External Event
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National Rejoin March
LondonMany speakers have been announced, including the youngest, Ceíra Casey Sergeant, and also Steve Bray, Femi Oluwole, A C Grayling, and Madeleina Kay. See here for a list of all speakers announced up to now. A full list will follow in a subsequent mailing. NRM March II - Saturday 23rd September 2023 Initial Instructions (for planning… Read More »
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The EU and Brexit negotiations: views from Brussels
Brexit has dominated headlines in the UK for years. Yet the perspective has often been centred on British politics, leaving a big part of the story untold. How did the EU respond to the Brexit vote? How did EU principles and processes shape the EU’s negotiating strategies? And how has Brexit in turn shaped today’s… Read More »
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Brexit Britain: the consequences of leaving the EU
Paul Whiteley will talk about the causes of the Brexit vote in 2016, and then examine trends in opinion since then, with an eye to determining if they point to Britain engaging more with the EU if not eventually re-joining. Paul Whiteley's research interests include electoral behaviour, public opinion, political parties, political economy and methodology in the… Read More »
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Edinburgh Euro Walk for EU Citizens’ Rights
We are the Citizens Rights Project, the leading organization in Scotland for all EU nationals in need to secure their rights. We are organizing a fundraising walk around those sights and locations in Edinburgh that highlight the historical contributions European citizens have made to Scotland/ the historical links among European Citizens and Scotland. We will… Read More »
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Scotland’s Future
In the aftermath of the Rutherglen by-election, what is the current state of the parties in Scotland? Where does this leave the campaign for independence? And what does the result mean for Westminster-Holyrood relations? Join our expert panel as they aim to answer all these questions in the UKICE Lunch Hour on Scotland’s future. Panel… Read More »
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The European Union in 2033: Federal Trust conference
VENUE: Broadway House, Tothill St (Westminster), London SW1H 9NQ Click here for map (Nearest tube station: St James’s Park) WHAT WILL THE EU LOOK LIKE IN 2033? The next decade is likely to see significant widening and deepening of the Union. Whether because of Brexit or because of external events, rapid reform for the EU, its policies and… Read More »
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Brexit: a failed project in a failing state
Another Europe Is Possible Brexit has failed to address any of the substantive challenges of the day, but it was not a ‘year zero’ for the many problems facing the United Kingdom and, in fact, reflected decades of public policy failure. That’s the argument of Oxford University professor Danny Dorling in his provocative new report,… Read More »
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Scotland WITHIN UK – or UK WITHOUT Scotland?
In the referendum on Scottish independence held in 2014, the Scottish clearly rejected the idea of their country becoming an independent country by 55.3% to 44.7%. Nevertheless, for the Scottish National Party, who dream of Scotland as a separate sovereign state, if possible within the European Union, that disappointing result is still not the end… Read More »
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Wealth of a nation: Scotland
Playfair Hall, Surgeons Quarter, EH8 9SU Surgeons Quarter, Edinburgh, United KingdomRecord low interest rates over the past 30 years led to a wealth boom, with Scottish households seeing wealth rise by £700 billion since the financial crisis alone. But surging interest rates in 2022 have brought this era to an abrupt end, causing pension valuations to crater, mortgage costs to rise, and house prices to… Read More »
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The energy trilemma: WorldWide Wednesday
The Energy Trilemma & building Local Partnerships WWW TED-style (1 idea, 5 reasons, 10 minutes: Liverpool's 🙌 high five to the world) talks followed by Q&A with two speakers: - Paul Domjan - Dr Carl Wright chair: - Dirk Hazell Paul Domjan is the Founder, Chief Policy and Global Affairs Officer of Enoda. Paul has… Read More »
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EU after the watershed
The EU faces multiple challenges, both internally and externally, so what does its future hold and is it still the right answer after the watershed? The European Union has been going through enormous changes. Driven by the Permacrisis – an extended period of insecurity and instability – fundamental transformations in technology, sustainability and demography and… Read More »
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Democracy in the EU
Date: Tuesday 7 November Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pmFaced with a series of crises in recent years, the European Union has been under pressure to take far-reaching decisions such as joint borrowing to finance the post-Covid recovery plan, and the joint purchase of weapons for Ukraine.Join our panellists as they explore the extent to which the… Read More »