Tag: Andrew Glencross
Book review | Why the UK Voted for Brexit: David Cameron’s Great Miscalculation
In Why the UK Voted for Brexit: David Cameron’s Great Miscalculation, Andrew Glencross offers an analysis of Brexit. While the pace of developments since the book’s publication inevitably makes some of its observations prematurely obsolete, this remains an important and historically sensitive account of this momentous event in the domestic and international political landscape, writes Chris Moreh. […]
A guide to making up your mind in the referendum on EU membership
Andrew Glencross and Paul Cairney give some advice on how to wade through all the information on ‘Brexit’ to make an informed choice. Andrew offers a more thorough discussion in Remain or Leave? A MOOC on the UK Referendum on EU Membership. Similar PostsIt would be a democratic travesty for Brexit not to be accepted […]
Swamped by facts, voters are still going into the EU referendum with an information deficit
The best feature of referendums can be the ability to expand public knowledge and bring new groups or issues into the public sphere. But Andrew Glencross writes there is a very real danger that the current debate is not enhancing citizens’ understanding of the costs and constraints of EU membership. He argues if this referendum is to have […]
Who speaks for Europe? The UK referendum as a pan-European affair
The Brexit debate greatly affects Europe yet commentary from EU figures and European heads of state has been surprisingly muted. Andrew Glencross writes that this is is a significant part due to the fact the British in/out vote is understood as a manifestation of political exceptionalism. The Brexit vote will therefore ultimately be won or lost on British […]
The myth of ‘self-government’ is threatening both the UK’s place in the EU and Scotland’s place in the Union
The UK government is expected to publish a draft bill on 28 May outlining a framework for the country’s referendum on EU membership. Andrew Glencross writes that UK politics is now increasingly defined by two different kinds of ‘exceptionalism’: a push within the UK for self-government outside of the EU, and Scottish demands for self-government within […]
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