BLOG – Brexit in the World

‘Pax Transatlantica’ After Kabul

Michael Cox (LSE) Back in early April 2021, I wrote a blog for the Brexit Institute in which I assumed there would be no fundamental change in the West’s policy towards Afghanistan. I was not alone in doing so. Indeed, the consensus then seemed to be  that the costs of remaining  were bearable, the risks…
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Brexit and Northern Ireland: A role for the US?

Mary C. Murphy (University College Cork) Since the early days of the Troubles, the US has maintained a keen interest in Northern Ireland affairs and US soft power arguably played a role in mediating the conflict. As Brexit (and other domestic issues) appear stuck and seemingly irresolvable, the time may be ripe for the US…
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Brexit and the EU’s relations with other European countries

Patrick Bijsmans (Maastricht University) If there is one thing that has become clear during the long years of Brexit negotiations between the EU and the UK, it is that the EU27 – despite their differences – were able to act in a united way when it came to negotiating with a soon-to-be third country. Highlighting…
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Over-optimistic and over-sold: The UK ETA (Electronic Travel Authorisation) system

Tim J Wilson (Northumbria University) When a UK minister announces plans for a ‘world-leading’ UK digitally enabled service, most of us remember Prime Minister Johnson’s ‘world-beating’ track and trace App and wait for another U-turn. With post-Brexit politics and economics, however, the risks arising from policy decisions and international commitments based on possibly unrealistic assumptions…
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Coordinated economic sanctions against Belarus? EU foreign policy in action against the Lukashenka regime

Viktor Szép (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) On 23 May, Belarus diverted a Ryanair aircraft passing over its territory flying between Greece and Lithuania in order to arrest journalist Raman Pratasevich. After the poorly worded and much criticized tweet of the EU’s transport commissioner, the EU reacted swiftly and decisively. The day after the incident, Commission…
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Scotland and Europe after the Elections

Kirsty Hughes (Scottish Centre on European Relations) The Scottish elections resulted in a fifteen seat majority for the Scottish National Party and Scottish Greens – with both parties committed to having another independence referendum and to independence in the European Union. Yet Boris Johnson has continued to insist that there should be no discussion of…
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The Scottish Election. Does it decide anything?

Michael Keating (University of Aberdeen) The results of the Scottish election confirm that Scotland remains divided down the middle on the question of independence. While the Scottish National Party fell just short of an absolute majority, pro-independence parties (SNP and Greens) won 72 of the 129 seats, with 49 per cent of the vote in…
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Stability and Turbulence in Scottish Politics: Little Change after Holyrood Elections

James Mitchell (University of Edinburgh) Scottish politics manages to be simultaneously stable and turbulent. Last week saw little change after the Holyrood elections. Pro-independence parties gained ground with three more seats in the 129 member Parliament but the Scottish National Party (SNP) failed to repeat its 2011 performance and win an overall majority. A battle…
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The Scottish Parliamentary Elections and the Referendum Issue

Stephen Tierney (Edinburgh Law School) Although the Scottish National Party emerged as the largest party in the Scottish parliamentary elections held on 6 May, it has fallen short of an overall majority, winning 64 of 129 seats. Nicola Sturgeon who will be reappointed as First Minister within the devolved administration is bullish about the SNP’s…
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Brexit and EU Enlargement Policy

Gëzim Visoka (Dublin City University) The EU’s enlargement policy has been one of the central pillars in managing the relations with surrounding neighbours and a powerful stimulus for extending democratic and economic reforms in countries who currently aspire to join the EU or have a potential perspective in the future. For over a decade, the…
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Cross-Border Data Protection After Brexit

Edoardo Celeste (DCU) From a data protection perspective, Brexit manifestly represents a step backwards for the UK. The UK is leaving a space where personal data has freely circulated since 1995, where companies are subject to uniform rules and where national data protection authorities cooperate in a coordinated manner. Brexit has increased the level of complexity of data protection law by…
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The Brexit Deal and the Environment: Pretty Ambitious yet Pretty Irrelevant?

Viviane Gravey (Queen’s University Belfast) Brexit watchers received an early Christmas present when UK and EU negotiators finally reached an agreement on 24 December 2020. 1246 pages to set a framework for future UK and EU trade and wider cooperation. In some areas, work is still very much in progress – for example both Fisheries…
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Britain’s Nordic Allies Confront the Brave New World of Post-Brexit Europe

Daniel F. Schulz (University of Agder) It has finally happened. After more than four years of transition with numerous missed deadlines and extensions, the United Kingdom’s exit from the Single Market clearly marks the beginning of a new era – not only for the UK itself, but for its closest allies within the European Union…
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Brexit, EU Criminal Law and the Common Law Deficit

Liz Heffernan (Trinity College Dublin) The EU-UK Agreement on Trade and Cooperation marks a milestone in the laborious and controversial process of the UK exiting the EU. While the bulk of its provisions are devoted to trade, the agreement encompasses other important fields including law enforcement and judicial cooperation in criminal matters. In recent decades…
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New Year, But the Brexit Story is Not Over

Federico Fabbrini (DCU Brexit Institute) Since 1st January 2021, the United Kingdom (UK) has exited the European Union (EU)’s internal market and customs union, as well as its area of freedom security and justice, severing the last substantive bridge connecting it to continental Europe. While in fact the UK had formally left the EU already on…
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Why the EU Avoided the Cliff Edge Brexit that Many had Feared

Simon Sweeney (University of York) Prime Minister Boris Johnson achieved his aim: ‘Canada Plus’, no tariffs or quotas on merchandise trade. The Plus is continued cooperation in security, transport, and energy. The UK also stays in Euratom, the EU’s atomic energy community. These are substantial achievements for London, avoiding immediate and critical damage from no…
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Christmas’ Eve Brexit Deal

Federico Fabbrini (DCU Brexit Institute) On 24 December 2020, Christmas’ Eve, the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) have reached a deal on the framework of their future relations. The draft EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement brings to a close 10 months of intense negotiations – which started right after the withdrawal of…
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Johnson’s ‘Oven Ready’ Brexit is a Slow Burner

Feargal Cochrane (University of Kent) Boris Johnson won last year’s general election, in part, because of his claim to have an ‘oven ready’ Brexit. ‘We’ve just got to put it in at gas mark four, give it 20 minutes and Bob’s your uncle. …We have a deal with the EU that is ready to go,…
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Societal Happiness and Brexit: an Overlooked Outcome

Stathis Polyzos (Zayed University) The Brexit negotiation has seen many deadlines come and go.  The process began in March 2017 and now, more than three years later, there seems to be little optimism for a reasonable deal in time for 31 December, yet another deadline that will probably be missed.  Even if negotiators manage to…
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The Interim UK-Canada FTA: Good News for British Exporters

David Collins (City, University of London) The UK struck a new free trade agreement (FTA) with Canada over the weekend, ahead of the 31 December Brexit deadline after which the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) would cease to apply to the UK, leaving it to trade with Canada under the less generous terms…
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Taking Stock of What a Joe Biden Presidency Means for Brexit Negotiations

Pieter Cleppe (PRA) The question of how the prospect of a Joe Biden Presidency will affect EU-UK negotiations has raised a lot of attention. Opinions seem to differ. Former Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage writes that “Joe Biden is no friend of Britain”, arguing that therefore, the UK, “is now far more likely to do…
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Brexit and UK Devolution

Daniel Wincott (University of Cardiff) Brexit has exposed the underdeveloped and fragile aspects of devolution in the UK. Devolved governments’ relationships with London are strained. The arrangements that seemed to be in place to manage those relationships are buckling.  If the sheer fact of leaving the EU made internal UK changes to devolution unavoidable, the…
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The Making of the UK Internal Market: a Clumsy Imitation of EU Law?

Isabella Mancini (City, University of London) Despite the rhetoric to diverge from the EU, the UK Government recently proposed a controversial piece of legislation for the functioning of a UK “Internal Market”, parroting with this language what has typically been an EU construction. Brexit means that the UK will have to manage its internal trade,…
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Rishi Sunak: Brexit Britain’s Future?

Joshua Hockley-Still (University of Exeter) As Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s deadline to reach a Brexit deal passed without agreement, Britain is now less than 3 months away from leaving the European Union without a trade deal (commonly known as ‘no deal’.) Johnson’s position is clear; being considered the man to get Brexit done took him…
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Deal or No Deal? EU-UK Negotiations Have Hit the Wall, but the End is Not in Sight

Simon Sweeney (University of York) The hard ball negotiation just got harder still. The Brexit news last week was depressing but unsurprising. Depressing because ‘a deal’ would serve both sides by helping diplomatic relations, benefiting mutual security, and serving the needs of industry and jobs. It would bring a collective sigh of relief in Ireland,…
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The Rule of Law, the UK’s Advocate-General and Brexit

Alan S. Reid (Sheffield Hallam University) Introduction Brexit is unprecedented in its complexity. However, the very fact that Brexit would wreak legal uncertainty was entirely predictable. Extricating the United Kingdom from the orbit of the European Union legal space was always going to be fraught with legal minefields, given the UK’s 47-year membership of the…
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The Future of EU Law in UK Law Schools

Stuart MacLennan (Coventry University) EU law has been an integral part of the legal order of the UK since 1973, and features in every qualifying law degree taught in each of three jurisdictions – Scotland, England & Wales, and Northern Ireland – at the date of the UK’s exit. It is, consequently, necessary for those…
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Continuity and Change: The Impact of Brexit on UK Employment Law

Niall O’Connor (University of Essex) There is no doubt that the EU has become an important source of employment rights in the UK. The Union has already exercised its legislative competence in fields as diverse as working time, business transfers and collective redundancies. The protection granted in this legislation is often reinforced by fundamental employment…
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Beyond the Pandemic: More Integrated EU-wide Public Debt Instruments?

Albert Sanchez Graells (Bristol Law School) Beyond its terrible death toll and massive public health implications, the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown measures put in place to try to contain or mitigate it are bound to have severe and long-lasting economic effects. The European Union (EU) and its economic and financial governance now face very…
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Covid-19: New crisis, New Existential Challenge for the EU?

Patrick Bijsmans (Maastricht University) A few months back I read Anu Bradford’s much-debated article ‘The Brussels Effect’. Her main argument: through its stringent regulations the EU has set standards for countries across the world, shaping polices on a wide range of issues, from chemicals to privacy. Bradford has elaborated on the argument in a recently…
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A New Labour Leader: Keir Starmer, Brexit and Covid-19

Joshua Hockley-Still (University of Exeter) ‘Our options must include campaigning for a public vote and nobody is ruling out Remain as an option’ Sir Keir Starmer, then Shadow Brexit Secretary and now Labour leader, Labour Party Conference, September 2018[1] Brexit is not anyone’s top priority right now. A statement of fact today, but anyone predicting…
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Brexit at the Time of Coronavirus

Federico Fabbrini (Dublin City University) “Events, my dear boy, events” – this is what, according to a (disputed) apocryphal statement, UK Prime Minister Harold McMillan famously replied to a journalist when asked what is most likely to blow governments off course. This has never been truer than with coronavirus – a new, severe acute respiratory…
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The Impact of Brexit on the Protection of LGBT Rights in the UK

Alina Tryfonidou (University of Reading) On 23 June 2016, the British people voted in a referendum narrowly in favour of leaving the EU. After a long period of negotiations – and two general elections – the UK left the EU on 31 January 2020; there is currently a transition period until the end of 2020.…
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Brexit and the Process of EU Enlargement

Aleksandra Čavoški (University of Birmingham)  The UK’s relationship with the enlargement of the European Union was always ambivalent. The UK was initially a strong proponent of EU enlargement, particularly in the 1990s. Being opposed to furthering political union in the EU, the UK regarded enlargement as a way of preventing deepening integration and federalism. With…
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Behind the Scenes of Brexit: An Inside Look on the Work of UK Supreme Court

Simon Drugda (University of Copenhagen) The UK referendum on its continued membership in the European Union had taken place on June 16, 2016, but it took almost four years until the country eventually left the EU on January 31, 2020. During that time, the Supreme Court decided twice on questions related to the withdrawal of…
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The Brexit Institute Blog in 2020: Updates

The last part of 2019 and the beginning of 2020 have seen tremendous developments on Brexit and on European Union law and policy. We have seen a change in the UK government (in July) and in power (in December). The Von der Leyen Commission took oath in December and started to shape the Brexit debate.…
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Brexit and Union Citizenship: A Retrospective

Stephen Coutts Union (EU) Citizenship has been at the heart of the Brexit process in at least three ways. Firstly, the perceived problems associated with EU migration is considered one of the core reasons behind the vote to leave the European Union in 2016. Secondly, it formed one of three central issues – alongside the…
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Farewell Disunited Kingdom?

Paul Copeland (Queen Mary University London) After three and a half turbulent years the UK has finally left the European Union. There will be relief on both sides that the UK’s dramatic withdrawal process has come to an end and that a new relationship between Britain and its neighbours can begin. Both the leave and…
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The Proud, Sovereign, Independent Nation that is the United Kingdom: What next?

Alan S. Reid (Sheffield Hallam University) Brexit is done. The General Election result of December the 12th 2019 provided certainty. That certainty is that the UK leaves the EU on the 31st of January 2020, at 12am Central European Time. However, Getting Brexit Done does not eliminate uncertainty. Indeed, if anything is certain, it is…
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Brexit is done? Brexit has only just begun

Joelle Grogan (Middlesex University) From 11.01 pm (or 12.01 pm Brussels time) on 31 January 2020, the UK will no longer be a Member State of the European Union. The Withdrawal Agreement between the UK and the EU which determines the process of the UK’s departure from the EU was signed in Brussels on 28…
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The British Popular Sovereignty Model: A Play in Three Acts

Rivka Weill (Harry Radzyner Law School) Boris Johnson is a familiar name in every household around the world. But, Earl Grey is typically associated with tea. Earl Grey was the Whig Prime Minister during the passage of the Great Reform Act of 1832 that began the democratization of the electoral system in the UK. The…
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It is Not What you Say, but How you Say it When it Comes to Brexit

Geoffrey Gill and Martina Donhoue (Shimmer – DCU Alpha) Traditional public opinion polls only tell part of the story. They can tell you people’s conscious rational opinions on a subject, but they fall short of capturing how people feel about a subject.  Shimmer Research has developed its NeuroLynQ™ system to enable researchers to better understand…
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Brexit and Pandora’s Box

Gianfranco Pasquino (University of Bologna) “Get Brexit Done” , the highly successful Conservative slogan, can be interpreted in two rather different ways. It is a commitment made by the Prime Minister Boris Johnson. It is also a mandate given to him by the British voters. Johnson has received a resounding mandate and will have to…
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Weaponized Prorogation and the Harm to Democracy: Lessons from Canada

The DCU Brexit Institute blog is hosting a debate between several authors on the Prorogation of the UK Parliament. This is the third blog post. See also: Chris White, Prorogation of the UK Parliament: the Impact of Brexit on the Commons ; Sam Fowles, Prorogation of the UK Parliament: Three Key Issues.   Weaponized Prorogation and the Harm to Democracy: Lessons from Canada…
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Why Trump’s Trade Policy is no Friend of Brexit

Why Trump’s Trade Policy is no Friend of Brexit Charlotte Sieber-Gasser (DCU Brexit Institute)   The escalation in the numerous trade disputes initiated by the US government and the fact that the World Trade Organization (WTO) is unlikely to maintain a fully operational dispute settlement system beyond 2019 must be taken into consideration in any…
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New Study by UNCTAD on Implications of No-Deal Brexit for Developing Countries

New Study by UNCTAD on Implications of No-Deal Brexit for Developing Countries Charlotte Sieber-Gasser (DCU Brexit Institute) A recent study by UNCTAD indicates that the poorest developing countries are at risk of a decline in exports to the UK in the case of No-Deal Brexit. On the other hand, industrial countries, emerging markets and developing countries,…
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Is “Global Britain” a Viable Role for the Post-Brexit UK?

Is “Global Britain” a Viable Role for the Post-Brexit UK? Andrew Glencross (Aston University) The “Global Britain” slogan is the brainchild of Prime Minister Theresa May. She proposed the term in her first major speech on the UK’s post-Brexit posture as a way to fight off accusations that leaving the EU would lead to an…
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Do “Realms of Gold” Await Global Britain in South America? Prospects for a UK-Mercosur Trade Deal

Do “Realms of Gold” Await Global Britain in South America? Prospects for a UK-Mercosur Trade Deal Michael Mindorff and Louise Bekkers (Leiden University College The Hague) Last May, then-Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson wrote rhapsodically of the “realms of gold” awaiting the UK in South America  after the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. The UK and Latin American…
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The Narrow Road to the Deep North: A Norwegian Escape Route for Post-Brexit Britain?

The Narrow Road to the Deep North: A Norwegian Escape Route for Post-Brexit Britain? Ciarán Burke (Friedrich Schiller Universität, Jena) “I am pro having my cake and pro eating it,” remarked Boris Johnson when explaining his Brexit stance in the spring of 2016. Three years later, the recipe for a digestible Brexit cake, which remains intact…
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Global Britain and India post-Brexit: From Visas to FinTech

“Global Britain” and India post-Brexit: From Visas to FinTech Tess Baker and Hannah Koole (Leiden University College The Hague) With Brexit less than four months away, the UK government will soon have to start turning the idea of “Global Britain” from a slogan into reality. According to the Withdrawal Agreement, the text of which was published on…
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Defence, Security and Brexit: Ireland’s Dilemma

Defence, Security and Brexit: Ireland’s Dilemma Kenneth McDonagh (Dublin City University) EU security and defence cooperation has always existed in something of a quantum state – we can know where we are or how fast we’re moving but not both at the same time. In recent weeks both Emmanuel Macronand Angela Merkel have called for versions…
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The Brexit Deal and Foreign Policy

The Brexit Deal and Foreign Policy: The UK’s ‘Global Positioning’ between the EU and the US  Cornelia-Adriana Baciu (Dublin City University) The UK’s withdrawal from the €10 billion Galileo programme, and the intention to build its own satellite navigation system compatible with the US Global Positioning System, might signal a British foreign policy vision more closely…
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The Brexit Deal and Gibraltar

The Brexit Deal and Gibraltar Maria Mut Bosque (International University of Catalonia) On the 25th of November 2018, the EU-27 leaders endorsed the draft Brexit withdrawal agreement and approved the political declaration on the future relationship between the EU and the UK. These texts now need to be passed by the other EU Institutions in…
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Event Report: Brexit and Aviation

Event Report: Brexit and Aviation Gabriel Grigore (Dublin City University) On 15 November 2018, the DCU Brexit Institute, in partnership with Dublin Airport Central organised a half-day conference on Brexit and Aviation, hosted at the Grant Thornton headquarters, in Dublin. After an opening message of welcome from Michael McAteer (Managing Partner, Grant Thornton), this event…
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We Need to Talk About Brexit and Aviation

Upcoming Event: Brexit and Aviation, November 15. Full details here. Barry McMullin (DCU School of Electronic Engineering) I recently received an invitation from the DCU Brexit Institute to its event to be held today on the subject of Brexit and Aviation. It seems like an important and timely topic, with an excellent line up of expert and…
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Brexit and Aviation: The Fate of the Emissions Trading Scheme

Upcoming Event: Brexit and Aviation, November 15. Full details here. Andrew Murphy (Transport & Environment) In the jumble of issues that Brexit touches on, aviation is one that manages to regularly make headlines. From concerns about British manufacturing jobs in the sector, to allegations that Ireland is threatening access, to the risk posed to British holiday makers, aviation…
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Event Report: Brexit and International Development Cooperation

Event Report: Brexit and International Development Cooperation Daniele Grippo (Dublin City University) On 11 October 2018, The DCU Brexit Institute, in partnership with the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) organized an event on Brexit and International Development Cooperation, hosted at the European Parliament Information Office, in Dublin. This event featured an opening Keynote Speech…
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What are the Likely Implications of Brexit for Africa?

What are the Likely Implications of Brexit for Africa? Niamh Gaynor (Dublin City University) During a week-long trip to several African countries last month, Prime Minister Theresa May pledged to deliver “a radical expansion of the U.K.’s presence in Africa” post-Brexit. This follows a long and, in many ways, successful relationship where the continent has…
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Perceptions of Brexit in Canada: Transatlantic Relations and Domestic Politics

Perceptions of Brexit in Canada: Transatlantic Relations and Domestic Politics Achim Hurrelmann (Carleton University) While there has not been a broad debate about Brexit in the Canadian public sphere, the prospect of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU has generated considerable attention among Canadians. As a former part of the British Empire, Canada has retained…
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Politics, Not Interests, Will Shape the UK-EU Security Relationship

Politics, Not Interests, Will Shape the UK-EU Security Relationship Benjamin Martill (London School of Economics) Monika Sus (Hertie School of Governance)   The Easy Question? It was once thought that managing the security and defence aspects of Brexit would be easy. The intergovernmental nature of EU security and defence policy has always meant that the…
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The Military Dimension of Brexit: A No-Deal on Defence?

The Military Dimension of Brexit: A No-Deal on Defence? Lee D. Turpin (Lancaster University) Whilst much discussion of Brexit negotiations has focused on the economic interests at stake for both sides, future UK-EU relations on military matters remain perhaps too often overlooked. As this blog post makes clear, it is important not be complacent regarding the…
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Brexit and the Law: A Bird’s Eye Perspective

Brexit and the Law: A Bird’s Eye Perspective Stephen Coutts (Dublin City University)   Introduction Brexit has become a veritable industry and legal writing is no small part of this massive and recent production. On the legal side there has been detailed and systematic analysis of the actual process of Brexit, the operation of Article 50 and…
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Event Report On “Brexit, Medicine and Public Health”

Event Report on “Brexit, Medicine and Public Health” By Ross Nugent (Dublin City University) On 3 May 2018, the DCU Brexit Institute organized an event on “Brexit, Medicine and Public Health”. This event featured an opening debate between Baroness Suttie (Member of the UK House of Lords, European Union Committee) and Paulo Rangel (Member of the EU Parliament, Constitutional Affairs Committee), followed…
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Brexit and the Irish Health System

Upcoming Event: Brexit, Medicine and Public Health, 3 May 2018 Brexit and the Irish Health System Anthony Staines (Dublin City University) Our nearest and dearest neighbours are engaged in leaving the European Union.  For Ireland, the experience may be less like your neighbours moving, than them moving, taking their house, garden, the road outside, and…
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Can UK and EU Environmental Law Stay Aligned After Brexit?

Can UK and EU Environmental Law Stay Aligned After Brexit? by Roderic O’Gorman (Dublin City University) One of the most significant achievements of the European Union is the range of integrated environmental protection regimes it has developed, in diverse areas including biodiversity, climate change, water quality and air pollution. Britain’s exit from the EU will…
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Brexit and the Future of Transatlantic Relations

Brexit and the Future of Transatlantic Relations   by Joris Larik (Leiden University) Whatever the EU and UK end up deciding in their withdrawal agreement, transitional arrangement or future free trade agreement will be between them. To the rest of the world, it will be what lawyers call res inter alios acta—a thing agreed between…
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Transport and Trade Implications of Brexit

Transport and Trade Implications of Brexit by Edgar Morgenroth (Dublin City University) While it is generally accepted that Brexit will have a significant impact on UK-EU trade, the precise ways in which trade flows might be impeded is not often discussed. One important area where Brexit is likely to affect goods trade flows is through…
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Event “Brexit, Climate and Energy Policy”

On February 15, 2018, the DCU Brexit Institute held an event on “Brexit, Climate and Energy Policy” organised in partnership with the Irish Environmental Protection Agency and the Political Studies Association of Ireland. The event was hosted by Arthur Cox.

Opening Keynote Speech by Enrico Letta (former Italian Prime Minister and Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po Paris)

Enrico Letta spoke about Brexit being one of the most important challenges of our times, even though, as he reminded the audience, it is not as important in France and Italy as it is in Ireland. Before continuing, he gave warning that the topic is complicated and he cannot see a happy end of Brexit. The Union risks and will lose most in the area of energy and climate. In these topics the UK had a big leading role and therefore losing the UK is a loss for the EU.

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What will Brexit mean for climate change?

Opinion: Brexit is causing deep uncertainty across a range of policy spheres so what will it mean for Europe’s efforts to combat climate change?

The scale of the decarbonisation challenge facing the world is nothing short of daunting. According to the UN Environment Emissions Gap Report 2017, climate change policy pledges made by governments around the world cumulatively amount to only approximately one-third of what is required to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius, a key danger threshold set by climate scientists.

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What are the Best Brexit Podcasts? A Listener’s Guide

If you want to keep up with Brexit news, but find you have limited reading time, try listening to podcasts.

There are already a number of podcasts exclusively devoted to Brexit. The oldest (A Diet of Brussels, with 200+ episodes) has been around since May 8, 2015, the day after David Cameron’s Conservatives won a parliamentary majority, the event which made it inevitable that there would be a referendum on Brexit. Many more sprang up after the referendum, and they have chronicled the various twists in the Brexit story – the triggering of Article 50, the subsequent UK election and the resulting hung parliament, and the ongoing negotiations with the EU.

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