inside the United Kingdom; why this proposal need not prevent and may in fact facilitate England and Wales in leaving the EU; and why this compromise proposal is in accordance with the respective preferences of the peoples of the two Unions within the UK who voted in the advisory referendum held on June 23 2016.

Read more about The Dalriada Document

Brexit Reflections - Fiscal implications for the Scottish Government

David Eiser discusses what the Brexit vote means for the Scottish Government’s budget in the short and long term.

Brexit Reflections - The markets are grieving now - but acceptance will come. In time.

Financial markets are in turmoil after the Brexit vote. But Dr Arman Eshraghi says behavioural finance tells us they will recover - albeit to a new normal.

When the news broke, many people in the UK and around the world were shocked to hear that the UK had voted to leave the EU. These feelings of shock and disbelief soon found their way to financial markets.

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The “political, legal and constitutional significance of the Bill is unparalleled”

21st September 2017

Constitution, Brexit

In an interim report on the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill, the House of Lords Constitution Committee has said that the “political, legal and constitutional significance of the Bill is unparalleled”. In this post, Mark Elliott and Stephen Tierney examine the main points made in the report and comment on the key issues raised by it.
Labour's Unavoidable English Question

21st September 2017

England, EVEL

Any future Labour government would need to confront EVEL, says Prof Michael Kenny, not least because many of Jeremy Corbyn's totemic policies relate only to England.
Spain & Catalonia Locked in a Dispute Neither Can Win

21st September 2017

Catalonia

Neither the Spanish nor Catalan government's have the mandate or the room for manoeuvre that would allow them to break the current impasse, says Michael Keating.
What is the UK Single Market?

20th September 2017

EU, British & Scottish Politics, Devolution

Decisions over the repatriation of powers and the role of a 'UK single Market' will have significant implications for the future of devolution and the nature of the UK as a state, says Michael Keating.
Comparing Scotland and Catalonia's bid for independence

13th September 2017

Catalonia, independence

Although there are apparent similarities between the Scottish and Catalan independence movements, the differences, argues Dr Daniel Cetrà, are profound.