REPORT | Strategy report setting out the big future challenges for the EU – and Scotland’s contribution to that European future.… Read More »
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Brexit, Scottish Independence and Leaving a Union: Lessons to Learn?
POLICY PAPER | The tangled, chaotic and damaging process of Brexit will drag on for many years to come, unless the UK changes its mind and stays in the EU. The many and deep downsides of Brexit have led some to argue that Scottish independence would lead… Read More »
Brexit: Heading to a Deal or No Deal While UK Politics Implodes?
POLICY PAPER | As EU-UK Brexit talks resumed in mid-July, the UK government’s Chequers’ statement and white paper[1] had, in theory, provided some basis for talks on the future relationship while causing political controversy at home, not least within the… Read More »
Brexit, Northern Ireland and Scotland: Comparing Political Dynamics and Prospects in the Two ‘Remain’ Areas
POLICY PAPER | The two ‘Remain’ areas of the UK – Northern Ireland and Scotland – are mostly analysed separately in Brexit debates. Northern Ireland faces a unique complex of problems given the challenge of managing the Irish border as an external… Read More »
Brexit Roundup: Where Are We Headed?
REPORT | The Brexit process is moving forward. March saw the publication of the draft withdrawal agreement with substantial areas of agreement but also many tricky areas yet to solve, not least the Irish border and governance of the whole agreement. … Read More »
Brexit Uncertainty, Scotland and the UK in 2018: Four Scenarios
POLICY PAPER | If Brexit stays on track, and keeps to timetable, then by next autumn an exit deal will have been done. This will include an outline of the future UK-EU27 relationship – though detailed negotiation on that will be for the years after Brexit… Read More »
The Repeal Bill
POLICY PAPER | The United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union requires not only a readjustment of the UK’s external relations with the EU and the wider world, but also changes to domestic law. The government announced the introduction of a Repeal Bill. The Repeal Bill will be a technically complex piece of legislation, and it raises questions about the appropriate balance of powers between the legislature and the executive, and also about devolution.… Read More »
Scottish and UK immigration Policy after Brexit
POLICY NOTE | As Brexit talks start, the UK government must turn its attention to the immense challenges Brexit poses – despite the ongoing uncertainty over the stability of the minority government post-election. One of the most pressing issues is that of immigration: not so much the preoccupation with how to limit inflows, which featured so prominently in the election campaigns of many of the parties; but rather, the challenge of sustaining much-needed flows of EU nationals to fill jobs in sectors such as agriculture, services and construction.… Read More »