Now is the moment the Leave coalition starts to fragment
A campaign which promised all things to all people is finally being found out
Tag: Brexit
Why GDP per capita will remain the best indicator of Brexit’s success or failure
Per-head GDP is a popular economic indicator for a reason. How it performs in the 2020s will show whether Brexit has boosted or damaged the country
The Brexit deal is being celebrated as though it removes all tariffs. It doesn’t
Many UK exports won’t qualify for preferential terms
Does the Brexit deal keep us safe?
As the UK’s last European commissioner, I know how welcome it is that a deal was struck—and how much remains to be done
The transition has ended. But what's happening in the parallel universe where we never left the EU?
Everything and nothing would be different
Brexit is economic folly. Starmer can only acquiesce for so long
The Labour leader will soon be forced to break his Brexit silence
This Brexit deal is emphatically nothing to celebrate
We have traded real influence for an empty husk of sovereignty
Ten of the Prospect stories you read most in 2020
From our annual Top Thinkers poll to Brexit and—of course—coronavirus
If this isn’t a big enough emergency to delay Brexit, what is?
Extending the transition period would be difficult. But now the new Covid strain has plunged the UK into fresh chaos, it is the only option
The government confronts an unreasonable worst-case scenario
Brexit and Covid are conspiring to produce chaos
Soon we will finally be able to have an informed debate about Europe
Why the fallout from Brexit may prompt a long-overdue reckoning
Crashing out of the EU would be a failure of statecraft
The two parties must not sacrifice jobs on the altar of distrust, says a former head of the Brexit department
Johnson is shameless but not stupid. Which is why he will fold to get a deal
Why am I confident? Because we all saw the same drama last year
The future of liberalism
Faced with creeping authoritarianism, liberals need to craft a new agenda—learning from their serious mistakes, and shaking shibboleths of both right and left
How abuse of delegated legislation makes a mockery of lawmaking
We are witnessing a legislative horror show
EU law in the UK, 1973-2020: an obituary
We are stronger for having known you
Why the UK must uphold its international obligations
Rule-breaking legislation does not represent the kind of country we are, says the Chair of the Justice Select Committee
The revolution will be institutionalised
The great liberal promise is that power must always be held to account. Agreed political rules and formal institutions are the means to honour it. But they are under assault by a populist right—and a misguided left
Podcast: Who killed soft Brexit?
A whodunnit for our time
The government may soon strike an EU deal. Labour must abstain on it
Active endorsement is out of the question. But to vote against an agreement would be an act of destruction