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Brexit and the Union

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Analysis

Boris Johnson’s Brexit backstop face-off risks everything for nothing

Boris Johnson’s Brexit backstop face-off risks everything for nothing

Dr Katy Hayward 21 August 2019

Recent no-deal threats show dangerous disregard for Northern Ireland and its fragile peace

Recent no-deal threats show dangerous disregard for Northern Ireland and its fragile peace

Dr Katy Hayward 10 August 2019

Boris, Brexit, backstops and border polls: four takeaways from the PM’s visit

Boris, Brexit, backstops and border polls: four takeaways from the PM’s visit

Lisa Whitten 5 August 2019

Explainers

Brexit and the backstop

What is the backstop? We’d be safely on the home straight by now – Withdrawal Agreement agreed…

Professor David Phinnemore The Union

The implications for Northern Ireland of the ERG report ‘The border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland post-Brexit:’ a summary

The ERG report is intended to prove that the ‘issue’ of the Irish border is possible…

Dr Katy Hayward The Union

Brexit Grants

Professor Colin Harvey

Brexit and Northern Ireland

Research Leader: Professor Colin Harvey Queen's University of Belfast

Professor Nicola McEwen

The repatriation of competences: implications for devolution

Research Leader: Professor Nicola McEwen University of Edinburgh

Multimedia

Brexit and the Constitution: Devolution and the Union

Meg Russell on BBC Radio 4’s PM: the constitution and a no deal Brexit