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Brexit and the Meaning of ‘Taking Back Control’: Great State Expectations?

Dave RichardsKingsley PurdamLiz Richardson By Dave Richards, Kingsley Purdam, Liz Richardson and Oliver James Filed Under: All posts, Brexit, British Politics Posted: March 27, 2017

As part of their ongoing research into Brexit, governance and populism at the Universities of Manchester and Exeter, Professor Dave Richards, Professor Oliver James, Dr. Kinglsey Purdam and Dr. Liz Richardson offer their reflections on the systemic challenges facing the UK as our government prepares to make Brexit official. Despite its ubiquity, exactly what ‘take back […]

Tagged With: Brexit, europe, westminster

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Brexit: not fancy or elite economic theory, but an uncertain reality

Diane Coyle By Diane Coyle Filed Under: Brexit Posted: June 27, 2016

The great majority of economists were opposed to Brexit – about 90% according to a survey of members of their professional societies. Over 200, including 12 Nobel prize winners, signed a statement explaining why. Diane Coyle was among them. Here she explains why and outlines why Brexit has ignited economic turmoil.     Unfortunately, the arguments […]

Tagged With: Brexit, EU, EU referendum, europe, Leave

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Out of Africa: Asylum seekers, Europe and the ‘capacity to aspire’

By Tanja Müller Filed Under: All posts, Brexit, Ethnicity Posted: June 23, 2016

Recent debates about Europe in light of the EU Referendum have centred heavily on two main issues – immigration and the economy.  To mark Refugee Week, which seeks to celebrate the contribution of refugees to the UK, Tanja Müller argues that EU asylum and refugee law is making unfair distinctions between countries, and that the […]

Tagged With: asylum, europe, immigration, refugees

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Why Brexit means less resilience to recession

By Marianne Sensier Filed Under: All posts, Brexit Posted: June 22, 2016

Some, including Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney, have predicted a possible recession for the UK if the vote is for leave tomorrow. In the final countdown to polling day, Marianne Sensier argues a Brexit could lead to less resilience to recession, particularly in our regions. A few years ago, Mike Artis and I […]

Tagged With: economic policy, employment, EU referendum, europe, recession, UK regions

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The North West: what has the EU ever done for us?

By Paul Richardson Filed Under: All posts, Brexit Posted: June 16, 2016

Most of the hype and headlines on the UK’s membership of the EU centres around national impact, generated largely by those based in our traditional power centre of London and the South East. But the EU has come through for the regions where the Government has not, says Paul Richardson. What has the EU ever […]

Tagged With: Electoral Commission, equality, EU, EU referendum, europe, North West, single market

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Definitely, Maybe? 5 Million ‘Don’t Knows’ and the EU Referendum

Kingsley Purdam By Kingsley Purdam, Mollie Bourne, Joseph Sakshaug and David Bayliss Filed Under: All posts, Brexit, Europe Posted: June 15, 2016

The heat is on, as both sides urge voters to choose ‘leave’ or ‘remain’ in the run-up to the UK’s historic EU Referendum on June 23rd.  New polls are coming in thick and fast, but while the outcome is uncertain, what is certain is that many voters have yet to decide.  The ‘Don’t Know’ voters […]

Tagged With: Electoral Commission, EU referendum, europe, European Referendum, Social Statistics, UK polling

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Does religion have any impact on morality in modern Europe?

Ingrid Storm By Ingrid Storm Filed Under: All posts Posted: January 7, 2016

New research drawing on European survey data finds that religious decline does not equal moral decline. Dr Ingrid Storm explains why involvement in religion makes most difference to morality in the most religious countries, and matters less for moral values now than it did in the 1980s. A recent report by the Commission on Religion […]

Tagged With: europe, morality, morals, religion, society

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What can history teach us about migration?

By Tanja Müller Filed Under: All posts, Europe, Featured Posted: September 4, 2015

As the migration crisis continues to rock Europe, Tanja Müller looks back at a story from the Second World War, to see what the past can teach about current attitudes to those trying to make it to Europe for a better life. It has become a common trope to describe the current movement of people […]

Tagged With: europe, migration

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Tolstoy’s River – Why pro-Europeans need to be braver

Michael Welsh By Michael Welsh Filed Under: All posts, Europe Posted: January 22, 2015

As the anti -EU movement grows, ex Conservative MEP for Lancashire Central Michael Welsh, argues those in the pro-EU camp need to be braver when arguing their case, if Britain is to continue to play its part in the world. In the concluding chapters of War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy compares the course of history […]

Tagged With: EU, europe, European Union, globalisation, Jean Monnet, MEPs, single market

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Nomination of Mr Juncker – A tentative step forward for European democracy?

Georgios Papanagnou By Georgios Papanagnou Filed Under: All posts, Europe, Featured Posted: July 1, 2014

David Cameron failed to block Jean Claude Juncker from being nominated by the European Council for the post of European Commission President. Dr. Georgios Papanagnou takes a look at some of the weaknesses in the campaigns by Cameron and the British media. In the end “this time was not so much different” – Jean Claude […]

Tagged With: conservatives, election, elections, EU, europe, government, parliament, party politics, politics

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