While the UK government continues to scramble around looking for a Brexit position that can unite its warring factions, the EU27’s levels of patience and trust are wearing very thin indeed.In the absence of sustained serious opposition from Labour, UK politics looks in a perilous state. How the UK can get to a Brexit deal by autumn – and what sort of deal – is increasingly … [Read more...] about Brexit: UK’s political breakdown
Scottish fast-track to the EU
With speculation increasing over a possible second Scottish independence referendum in 2018, before the UK leaves the EU, there is now much debate as to how and whether an independent Scotland could stay in or re-join the EU.If Scotland holds a legally and constitutionally agreed independence referendum in, say, September 2018, and votes for independence, what might then … [Read more...] about Scottish fast-track to the EU