🚨 COMING SOON 🚨 👀 Keep an eye out for the next episode of The UK in a Changing Europe podcast with @anandmenon.bsky.social & @tommctague.bsky.social 🇬🇧🇪🇺 They discuss the historical context of the UK's relationship with the EU and draw parallels with today

"I'm worried about the knock on effect that it's going to have on political trust and actually leading people into a more conspiratorial, anti-establishment, radical way of thinking..." @sophiestowers.bsky.social on the impact of the Mandelson affair on trust in politics and political participation

✍️ Sign up now for our next online panel✍️ 🌆 Join our experts as they discuss the key challenges and opportunities for the financial services sector post-Brexit 📆 24 Feb, 1pm GMT 🗣️ @jreland.bsky.social, @drsarahhall.bsky.social, @veron.bsky.social & Elizabeth Howell 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice...

"Of course the problem with all this is the government doesn't seem to have stopped to think what the EU might want in terms of cooperation with us." 🎙️ @anandmenon.bsky.social on the govt.'s ambition for closer ties with the EU in light of global turmoil on @listentotimesradio.bsky.social

"Our research points to some important messages from the Turing/Taith experience(s) that the Erasmus programme may do well to heed." ✍️ @rachelbrooks.bsky.social on student mobility after Brexit and the lessons to be learned as the UK rejoins the EU's Erasmus scheme 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/student-mobi...

⏰ STARTING SOON ⏰ 💻 Join us online at 1pm GMT for a disucssion on the state of UK politics With @anandmenon.bsky.social, @sophiestowers.bsky.social, @drjennings.bsky.social & Rachel Wolf 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice...

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🏡 "The way housing issues are discussed and amplified on social media has become a significant factor in shaping public opinion and influencing the political landscape." ✍️ @rachaelwhsg.bsky.social reflects on how housing issues can affect our politics 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/housing-popu...

"Greater alignment with EU financial services regulation, particularly as a third country which cannot influence that regulation, is not an attractive option either to the sector or to the govt.." 🖊️ Prof Sarah Hall on financial services and UK-EU relations https://ow.ly/Zqog50Ya7q4

"Simply making conditions harsher in the hope it will deter arrivals appears, based on the evidence, unlikely to achieve the desired effect." ✍️ Catherine Barnard Fiona Costello & Ali Ahmadi on UK asylum policy 🔗 https://ukandeu.ac.uk/what-are-the-pull-factors-for-those-seeking-asylum-in-the-uk/

‼️ Sign up while you can ‼️ 🤓 To (try and) unpack everything going on in British politics at the moment, we're bringing together a group of pollsters and public opinion experts 📅 Tues 10 Feb, 1pm GMT 💻 Online 🔗 https://ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice-lunch-hour-uk-politics-in-flux/

"British policy towards China has swung and drifted in the last decade, as it is not guided by a longer-term strategic vision." ✍️Steve Tsang offers his take on how the UK government should approach its relationship with China https://ukandeu.ac.uk/what-does-the-uk-want-in-its-relations-with-china/

"Once you set a date, that will focus minds and that will help to unlock the technical negotiations because political leaders will want to be able to announce progress as been made..." @jannikewachowiak.bsky.social on the three key functions of the next UK-EU summit 📺 ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice...

🇬🇱 "So, although the legal process for Greenland to rejoin the EU would be relatively straightforward, the policy questions at stake mean that the re-entry would not be guaranteed." ✍️ @cbarnard.bsky.social & Denzil Davidson on whether Greenland could join the EU 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/can-greenlan...

"In a tit-for-tat exchange, the US can inflict more harm than the EU, and both sides know it." ✍️ Alisdair Young discusses the efficacy of the EU's 'trade bazooka' following discussions about using it in response to US tariffs 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/the-eus-anti...

"Simply making conditions harsher in the hope it will deter arrivals appears, based on the evidence, unlikely to achieve the desired effect." ✍️ @cbarnard.bsky.social, @fionacostello.bsky.social & Ali Ahmadi on whether stricter asylum policy will act as a deterrant 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/what-are-the...

🌀It's safe to say that UK politics is in flux 🌀 Join our expert panel @anandmenon.bsky.social, @sophiestowers.bsky.social, Rachel Wolf and @drjennings.bsky.social as they unpack the latest in UK politics 📆 Tues 10 Feb, 1pm GMT 💻 Online Sign up now 👇 ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice...

"The available evidence shows that there is a far more complex relationship between asylum policy and asylum inflow than a simple ‘pull factor’ model would suggest." ✍️ @cbarnard.bsky.social, @fionacostello.bsky.social & Ali Ahmadi on why asylum seekers come to the UK ukandeu.ac.uk/what-are-the...

🚨NEW EVENT🚨 📈UK-EU regulatory divergence has increased in the financial services sector, despite aligmnent in other areas 🇬🇧🇪🇺 To make sense of where the sector fits into the UK-EU relationship, we've assembled a team of UK and EU experts 📆Tue 24 Feb, 1pm GMT 💻Online ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice...

"European allies, increasingly talking in terms of reducing reliance on Washington, are keenly watching the choices made in London." ✍️ @anandmenon.bsky.social and @jreland.bsky.social argue that hard geostrategic choices might impact the UK govt.'s regulatory agenda 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/brexit-in-a-...

🇬🇱 "So, although the legal process for Greenland to rejoin the EU would be relatively straightforward, the policy questions at stake mean that the re-entry would not be guaranteed." ✍️ @cbarnard.bsky.social & Denzil Davidson on whether Greenland could join the EU 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/can-greenlan...

"Once you set a date, that will focus minds and that will help to unlock the technical negotiations because political leaders will want to be able to announce progress as been made..." @jannikewachowiak.bsky.social on the three key functions of the next UK-EU summit 👉 ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice...

"In a tit-for-tat exchange, the US can inflict more harm than the EU, and both sides know it." Threats to impose tariffs on countries opposed to a US takeover of Greenland sparked discussions on using the EU's 'trade bazooka' ✍️ Alisdair Young on the EU's Anti-Coercion Instrument 🔗 bit.ly/4t48zeS

🌀 Events in British politics are moving at a staggering pace 🌀 So what are the prospects for UK politics? And what are the major drivers of the phenomena we’re witnessing? 💻Join our expert panel online as they grapple with all this and more 📆 Tues 10 Feb, 1pm GMT 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice...

🏔️"Davos should therefore have confirmed to Keir Starmer that Britain will need to both rethink its dependence on the US and the slow pace of rearmament." ✍️ Andrew Dorman reflects on UK defence policy following geopolitical tensions at Davos https://ukandeu.ac.uk/uk-defence-and-the-impact-of-davos/

"For the EU, the risk lies less in immediate withdrawal or obstruction than in gradual divergence." 🇫🇷 John Ryan explores what a possible Jordan Bardella French presidency could mean for France & the EU https://ukandeu.ac.uk/can-the-national-rallys-jordan-bardella-become-the-next-french-president/

"Achieving the vision of a buccaneering free trading Britain will be so much harder, if not impossible, in a world where tariffs and subsidies have become the norm" ✍️ Anand Menon and Joël Reland on the impact of geopolitics on post-Brexit choices 🔗 https://ukandeu.ac.uk/brexit-in-a-changing-world/

"For BN(O)s the help which has been most needed is in securing work which matches skills." ✍️ On the fifth anniversary of the Hong Kong BN(O) visa scheme, Heather Rolfe looks at the lessons in how the UK can support migrants https://ukandeu.ac.uk/lessons-from-the-hong-kong-bno-visa-scheme/

6️⃣ Today marks 6 years since the UK formally left the EU and once again the spotlight is on what the UK's relationship with the EU should look like 🇬🇧🇪🇺 📺 For a comprehensive analysis of UK-EU relations and the key areas to look out for, watch back our online panel 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice...

"It is apparent that there is still no final and definitive list of that legislation, nor clarity about what should be done with it all." ✍️ @simonusherwood.bsky.social on the challenges the UK faces in dealing with the legislation it adopted while part of the EU 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/the-boundles...

🚨 STARTING NOW 🚨 🇬🇧🇪🇺 Join us online for a discussion on the future of the UK-EU relationship With @anandmenon.bsky.social, @jreland.bsky.social, @jannikewachowiak.bsky.social & Sir Ivan Rogers Follow along here 👇 💻 app.sli.do/event/bzJ1sD...

"European allies, increasingly talking in terms of reducing reliance on Washington, are keenly watching the choices made in London." ✍️ @anandmenon.bsky.social and @jreland.bsky.social argue that hard geostrategic choices might impact the UK govt.'s regulatory agenda ukandeu.ac.uk/brexit-in-a-...

🏔️"Davos should therefore have confirmed to Keir Starmer that Britain will need to both rethink its dependence on the US and the slow pace of rearmament." ✍️ Andrew M Dorman reflects on UK defence policy following the geopolitical tensions at Davos 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/uk-defence-a...

"Whether Bardella ultimately wins or loses, his candidacy signals the end of the National Rally’s political quarantine in France." 🇫🇷 Looking ahead to France’s 2027 presidential election, John Ryan explores what a Jordan Bardella win could mean for both France & the EU ukandeu.ac.uk/can-the-nati...

"Disagreements about migration policy are some of the most divisive, heated parts of our current politics. Debate often seems to be between two tribes... And the claims from both are sometimes extreme" ✍️ Alan Manning on the debate around immigration in the UK ukandeu.ac.uk/why-immigrat...

🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 🎙️ Listen to the new episode of The UK in a Chanigng Europe podcast Self-proclaimed supporter of the European project turned Brexiter Marina Wheeler puts forward her case that closer ties with the EU and making Brexit a success are not mutually exclusive 🎧 ukandeu.ac.uk/podcasts/not...

"For BN(O)s the help which has been most needed is in securing work which matches skills." ✍️ @heather-rolfe.bsky.social looks at the lessons that can be learned from the Hong Kong BN(O) visa scheme 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/lessons-from...

⏰ COMING SOON ⏰ 👀 Keep an eye out for the next instalment of The UK in a Changing Europe podcast with Marina Wheeler KC @anandmenon.bsky.social asks her about her book, how she would navigate UK-EU relations & whether she would still back Brexit knowing what the geopolitical context would be now 👇

"It is apparent that there is still no final and definitive list of that legislation, nor clarity about what should be done with it all." ✍️ @simonusherwood.bsky.social on the challenges the UK faces in dealing with the legislation it adopted while part of the EU 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/the-boundles...

"But the bottom line is that the impacts of migration are rarely as bad as the critics claim nor as good as supporters say." ✍️ @alanmanning4.bsky.social argues that the debate around immigration in the UK needs more nuance to be able to create effective policy ukandeu.ac.uk/why-immigrat...

"And what we're seeing in the way that he behaves abroad, he's behaving at home... There's a real kind of feeling that we're right in the middle of a crisis. It's not impending, it is already upon us." 🚨Fiona Hill's stark analysis of Trump and his domestic and foreign policy agenda from last week

"And yet, despite a clearer strategy for divergence emerging, it is far from clear that it will deliver significant benefits in practice" @jreland.bsky.social on the increase in divergence from the EU under Labour (despite talk of alignment as part of its UK-EU reset) ukandeu.ac.uk/labour-burni...

Global challenges continue to put a spotlight on the realtionship between the UK & EU 🇬🇧🇪🇺 Join our experts @anandmenon.bsky.social, @jreland.bsky.social, @jannikewachowiak.bsky.social and Sir Ivan Rogers as they discuss the year ahead in UK-EU relations 📆 Fri 30 Jan 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice...

"Should we be team Europe, should we be team US? To date, Starmer has basically said neither and both... The key thing for British foreign policy is not to have to make that choice. What's happening with Greenland is he's being pushed towards making that choice." @anandmenon.bsky.social on Talk TV

"But the trouble with that was, it was always really a tactic. And I think there was never really a clear sense of what the strategy was going to be." 🗣️ @simonfraser00.bsky.social on the UK govt.'s "hug him close and wait for the midterms" approach to Trump so far and whether it should change tact

"It is something of a paradox that, for all this govt.’s talk of closer alignment with the single market, it is doing a better job than its predecessors of delivering divergence from EU rules." @jreland.bsky.social reflects on UK-EU regulatory divergence under Labour ukandeu.ac.uk/labour-burni...

"Greater alignment with EU financial services regulation, particularly as a third country which cannot influence that regulation, is not an attractive option either to the sector or to the govt.." 🖊️ @drsarahhall.bsky.social on financial services and UK-EU relations 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/the-city-has...

"What we've got now in glaring relief is the fact that there are no checks and balances on Trump or his implulses at all." Fiona Hill's stark analysis of the difference between the first and second Trump presidencies using the example of Greenland at our event with @instituteforgovernment.org.uk

⏰ Just one hour till our event with @instituteforgovernment.org.uk ⏰ 🌍 Join @anandmenon.bsky.social, @drhannahwhite.bsky.social, @simonfraser00.bsky.social & Fiona Hill to discuss the impact of Trump on the UK, the EU and beyond Watch online 👇 🔗 www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/trump-...

📣 LATEST DIVERGENCE TRACKER OUT NOW 📣 📈 This report by @jreland.bsky.social clearly outlines how UK and EU rules and regulations have diverged in the period Oct-Dec 2025 🔍 And identifies the key trends driving regulatory alignment and divergence between the UK & EU 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/reports/uk-e...