Voice and Partnership: The Bottom Line for Scotland on Brexit?
Laura Cram The difference of the EU referendum vote in Scotland versus the whole UK and the so-far limited inclusion of the Scottish Government in formulating the UK’s Brexit strategy …
Category: Brexit and EU Referendum
Early Brexit Questions: The Paris Agreement and Climate Policy
Annalisa Savaresi The early entry into force of the Paris Agreement raises immediate Brexit-related international policy questions for the UK, writes Annalisa Savaresi. She argues that, as the UK considers …
Brexit – What Can Be Learned from Greenland?
Maria Ackrén Although the ‘reverse Greenland’ model has often been cited as a possible means of Scotland remaining in the EU while the UK leaves, the situations facing Greenland then …
Back to the Future with the Draft Referendum Bill
Peter Lynch The EU referendum result has fundamentally reshaped the Scottish independence debate, and the new draft referendum bill is a both political and practical step by the Scottish Government, …
Scotland in the Single Market, rUK Out – What Would It Take?
Kirsty Hughes In-Depth Analysis If Scotland is to remain in the Single Market while the rest of the UK leaves it, substantial political and technical challenges would need to be …
Six Unrealistic Brexit Expectations the UK Government Should Avoid
Anthony Salamone While the UK’s record on negotiating with the EU has been mixed, it is nevertheless nearing one of the largest and most important diplomatic endeavours in its history …
Scotland and Brexit – Outlook Worsens as Options Narrow
Kirsty Hughes In-Depth Analysis Both hard Brexit and soft Brexit scenarios each present their own challenges for the UK, writes Kirsty Hughes. She suggests that, for Scotland, it is almost certain …
Theresa May’s Great Repeal Bill – A Scottish Own Goal?
Tobias Lock The Prime Minister’s outlining of the Great Repeal Bill to bring all EU law into UK law, to be sorted through later, has many elements of strategic thinking, …
While Europe’s Eye is Fix’d on Mighty Things: Implications of the Brexit Vote for Scotland
David Edward and Niamh Nic Shuibhne The variation in vote outcomes across the different parts of the UK in the EU referendum has brought existing constitutional questions to the fore, …
How Might Brexit Impact Britain’s Universities?
Brad MacKay The scenario under which the UK leaves the EU will have significant consequences for UK higher education, writes Brad MacKay. He argues that, while it may be possible …