Category Archives: Brexit

French Presidential Contender Macron Backs Tough Stand on Brexit

Macron, who has taken a recent hit as a result of a campaign blunder, took a forceful position on Brexit in a meeting with Theresa May.

Brexit Big Lie: UK Could Have Reduced EU Immigration by 82% Under EU Rules

Contrary to Tory and pro-Brexit propaganda, the UK has plenty of power under EU rules to reduce immigration.

Brexit: Why Rescue by Trump, Meaning Via a US-UK Trade Deal, Is a Fantasy

Just because Trump gets on with Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage does not mean that a trade pact with the US will be a salvation for the UK.

Trading Off a ’Soft’ and ‘Hard’ Brexit

A ‘harder’ Brexit may have a stronger negative impact on the UK’s services trade and supply chain integration,

More Brexit Delusion: City Issues Wish List That the EU Already Rejected

When you’d thought the British had reached the limits of outlandishness on the Brexit front, they manage to outdo themselves.

The Fundamental Flaw in Muddied Brexit Thinking

Brexit negotiators seem clueless about how to get out of their own way. Here’s why.

British Press in a Tizzy that the EU Will Be Mean to the City of London in Brexit

The whinging from entitled Brits over the fact that the EU is playing Brexit hardball is getting annoying.

Banks Whinge About Tougher EU Regulations to Reduce Too Big to Fail Risk

The Financial Times is a bit too sympathetic to poor oppressed banks facing tougher EU safety rules.

Tweeting Brexit: Narrative Building and Sentiment Analysis

Twitter can be considered a novel type of elite media that enables agenda setters to communicate directly with other agenda setters and a politically active part of the public

Links 11/14/16

Another Huge Brexit Spanner in the Works: UK Faces Customs Train Wreck With Need for IT Upgrade

The UK faces a customs nightmare as IT systems needed to handle the new volumes and requirements are almost certain not to be ready on time.

Ham-Handed Theresa May “Hard Brexit” Stance Roils UK Pols, Not Just EU

Theresa May may have thrown a spanner in the Brexit works by pushing for a xenophobic “hard Brexit”. Accident or design?

The Brexit Rupture Coming Down Under

Now that the Conservatives are showing more resolve about moving ahead with Brexit, even politicians in Australia are changing course.

Theresa May Outs Herself as Wall Street’s Poodle in Brexit Talks

It would be better if the latest Brexit news were a farce….

The City Will Decline—and We Will Be the Poorer for It

What might Brexit-induced losses to the City cost the UK economy?