Where is Global Britain?

This month’s (Wed 7 Jun) WWW WorldWide Wednesday will look at Global Britainand the UK’s role on the world stage as the British government shifts policy and faces criticism over plans such as the Rwanda scheme. Our WWW will examine human, economic and political costs of Brexit. – The three #WWWWorldWideWednesday speakers are:

Cosi Doerfel-Hill is behind the event Global Liverpool celebrating Liverpool’s international roots and routes to this welcoming city of refuge. Cosi was born in Munich, studied in London, and graduated from the University of Liverpool. In 2017, Cosi helped Elena Remigi publish the book In Limbo: Brexit testimonies from EU citizens in the UK and in 2018 In Limbo Too: Brexit testimonies from UK citizens in the EU. From late 2018, Cosi monitored the rollout of the EUSS Settlement Scheme on behalf of the3million, then spent two years running a project to help vulnerable EU citizens make EUSS applications until the deadline in June 2021, and has continued working in the advice sector ever since.

Stewart Fleming is a freelance journalist who grew up on The Wirral. After graduating from the University of Cambridge, Stewart trained with the Bootle Times, Crosby Herald, and Formby Times. Stewart has worked for the European Voice, London Evening Standard, New Statesman, The Guardian and Financial Times (Bureau Chief in New York and Frankfurt; US Economics Editor 1983-86; US Editor, Washington DC 1986-90). Stewart is former Senior Member, St Antony’s College, Oxford, and Associate Fellow, Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House).

Nick Hopkinson chairs the Sir Heinz Koeppler Trust and is the former Director of Wilton Park, founding Chair of London4Europe and sits on the EM European Movement UK National Council. Nick graduated from Queen’s University and Carleton University in Canada, and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Bologna. Nick is currently writing the soon to be published history of Wilton Park, the FCDO Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office‘s policy forum. Originally a re-education camp for German officers after World War Two, Wilton Park has evolved into a global policy forum which has operated in some 50 countries. In 2001, Nick wrote Parliamentary democracy: is there a perfect model?

Chair: Dirk Hazell graduated form the University of Cambridge and qualified as a barrister. Dirk wrote what became the template for the European Communities’ 1992 single market programme. Dirk led the euro-capital market through the first wave of EU sectoral legislation and then the environmental services sector through the Sixth Environment Action Programme. Dirk chaired the Conservative Party’s Foreign Affairs Forum and London Region, but left the party when it left the mainstream centre-right EPP European People’s Party. In 2012, Dirk co-founded the UK EPP which he now leads. Dirk is also Chair of Federal Union (founded in 1938) which was credited by the only British President of the European Commission as having made possible the UK’s Accession to the EC in 1973.