How to Annoy Europe: Cancel BrexitBloomberg - Leonid Bershidsky The top European court now is highly likely to rule that the U.K. can cancel Brexit unilaterally. For all the domestic political hurdles such a move …
A Brexit Lesson From the Cradle of DemocracyBloomberg - Leonid Bershidsky The Macedonian parliament’s vote to rename the country and thus remove the biggest obstacle to its integration into Western institutions is evidence …
Theresa May’s Humbling Offers a Glimmer of HopeBloomberg - Therese Raphael It was certainly a historic defeat for the British government. But while it was called a “meaningful vote,” Parliament’s crushing rejection of …
May’s Crushing Loss Is Proof Brexit Has FailedBloomberg - Editorial Board “Defeat” is too small a word for the rebuke Britain’s Parliament handed Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday. Her Brexit deal, laboriously negotiated …
What the EU Wants to Hear from the U.K. NowBloomberg - Leonid Bershidsky The reaction of European politicians to the U.K. Parliament’s spectacular rejection of Theresa May’s divorce deal looks, on the surface, to be …
Pound Traders Indulge in Some Wishful Brexit ThinkingBloomberg - Lionel Laurent The U.K. Parliament has inflicted the biggest-ever defeat on a sitting government in the country’s modern history. It has pretty much shredded the …
Britain’s a Small Country. Get Used to It.Bloomberg - Mihir Sharma The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a small country that is about to get even smaller. I know that this simple statement of …
Brexiters Know a Bad Trade When They See OneBloomberg - Lionel Laurent Capturing the mood of the public better than pollsters or politicians can win you big money. Prominent Brexit supporter Crispin Odey proved it when …
Brexit-Era Britain’s ‘Last Hope’ Bows to RealityBloomberg - Therese Raphael Every once in a while the world of sport seems to provide the perfect metaphor for a national moment. It’s no more than a sad coincidence, but when …
Brexiters, Don't Wait Up for Scarlett JohanssonBloomberg - Therese Raphael U.K. lawmakers will finally get their chance to vote on Theresa May's Brexit deal on Jan. 15. All but a small minority want to avoid leaving without …
The Six-Letter Word Scaring Business. It's Not Brexit.Bloomberg - Therese Raphael Who says there is no consensus on Brexit? Maybe not in Westminster, where the U.K.’s fractious parliament sits; but get a group of business leaders …
Can Any Politician Have a ‘Good’ Brexit? YesBloomberg - Therese Raphael When Brexit is said and done, legion will be the politicians whose careers and ambitions are shattered along the way. Most will fall into two …
Brexit Knocks the Wind Out of the U.K. EconomyBloomberg - Therese Raphael Britain didn’t leave the European Union on June 23, 2016; it merely voted to start the process. That, in turn, created uncertainty, but not a change …
Brexit No-Dealers Are Down, But They’re Not OutBloomberg - Therese Raphael One salutary thing about endgames is that the strengths and weaknesses of both sides become impossible to hide. As the U.K. parliament heads toward …
No One Is Ready for a No-Deal BrexitBloomberg - Editorial Board With Brexit negotiations paralyzed, and fewer than 100 days till the clock runs out, it’s worth remembering that the U.K. government — despite its …
At Last, Something About Brexit Everyone Can Agree OnBloomberg - Therese Raphael Who says economists can’t agree? In recent days, four reports evaluating the long-term economic impact of Brexit have been published, and they are …
Brexit Brings Out Some Gallows Humor in BritainBloomberg - Therese Raphael Brexit is turning into a national humiliation. To see just how desperate the situation is, look at how some Britons are trying to make light of …
The Yellow Jackets Could Come to Brexit BritainBloomberg - Therese Raphael What started out as a typical demonstration against fuel taxes threatens to become the largest and most violent street protests in France since the …
May’s Other Option on BrexitBloomberg - Therese Raphael A conventional view is forming about what happens next in Brexit. If, as expected, parliament rejects Theresa May’s deal in January, a second …
