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There is a Late Soviet quality to analysis that hedges by claiming "we just don't know" out of fear of being seen as doom-mongering when a perceived lack of certainty of outcomes that paralyses state decision-making and fuels polarisation so often triggers social instability
Brexit isn't just about economic uncertainty. It generates profound social and political uncertainty about the future structure of the state that shapes every UK inhabitant's everyday life.
A recipe for wider destabilisation of institutions and structures that provide security
A recipe for wider destabilisation of institutions and structures that provide security
Seeing Brexit through a primarily economic lens focuses the debate on a dangerously narrow range of issues.
Brexit is primarily a state crisis that encompasses a full range of destabilisation risks from economic, social, institutional, security, constitutional and political
Brexit is primarily a state crisis that encompasses a full range of destabilisation risks from economic, social, institutional, security, constitutional and political
Examining recent precedents of economic crisis in the UK therefore provides a fundamentally misleading picture of potential Brexit pitfalls.
In previous crises the structures underpinning the state remained intact. A mishandling of Brexit threatens to dismantle the British state
In previous crises the structures underpinning the state remained intact. A mishandling of Brexit threatens to dismantle the British state
