Thread by @Usherwood

To help you get through the summer, here's my top 10 infographics on Brexit and Art.10

(plus an extra one to show I'm not always right)

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Let's start with the basics

How does Article 50 work, in broad terms?

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For a discussion of this, there's a thread

https://twitter.com/Usherwood/status/1022487558633209856

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That basic process links to the question of revocation, which still doesn't have all the answers pinned down

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Again, a thread to discuss that, from back in Nov 17

https://twitter.com/Usherwood/status/930042428668735488

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So those two elements give us an idea of the basic parameters of Art.50, but you're probably also interested in what's happened so far

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Since April 17, I've been running a monthly tracker on this, with three graphics

The first just maps out the expected timeline

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The second notes the progress, with links to actual documents

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And the third lists the barriers to reaching an agreed conclusion, with the (subjective) likelihood of each barrier happening

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Each month, I post these on our lovely @SurreyPolitics blog.

This months: blogs.surrey.ac.uk/politics/2018/…

All of them: blogs.surrey.ac.uk/politics/tag/i…

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Those can help with seeing how fast/slow things are moving, but I've also made a graphic to remind you that 'nothing's agreed until everything's agreed' too

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Some discussion of the original version back in Feb here

https://twitter.com/Usherwood/status/959339620990406656

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So now we've done the structure and the progress, it's also useful to think about some more specific issues and points

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This week, I tried to unpack the difference between two of the options: a hard Brexit and a 'no-deal' Brexit

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Quite a lot of discussion on this one, when I wrote my thread, esp on Irish dimension, which I'm not sure I really nailed down for hard Brexit

https://twitter.com/Usherwood/status/1021681465388687360

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Looking at that hard/no-deal graphic reminded me of a very old (well, July 16) I did about the difference of basic models you might use for the future relationship

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Of course, before you get to the future, you've got to get through the interim, so in May I made these graphics to help explore the issue of why/whether/how transition could be extended

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That came with a blog: blogs.surrey.ac.uk/politics/2018/…

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And then there's Ireland and the Irish dimension.

Others have used Venn diagrams: I've used some maps

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Again, I've blogged on that: blogs.surrey.ac.uk/politics/2017/…

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So there you go: 10 (actually 12) infographics that hopefully explore and explain some key parts of what's going on with Art.50 and Brexit

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Ah

But I also promised to show my weaknesses

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Back in July 17, I put together this, as a first stab at identifying key people to watch

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Leaving aside people resigning/being kicked out, I didn't get the right roles on this one, in any of the three groups.

So, a cautionary tale about these things: always test the assumptions and look for corroborating evidence

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And we'll leave it there, as I realise I could have used this to some better effect



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(dedicated to my most loyal infographic follower @nogbad)

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