Trans Atlantic 002 - HMS Brexit: Iceberg right ahead!
This one was close to home and had to happen at some point. Brexit is the starting point for this podcast and has Stephen looking at some of the issues thrown up by the British vote to leave the EU. The finished podcast ended up expanding into something larger than was ever originally intended. Surprise, surprise.
“The English find it necessary to murder an Admiral from time to time to encourage the others.” - Voltaire
Show notes
1. “Brexit Is Only the Latest Proof of the Insularity and Failure of Western Establishment Institutions” by Glenn Greenwald for The Intercept / Posted: June 25, 2016
2. “To Unlock Brexit Talks, Britain Must Atone for a Sin of Empire: the Partition of Ireland” by Robert Mackey for The Intercept / Posted: October 24, 2018
https://theintercept.com/2018/10/24/brexit-ireland-border-issue/
3. “Brexit: AA Gill argues for ‘In’” by AA Gill for The Sunday Times / Posted: June 26, 2016
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/aa-gill-argues-the-case-against-brexit-kmnp83zrt
4. “British Democracy Nears Meltdown as Parliament Deadlocks Over Brexit” by Robert Mackey for The Intercept / Posted: January 16, 2019
https://theintercept.com/2019/01/16/british-democracy-nears-meltdown-parliament-rejects-brexit-deal/
5. “Well done, Brexit ultras – the EU has never had more power over Britain” by Andrew Rawnsley for The Guardian / Posted: March 17, 2019
6. “Cabinet ministers believe risk of no-deal Brexit now 'very real'“ by Rowena Mason and Dan Sabbagh for The Guardian / Posted: March 21, 2019
7. “The case against a new referendum” by Henry Newman for The Economist / Posted: January 11, 2019
https://www.economist.com/open-future/2019/01/11/the-case-against-a-new-referendum
8. “Why another referendum would be so problematic” by Anand Menon for The Economist / Posted: January 18, 2019
https://www.economist.com/open-future/2019/01/18/why-another-referendum-would-be-so-problematic
9. “It’s not too late for MPs to do the right thing” by Matthew Parris for The Times / Posted: March 2015, 2019
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/it-s-not-too-late-for-mps-to-do-the-right-thing-rlq608ls0
10. “Why referendums are problematic – yet more popular than ever” by Jon Henley for The Guardian / Posted: October 6, 2016
11. “Britain treated Europe like a game. Brexit hasn't changed that” by Rafael Behr for The Guardian / Posted: April 2, 2019
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/02/theresa-may-labour-brexit
12. “Brexit Beckons: Thinking ahead by leading economists” Edited by Richard E. Baldwin
http://eureferendum.com/documents/Brexit_Beckons_VoxEU.pdf#page=33
13. “Europe’s Crisis of Integration” by Ian Kershaw for The New York Times / Posted: April 29, 2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/29/opinion/europe-integration.html