Category Archives: Brexit

More Brexit Confusion: UK Judges Can Use New ECJ Precedents Post Brexit

The UK is trying to have it both ways on ECJ rulings post Brexit in a manner that seems destined to create a mess.

Food, the UK and Brexit: An Even Messier Reprise of Corn Laws Politics?

Surprisingly, or maybe not so, food is emerging as a flash point in Brexit politics.

Government’s Brexit Repeal Bill ‘Power Grab’ Threatens UK Environment Regulations

Brexit will require massive, rushed conforming changes to UK environmental law. Transparency will suffer, with dodgy backroom deals likely.

National Audit Office Warns of Brexit Customs IT Train Wreck….Nine Months After Naked Capitalism

Yet another big Brexit disaster in the making.

Single Market Maze Contains Clues to Complex Brexit Puzzle

Brexit boosters have sidestepped the issue of reconstituting trading arrangements, a major lapse.

More Brexit Backpedaling, UK May Relent on ECJ Red Line for “Transition Period”

Yet more Brexit bad news just before Theresa May is set to present her Great Repeal Bill.

Brexit Starts to Go Pear Shaped from UK Side as Businesses Freak Out

British businessmen are starting to wake up to what Brexit really means for them, but their proposed fixes are yet more wishful thinking.

Can EU Actors Keep Using Common Law After Brexit?

The widespread use of English law in financial contracts poses yet another set of tricky post-Brexit issues.

Brexit and the Future of the Irish Border

Why there is no good solution of the Irish border problem in Brexit, and how the Tories’ new buddies, the DUP, have contradictory goals.

EU Firms Up Brexit Bill Negotiation Position: Ask of €99.6 Billion Gross Liabilities

Some of the finer points of Brexit negotiations come into focus.

Final UK Election Polls: YouGov Still the Outlier, Predicts Tories Get Only 302 Seats

Conventional wisdoms still pegs the Tories as comfortable winners in today’s election, with the election map working against Labour.

For ‘Easy Brexit’: May’s ‘No Deal’ Campaign Rhetoric Is Nonsense

If May holds on to her Prime Minister job, her irresponsible Brexit campaign talk may come back to haunt her.

Despite Wobbles, Theresa May Still Expected to Lead Conservative Win This Week

Despite Theresa May looking at risk in many UK polls, the distribution of seats in play may give the Tories the advantage.

Pharmaceutical Industry at Risk from Brexit

Yet another potential Brexit casualty….

Government Austerity Demands That We Die Within Our Means

Theresa May’s plans to intensify austerity are costing her votes. About time.