Brexit: All About May
Why May oddly matters even more than before.
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France’s Macron Makes Concessions While ‘Yellow Vest’ Protests Continue
Some background on the demands the gilets jaunes are presenting to French president Macron.
Read more...Brexit: May’s Handbag
Big Brexit events of the week are underway, starting with the ECJ ruling on unilateral reversal of an Article 50 notice.
Read more...Brexit: Corbyn’s Cakeism; Norway Rejects “Norway”
More Brexit follies.
Read more...Brexit: More Unicorns
The Brexit situation has developed not necessarily to the advantage of Theresa May.
Read more...Brexit: May Bloodied but Not Yet Bowed
Theresa May continues to exhibit her remarkable capacity for taking punishment. Too bad it’s not for good ends.
Read more...Michael Olenick: A Quick Look at the Gilets Jaunes Protests. Update: They Won!
An overview of the gilets jaunes movement.
Read more...Brexitonomics
A short discussion of why economists’ efforts to model the impact of Brexit leave a lot to be desired.
Read more...Don Quijones: Wall Street Mega-Landlord Blackstone Turns Screw on Spanish Government & Property Market
Blackstone is a major operator in the Spanish property market. This post discusses the Spanish government’s plans to enact modest protections for tenants by reforming rent laws. Will the government respond to tenant needs, or give way to the private equity firm’s implicit threat to reduce its Spanish property investments? Alas, it looks likely that the government will fail to deliver on its reform pledge.
Read more...Brexit Is an Issue Too Deep To Go Away: It Will Be the Theme of English Politics for Decades to Come
Musings about what Brexit will mean to the British people.
Read more...Brexit: More Thrashing About
Expect Brexit craziness to get even worse.
Read more...‘We Are Not Robots’: Amazon Workers Walk out on Black Friday over Low Wages and ‘Inhuman Conditions’
The Amazon strikes in Spain, Italy, France, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
Read more...Uncertainty and Legal Institutions: The Impact of the Brexit Vote on EU Law Application in the UK
How Brexit is already affecting UK jurisprudence.
Read more...Brexit: Even More Confusion
Brexit politics have become even more deranged.
Read more...Labour MPs Should Vote Against Theresa May’s Brexit Deal. It Is a Poison Pill
Labour wants to play a game of chicken with May over Brexit.
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