| ID | 145194 |
| Title Proper | Brexit and the law of unintended consequences |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Freedman, Lawrence |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | There is no clear prospectus for a United Kingdom outside the European Union, or for an EU without the UK. ‘Brexit’ is presented as a great escape from a remote bureaucracy impervious to democratic accountability. Once liberated from Brussels, according to the Leave campaign, the nation will be able to achieve, through its energy and resourcefulness, great things that are currently beyond its grasp. What those great things might be is not specified. The Leave campaign is not a political party with a leadership and a manifesto, waiting to form an alternative government should its campaign succeed. It is a loose coalition of individuals from across the political spectrum, including free traders and protectionists, interventionists and isolationists. It is unsurprising that it has no agreed position on optimum future trading arrangements, or on how the country should engage with the rest of the world. |
| `In' analytical Note | Survival : the IISS Quarterly Vol. 58, No.3; Jun-Jul 2016: p.7-12 |
| Journal Source | Survival Vol: 58 No 3 |
| Key Words | European Union ; United Kingdom ; Brexit |