Return of the town hall: will Brexit bring British democracy closer to the people?
Jul 08, 2016 23:32 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
In the lead up to the EU referendum, the Leave campaign urged voters to take back control from Brussels. Their message invoked the dominance of EU laws and institutions such as the European Commission and the European...
Jul 08, 2016 23:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Even before the UKs Brexit vote was official, the pounds value plummeted. It has been much reported that sterling has hit record lows. A look at the history of British currency crises shows how dramatic the shock was....
Brexistentialism: Britain, the drop out nation in crisis, meets Jean-Paul Sartre
Jul 08, 2016 23:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The greatest philosophical one-liner of the 20th century or anti-EU theme tune? Hell is other people began life as a snappy soundbite in Jean-Paul Sartres Huis Clos, a short, harsh, brilliant meditation of a play, written...
Moody's lowers UK's and EU's growth outlook after Brexit vote
Jul 08, 2016 11:40 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The United Statess rating agency, Moodys, has lowered the growth outlook for the United Kingdom and for theeurozone, following the Brexit win in the EUreferendum on June 23 that diminished confidence among the entire...
Briferendum Aftermath Series: One pie the world would like to bite out of UK
Jul 08, 2016 11:33 am UTC| Commentary
Clearing house business is one big pie that the financial centers all around the globe would love to steal away from the United Kingdom viz.a.viz London. After the referendum, Londons clearing house business is clearly...
Jul 08, 2016 07:13 am UTC| Commentary
British consumer confidence as recorded by GFK consumer confidence dropped sharply in the aftermath of the referendum where themajority of the Britons voted in favor of exiting from the Union. GFK released anone-off...
Briferendum Aftermath Series: UK to get second female Prime Minister after Margaret Thatcher
Jul 08, 2016 06:09 am UTC| Commentary
After the second round of voting among the members of the Parliament (MPs), Britain is heading to get its second female Prime Minister after Margaret Thatcher, the Iron lady. In the second round of voting, front-runner...
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