Brexit endgame: Brexit nears, Northern Ireland assembly reconvenes, and Megxit distracts
What a difference a year - and an election - makes. After months of gridlock, the newly elected British Parliament easily approved the Brexit deal last week. Days later, political leaders in Northern Ireland agreed to resume power-sharing after a three-year hiatus. At the end of January, the U.K. will ...
Amanda Sloat / Brookings | Mon, 13 Jan 2020 21:46:31
Five Candidates Through To UK Labour Leadership Race
Five MPs formally entered the race Monday to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as leader of Britain's main opposition Labour party, and rebuild their movement after last month's disastrous election. Keir Starmer, a former director of public prosecutions who as Brexit spokesman helped shift the party to campaign against leaving the EU, ...
IBTimes | Mon, 13 Jan 2020 18:51:46
Brexit Update
Three and half years after what was initially a non-binding referendum, the UK has seen its way to leave the EU. The House of Commons passed the necessary legislation last week as Tories enjoys a parliamentary majority. The House of Lords takes up the measures now. Although the Conservatives do ...
Marc Chandler / Marc to Market | Mon, 13 Jan 2020 18:15:18
Boris Johnson's Brexit trade deal will end frictionless trade, EU says
Brussels rules out 'mutual recognition' of regulations between EU and UK ahead of talks
Jon Stone / The Independent | Mon, 13 Jan 2020 18:00:00
Brexit's Finish Line Is Only the "End of the Beginning" for Britain and the European Union
In my weekly column for
Council on Foreign Relations / CFR | Mon, 13 Jan 2020 15:51:55
The Center Blows Itself Up: Care and Spite in the 'Brexit Election'
The simultaneous embrace of markets, and of rules and regulations, represents the soul of what's sometimes called It's a decidedly unlovely combination. Nobody truly likes it. But the talking classes had reached an absolute consensus that no politicians who departed significantly from it could possibly win elections. Labour's left-wing leader, ...
David Graeber / NY Review of Books | Mon, 13 Jan 2020 15:10:12
How 'WhatsApp group admin' became one of the most powerful jobs in politics
When the British parliament asked the government in 2019 to publish the messages that key officials were sending to each other about Brexit via text message, email, Facebook and messaging apps, it drew attention to the extent to which elected officials have been sidestepping official channels in their communications. The ...
Anastasia Kavada, Senior Lecturer, School of Media and Communication, University of Westminster / The Conversation | Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:56:43
EU trade chief foresees 'financial services for fishing' Brexit bargain
Commissioner says Europe will seek fishery access and UK will want concessions for City The EU's trade commissioner has suggested there could be a last-minute trade-off with Brussels offering the City of London access to European markets in return for European fleets retaining their fishing rights in British waters. The ...
Daniel Boffey in Brussels / Guardian | Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:46:52
UK house sales rising after Boris Johnson's election win - Savills
Estate agent says buyers are regaining confidence but full effect of Brexit is still unknown The estate agent Savills has said it is benefiting from a "Boris bounce" that has driven an increase in UK house sales since the December general election. The company, which sells and manages commercial and ...
Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent / Guardian | Mon, 13 Jan 2020 12:13:23
How an EU trade pact could feel like a no-deal Brexit
A common UK view is that the commission's insistence on minimalism is cynically tactical
FT | Mon, 13 Jan 2020 11:48:53
UK Economy Stalls, As Bank Of England Eyes Rate Cut
Britain's economy has stalled, official data showed Monday, as Brexit and political uncertainty contributed to slashing manufacturing output, heaping pressure on the Bank of England to cut interest rates. Gross domestic product contracted 0.3 percent in November, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement. It grew only 0.1 ...
IBTimes | Mon, 13 Jan 2020 11:37:32