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Liverpool Law School

Prof. Michael Dougan

• Draft Withdrawal Agreement
• UK's market & EU rules
• Transition Period
• Project Fear to Reality
• Talk at NW4E
• May's Brexit Election Pitch
• EU Referendum
• On Leave Vote
• Leave Campaign Lies
• What is the Single Market? [non-tariff barriers]
• Great Repeal Bill
• May's Brexit Speech
• Irish Border
• Commentary 13/09/2018

• Also: 5 reasons the EU matters
• SOAS | Bath for Europe

• All videos

King's College London

Vernon Bogdanor

• EU and Britain: One Year On (and here)

Glasgow School of Law

Prof. Tom Mullen

• Negotiating Brexit

• [more]

London School of Economics

• The Economic Impact of Brexit
• Economists for Brexit defy gravity
• Brexit blog
• Continental Breakfasts

Reports [pdf]:
• Life after Brexit
• Trade consequences of Brexit [2]
• Impact on investment [2]
• UK Treasury analysis
• Brexit and impact of immigration [2]
• Economists for Brexit: a critique

• Not the will of the people
• Why the referendum was lost
• Britain alone
• Dr Sampson: Conservatives Divided

Cambridge University

Prof. John Spencer

• EU Law a Threat to British Justice?
• EU Law: Referendum Questions

Prof. David Feldman

• Votes for Prisoners?

Oxford University

Sir Paul Collier

• The Risks of Brexit

The Royal Society

• Research and the EU

Royal Economic Society

The Economics of Brexit

• Richard Baldwin
• Swati Dhingra
• John Van Reenan
• Enrico Spolaore

Uni. Groningen

• Brexit and UK trade
• (paper)

London Business School

• Prof. Lucrezia Reichlin

• Dean Andrew Likierman

UK in a Changing Europe

• Independent UK-EU research
• Economics and Brexit

NIESR

• Economic Suicide

Monique Abell

• Debunking Minford / Fall in trade
• (more here)

Glasgow University

• Anton Muscatelli

Peterson Institute

• Damage to the British Economy
• Brexit sets dangerous precedent

UKTPO / Sussex Uni.

• Trade policy videos

Global Counsel

• Impacts for UK and EU
[pdf]

CBI

• EU factsheets

Brexit Law

• Brick Court Chambers

Chatham House

• Primer: the vote for Brexit
• Primer: legalities
• Trade policy & the WTO

Senior European Experts

• The Expert's Briefing

Jason Hunter

• BBC Radio Kent debate
• LBC with Shelagh Fogarty
• LBC with Nick Ferrari
• On TalkRadio

Scientists 4 EU

• Videos

Disunited Kingdom

Scotland

• Scotland's Place in Europe
• Scotland In Europe (Book)
• Our Nation's Choice
• [letter #scotref]
• Petition - Agree to Indyref2

• SNP London Branch ScotGovEurope

• Scotland In Europe

• Indy Scotland 'most welcome' in EU
• Angus Robertson interview
• Small businesses support Indyref2
• Brok: rejoining EU 'relatively speedy'
• Sturgeon referendum speech
• Spain will not veto EU bid [2 3]
• Sturgeon's referendum letter
• MSPs back Indyref2 [2]
• Indyref2 announced [2 3]
• Scotland will pursue EU membership
• It's showtime!
• Cut the rope / Scot Free - Monbiot
• Sturgeon - Referendum / Indyref2
• 'Protect Scotland's interests'
• Holyrood rejects Brexit
• Bardell 'Trainspotting' speech
• Robertson 'European country'
• Alyn Smith in EP [2]
• Verhofstadt: 'EU needs Scotland'

Northern Ireland

• Warning from US peace broker
• Brexit Law N.I
• Special status needed for N.I.
• United Ireland would be in EU
• Davis: N.I. 'can rejoin EU'
• Sinn Féin calls for referendum
• After Brexit: two tribes recede
• Irish border checkpoints planned
• Hard Brexit risk to peace
• Adams 'NI could leave UK'
• Hain: Return of direct rule?
• Hain: Open border

Wales

• Brexit and Devolution
• Proposed law to protect devolution
• Surge of support for soft Brexit
• Welsh ports at risk
• Welsh / NI independence demands
• Plaid: independent Wales option
• Put independence on agenda
• Welsh expect UK break-up
• EU funds in Wales

• Yes Cymru
• Welsh Independence

London

• David Lammy: London city-state
• Londondependence / DevoLondon
• Sadiq Khan - Brexit Risk to City

Gibraltar

• 3BITP Go To Gibraltar
• Brexit terms veto?
• Abrupt exit from Single Market
• Hain: UK should share sovereignty
• Lord Howard's belligerence [2]
• Future of Gibraltar at stake
• UK 'moral responsibility'
• Reaction in Gibraltar
• Fabian Picardo 'different deal'
• Talks with Scotland

Channel Islands

• Channel Islands confederacy
• Independence 'may be only option'

Isle of Man

• Isle of Man
• John Rhys-Davis

Falklands

• Falklands sounds alarm
• Negative impact on economy
• Argentina to 'enhance' claims

Anguilla

• Plight of Anguilla after Brexit
• Britain's forgotten EU border

Wessex

• Wessex Vision

Ireland

• Brexit Republic Podcast

Churchill's Europe

• United States of Europe [1946]

• 'Europe Unite' says Churchill
• United Europe is near [regional groupings]
• What would Churchill do?
• Churchill's antidote to war
• A founder of the EU

• Johnson's abuse of Churchill
• Fabricated 'open sea' quote

Commentary

Political

Boris Johnson

• "I am a bit of a fan of the EU"

Seb Dance MEP

• Govt. concedes SM/CU needed

Catherine Bearder MEP

• We want our country back

Ken Clarke

• Maddest political situation
• Vows to Fight Brexit
• Brexit debate in parliament
• Brexit zealots' crusade

Michael Heseltine

• Remarkable revelation of duplicity
• Sold a deceitful pup
• Hard Brexit not credible
• Lost power and influence
• Parliamentary sovereignty
• Scathing attack on Johnson
• 'Waffle, charm and delay'
• Ensure parliament has say
• Brexit deal and economy
• 2nd referendum or election

John Major

• Brexit/trade speech (28 Feb '18)
• Unforgivable fraud on Britain
• Led to expect 'unreal' future
• British people being mislead
• On the referendum
• Less cheap rhetoric
• Realities of Brexit
• 'Ultra-Brexiteers ... un-British'
• Why Britain should remain

Alastair Campbell

• Post-referendum turmoil
• Catastrophically stupid decision
• On Heseltine's 'sacking'

Tim Farron

• Hard brexit attack on democracy
• Tim Farron's EU rally speech

Nick Clegg

• Greatest ... obstructions to trade
• 'Curious cabal of old men'

Tony Blair

• Urges Brexit opponents to rise up [regional unions]
• Our country's interests

Paddy Ashdown

• 'Monumental act of self-harm'

Hillary Benn

• No deal 'dead and buried'

Theresa May

• Why we should remain
• Louise Trethowan (constituent)

Vince Cable

• Europe has remained strong

Richard Corbett

• Brexit options explained
• Brexit and Trade

Peter Mandelson

• Trade negotiations
• Britain after Brexit
• Rise of Euroscepticism

Ming Campbell

• Speech in the Lords

Peter Kyle

• Won't benefit British people

Civil Service

Sir Ivan Rogers

• Memo: 'muddled thinking'
• Talks: 'gory, bitter and twisted'
• May's deal 'not on offer'

Sir Martin Donnelly

• 'Packet of crisps'

Sir David Edwards

• 'Invincible ignorance' over ECJ

The Lords

Baroness Smith

• 'Brexit means Brexit' unwise

Baroness Kennedy

• Speech in the Lords

International

Justine Trudeau

• World benefits from a strong EU [in full]

George Papandreou

• On a united Europe

Europe Speaks

• Mark Adam Harold: 'Dear Mr Hunt'
• Dáithí O’Ceallaigh: an Irish perspective
• Macron's interview on Andrew Marr
• Sandro Gozi: 'Brits ... worse off'
• Emmanuel Macron: 'tough on Brexit'
• Margrethe Vestager: 'buy European'
• Sigmar Gabriel: 'youth of ... Britain'
• Steinmeier: 'irresponsible' campaign
• Danuta Huerber: 'extremely difficult'
• Elmar Brok: ministers 'no idea'
• Alexander Stubb: 'messy end'
• Stefan Lofven: 'free movement'
• Emmanuel Macron: 'raid UK talent'
• Anna Bildt: 'bad taste'
• Xavier Bettel: 'can reverse Brexit'
• Matteo Renzi: 'British ... made bad decision'

Global View

• C. Bondy: Canadian trade negotiator

Academic

Simon Schama

• Someone random from Yellow Pages
• Condemn Britain to irrelevance
• Robert Siegel interview

Scientific

Richard Dawkins

• A new European Party?
• England 'nasty little backwater'
• BBC Newsnight
• A calamity and tragedy
• Dawkins on Brexit
• A Second Referendum

Brian Cox

• Brexit Tweets

Journalism

Ian Hislop

• Go on making the argument

Dunt & Bogdanor

• Discussing position papers

Ian Dunt

• At Bath for Europe

Jon Danzig

• How newspaper lies led to Brexit
• [blog]

Media & Arts

Patrick Stewart

• People's Vote
• Don't let Brexit risk our peace
• Blasts Brexit
• 'Nation was lied to'
• 'I saw post-war Europe unite'

Richard Wilson

• Victor Meldrew orders the 'Brexit special'

Ian McEwan

• '1.5 million oldsters'

Kazuo Ishiguro

• Nation is bitterly divided
• Fears for Britain after Brexit

Ben Okri

• Brexit is Iago's paradise

Brexit means ?

• 2nd class citizens [2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18]
• How to help
• Utter desperation | Culpable MPs
Morally flawed, logically indefensible
• Brexit testimonials here and here
• In Limbo & In Limbo Too (books)
• EU citizens' rights (podcast) [2]

• EU on 'political games' and 'protecting citizens' rights' [2]

• The Guardian's 'Brexit means...'

• No Deal Brexit?
• Tory Hard Brexit Plan
• Why Brexit is madness

• Wrecking and privatisation of the NHS [2 3 4 5 6]
• 6 negative NHS effects
• NHS/Brexit bulletin
• Lancet analysis

• Democracy suppressed [2]

• ~£300M lost per week
• €50 billion payment to EU [2 3 4 5]
• Airbus
• Agricultural regrets [2 3 4]
• Ambulances stockpiled
• Archaeology & curation
• Architectural industry damaged [2 3 4 5 6 7]
• ARM Holdings bought out [2]
• Arts diminished [2 3 4 5 6 7]
• Aviation impacts [2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14]
• Banking [2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12]
• Banks: Paris builds 7 skyscrappers [2 3 4]
• Banks: Prepare to lose passporting
• Bartering Britain's security [2 3]
• Barriers to trade
• Brain drain from UK begins [2 3 4 5 6]
• Brexit regrets [2 3 4 5]
• Brexiteers disown own report
• ... reprise '18
• Britons emigrating [2]
• Broadcast licencing
• Bureaucracy (more, not less) [2 3]
• Business 'Brexodus' begins [2 3 4 5 6]
• ... Guardian 'brexodus' series
• Car industry impacted [2 3 4 5]
• CE safety labels
• Charities
• Chemicals [2 3 4]
• Chlorine washed chicken [2]
• Coastal waters
• Computing
• Creative industries [2 3]
• Credit rating of UK downgraded
• Customs queues for exports [2 3]
• Crime harder to fight [2]
• Devolution rolled back [2]
• Driving license invalid in EU?
• Economic growth slows [2 3 4]
• Economic fantasy
• Europol exit and reduced access?
• Erasmus universities scheme [2 3]
• ESA Galileo & space [2 3 4 5]
• E numbers after Brexit
• EHIC: Loss of EU health insurance [2]
• Electric cars
• End of 'United' Kingdom?
• Environmental impact [2 3 4 5 6 7]
• EU Charter of Rights exit [see text]
• Euro clearing job loses [2]
• Eurosceptic on Leave trade lies [2]
• Euratom: Nuclear Brexit [2 3 4 5 6]
• European Arrest Warrant [2 3]
• European Investment Bank concerns
• Eurostar
• EU suppliers dropping Britain
• Expats' human rights breached?
• Export targets dropped
• Falling living standards
• Family conflicts [2]
• FDI impacted
• Food insecurity
• Food production hit [2]
• 'Gateway to Europe' no longer
• German business defends single market
• Good Friday agreement at risk [2 3]
• Hate crime rising [2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10]
• Higher retail & grocery prices [2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 not utter lies]
• Higher fuel prices [2 3]
• Human trafficking harder to stop
• Incompetence [2 3] and hypocracy [2]
• Inter-generational betrayal
• Irish border controls [2 3 4 5]
• Inward investment falling
• Japan's message [text 2 3 4 5 6]
• ... economic, and political, self-harm
• Jobs at risk [2]
• Le Touquet (Calais) agreement [2]
• Laws rewritten by diktat [2 3 4 5]
• London to be surplanted
• Manufacturers: 1-in-3 look to move
• Medical treatments/drugs [2 3 4 5 6 7]
• Medicines agency [2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10]
• Mobile roaming charges [2]
• Neoliberalism (more, not less)
• New alliances with totalitarians [2 3 4 5]
• NHS workers leaving UK [2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10]
• NHS: Brexit affect to health service [2]
• 'Painful economic shock' [2]
• Pollution deaths continue
• Publishing exports
• Questions - but few answers
• Recruitment & skills shortage
• Science UK undermined [2 3 4 5 6 7]
• Shipping problems
• Space tech [2 3]
• Student loan increases
Supply chains broken [2 3 4]
• Tantrums from Brexit ministers [2]
• Tech impacts [2]
• Terrorism harder to fight
• Travel consequences [2]
• UK project funding risks
• UK's influence diminished at ICJ & UN
• Universities to open EU campuses [2 3 4 5 6]
• Veterinary services [2 3 4 5 6 7 8]
• Workers' rights threatened
• WTO disputes [2 3]
• Xenophobic politics

• See also: Long list of little things

But not...

• £350M for NHS [2 3 4]
• Reduced immigration [2 3 4 5 6 7 8]
• ... report: 'The Case for Immigration'
• Parliamentary sovereignty [2 3]
• 'Taking back control'
• End to ECJ jurisdiction? [2]
• End to freedom of movement? [2 3]
• Cake and eating it
• Cherry picking
• EU trade deal in 2 years [2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9]
• US/UK priority trade deal [2 3 4 5 6 7 8]
• Frictionless trade
• Global Britain [2 3 4 5 6]
• ... nor 'Empire 2.0'? [2 3 4 5]
• Sectorial agreements
• Control over fishing [2]
• A WTO 'fallback' option [letter & 2 3 4]
• Leadership at the WTO
• Replicating EU trade deals

• Not even a backup plan [2 3]

• (to be cont.)

Regional Damage

• EU funding distribution

• N. England / Cumbria
• West Midlands
• Cardiff/Swansea
• Cornwall
• Ebbw Vale
• Rural Scotland

Cities

• 'Critically dependent' on EU trade
• Impacts on UK cities
• Centre for Cities (Report)
• Exeter/Plymouth
• EU main market for cities
• ...

Brexit and the EU27

• UK's Brexit impact studies
• Lords Committee 'Deal or No Deal'
• EU's Brexit impact studies
• Economic Impact on EU27
• Assessment of Euro Area/EU

More

• Article 50 in 5 minutes

• Papers and economists on May's Brexit speech

• Brexit white paper [2 3 4 wish list]

A 'Failing' EU?

• Netherlands - Wilders defeated
• Bulgaria - pro-EU party wins
• Serbia - pro-EU party wins
• France - pro-EU Macron wins
• Montenegro - pro-EU encumbent wins

• Ukraine & Georgia [2 3 4]
• Iceland [2 3]

• Macron & Merkel - Eurozone
• Macron interview (Monocle)

The real EU

• What Europe does for me
• 6 European anti-terror tools
• EU/China: climate change

• UK's role in building EU
• 6 facts about UK influence

• 12 reasons to stay
• 13 things EU gave us
• 50 reasons to love the EU (old)
• 7 bestest reasons for leaving? :-(

• The EU is not the USSR
• Letter to Leave supporters

EU democracy

• Is the EU undemocratic?
• Run by unelected bureaucrats?
• A 'democratic deficit'?
• Democratic accountability

Prof. Andrew Knapp

University of Reading / Berkshire for Europe

• How democratic is the EU?
• A potted history of the EU

... and other videos

European Union

• 'United in Diversity'

• Treaty of Rome: 60 years
• The History of the EU
• The EU in brief
• European Union Law
• European Citizens' Initiative
• How EU negotiates trade deals
• EU members of tomorrow?
• Conditions for membership
• Treaties
• Charter of Rights [text]
• The EU in slides
• EU budget explained

• State of EU Trade 2017 [pdf map]
• EU Trade site
• EU trade (by region)
• EU seeks global trade rules
• EU/Japan 'giant economic zone'
• 10 Facts about EU trade deals (CBI)
• EU trade declining non-argument

• Completing the Internal Market (1985)

• EP Magazine
• EuroparlTV

• Europol

Myths, Fake News

• Busting the Lexit myths

• People's Vote Mythbuster
• Euromyths [A-Z Index]
• EU budget myths
• 20 years of fake news
• Euro Move Mythbusters
• EU Memes
• CGE - 10 Myths
• Top 10 Myths about the EU [pdf]
• Handy List (Mirror)

• Fake Jean Monnet quote

Countering the Lies

• Doorstep EU (apps)
• Brexit fact-base

• The Disinformation Age (podcast)
• EU vs Disinfo
• Disinfo Review
• East StratCom
• Kremlin Watch Review
• Putin's assault on democracy
• Russian infowars

Misc.

• EU Referendum explained
• The New Federalist
• TED Talk - Why Brexit Happened
• Open Britain [videos]
• Scientists for EU [videos]
• Scientists for EU [Gove / regulations]
• CGE - 'Change course' [full report]
• New Narrative for Europe

• Liberty on Human Rights
• Human Rights in UK
• New Scientist: refugees & economics

• Local voting figures

• Cambridge Brexit Report

• Take it from the Swiss

Pound vs Euro

[see latest]

Pound vs Dollar

[see latest]

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