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Fog in channel: what do EU-27 nations think about freedom of movement?
How do views on European freedom of movement in the UK compare with those in other EU nations? Surprisingly, UK attitudes seem to have become more aligned with those elsewhere in the EU since the...
View ArticleIrexitschmexit
First there was ‘Grexit’ , which hasn’t happened. Then there was ‘Brexit’, which is probably going to happen. Some think that, depending on the outcome of the French presidential election, we might be...
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Paris nous appartient: a fable for our time
A masterpiece of the French New Wave has lessons for the world of Macron, Le Pen & Mélenchon The poster art copyright is believed to belong to the distributor of the film, the publisher of the film...
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The vegetarian market for foie gras
Remain voters and EU-27 citizens' rightsThere’s been a lot of confusion and some understandable distress over a forthcoming report from Oxford University and the LSE on attitudes to Brexit, previewed...
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Sovereignty misplaced
In Sèvres, in the suburbs of Paris, there is a cylinder of diameter and height approximately 39mm, composed of an alloy of platinum and iridium, milled and polished until it reflects like a mirror,...
View ArticleThe limits of unilateralism
Here is an argument that crops up whenever the issue of the Ireland/UK land border is under discussion. If the UK, Ireland and the EU are unable to agree a way forward then the UK can simply announce...
View ArticleBaudelaire, Recueillement
Withdrawal (5)Enough o my Sorrow calm down You wanted evening: here it is Folding the city into its obscurity Peace for some worries for others.Now, while the crowd is laying up Remorse under the...
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Public goods, joint action and the border
Inishowen lighthouse, Donegal, Ireland. Image dowloaded from https://www.irishlights.ie/tourism/our-lighthouses/inishowen.aspx The website does not provide ownership imformation for this image. What...
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Social insurance in a time of coronavirus: the problem of Statutory Sick Pay
At time of writing (25 June 2020) some 9.2 million employees have been furloughed from their jobs as part of the effort to combat coronavirus. Under the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme...
View ArticleVerlaine, Kaleidoscope
KaleidoscopeOn a street in a city you dreamed It will be like having lived before A moment at once vague and sharp ... O this sun rising amidst mist,That call across waves, voice in the woods ... As if...
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