All posts tagged "David Cameron"

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  Talk of Scottish independence sparks memories of Canada’s fight for national unity

  Letter from Ottawa: In 1995, a referendum saw Quebec come close to seceding from Canada. Michael Wernick, former clerk of the Privy Council, reflects on what it was like to

  • Posted May 24, 2021
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  Secret story: inside the delivery suite with the reluctant midwives of Brexit

  In-depth interviews with Conservative special advisers and ministers reveal the moments that shaped Britain’s exit from the EU. Matt Ross explores the strategic errors and political calculations that led two

  • Posted March 25, 2021
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  Black comedy of errors: how the UK accidentally left the Single Market, and other Brexit stories

  Newly published interviews with key figures involved in Brexit reveal how a lack of expertise led to major mistakes – and suggest that the UK government deliberately built an inexperienced

  • Posted February 16, 2021
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  What Brexit has meant for the UK civil service so far?

  While Britain’s vote to leave the EU has had no immediate impact on Europeans living in the UK or Britons living in other EU nations, the referendum result has led

  • Posted July 27, 2016
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  Finding the exit: the future of UK-EU relations

  What happens when an unknown prime minister ventures into the unknown? Matt Ross explores the options facing Britain’s new PM as she contemplates the unprecedented task of extracting an EU

  • Posted July 21, 2016
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  Brexit minister Oliver Letwin leaves government after being branded ‘completely unsuitable’ for the job

  Oliver Letwin, the minister in charge of the UK government’s Brexit Unit who was branded as “completely unsuitable” for the job by former cabinet secretary Andrew Turnbull, has left the government.

  • Posted July 14, 2016
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  Brexit: UK government should try to win back officials from European Commission by offering ‘more than competitive pay’, committee says

  Britain’s government should make “particularly strenuous efforts” to win back more than 1,000 UK nationals working for the European Commission by offering “more than competitive pay” to help with Brexit

  • Posted July 13, 2016
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  A guide to Brexit, part 1: how Britain voted to leave the EU

  The UK has just made a monumental decision, leaving the rest of the world amazed, nonplussed and somewhat fearful. Here, Global Government Forum unpicks the implications of the country’s referendum decision

  • Posted June 30, 2016
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  A guide to Brexit, part 2: What’s the process for negotiating a British exit from the EU?

  This is part 2 of our guide to Brexit. In this section we examine the ‘Article 50’ process for shaping a British exit, and explore the immediate aftermath of the UK’s

  • Posted June 30, 2016
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  A guide to Brexit, part 3: Who’ll run the negotiations?

  This is part 3 of our guide to Brexit. In this section, we explore who’ll become the next UK prime minister, how they’ll manage events, and the prospects of a general election;

  • Posted June 30, 2016
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