Unfortunately, the country has once again found itself in the midst of another Brexit debate. Perhaps this was inevitable - both the UK and the EU seem to have chosen brinkmanship as their negotiation tactic of choice, both in negotiating the Withdrawal Agreement last year, and in negotiating two party’s parties’ future relationship now. That we’ve reached a similar impasse to that we saw last year is unsurprising. What is more surprising is the way that the situation seems to have followed the logic of a lazy television series. Each successive series finale raises the stakes higher and higher; the action becomes more and more implausible. As last year, we have all of the concerns of lines of thousands of lorries at Dover, damage to just-in-time supply chains, food prices skyrocketing, and harm to businesses and jobs in the UK that rely on trade with the EU. What renders this situation different from that in which we found ourselves last year is the Internal Market bill, a piece of l
A collection of often belated reactions to developments in UK politics. Written by Steven Rose and kindly edited by Ele Saltmarsh and Ewan Hill Norris.