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Mar 18, 2021 • 23 tweets • 16 min read
📣PUBLISHED TODAY📣
'Scotland's New Choice' Independence after Brexit' our NEW ebook from 25 leading academics examining what independence would mean for #Scotland after #Brexit and #COVID19
➡ the process of independence
➡ the economics of independence
➡ the implications on politics & society
➡ the international aspects
➡ the view of independence from elsewhere
Sep 23, 2020 • 20 tweets • 4 min read
1/ Today, the CCC is hosting an online event on the #internalmarketbill and devolution, with video available on Youtube on Friday with Michael Keating, @AileenMcHarg@McEwen_Nicola and hosted by @MureDickie2/ Michael Keating begins, the internal market is, in many ways, a way of replicating what exists to faciliate the European single market. Two options are available: a single standard or principle of mutual recognition
Sep 15, 2020 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
Curious about the controversial internal market bill? Our colleagues have been hard at work explaining it
Michael Keating asks whether this marks a return to the unitary state? centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/news-and-opini…
Jul 28, 2020 • 5 tweets • 5 min read
What powers do the UK devolved administrations have❓And why does England not have its own parliament❓
THIS WEEK @ CCC 👇
CCC Director Michael Keating goes through the UK Government report on the internal market and evaluates the implications of the proposals
As Boris Johnson visits Scotland today, how might he make the case for the Union? CCC Fellows @DaniCetra and @Coree_Brown explored this issue in recent publications
In a recent blog, @Coree_Brown explores how Unionists have used the Covid19 pandemic to make the case for the Union, with an emphasis on the "broad shoulders" of the United Kingdom centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/news-and-opini…
Jul 17, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
This am @AileenMcHarg joined @BBCRadioScot to discuss the UK Government's #internalmarket white paper to weigh in on the power grab / power surge debate.
Lots of questions remain about how the internal market might operate, says Aileen. Will there be possibilities for the devolved parliaments to override these cross-cutting internal market constraints? How will it operate? How will it be enforced?
Jul 17, 2020 • 6 tweets • 6 min read
THIS WEEK @ CCC 👇
📺CCC Co-Director @McEwen_Nicola started this week @Radix_UK discussion "Re-imagining the United Kingdom" asking what is next for the United Kingdom
Studying Politics or Modern Studies? Need help understanding constitutional issues? Or just looking for a refresher? Our NEW series can help! #TheBasics is a series of explanations of the more complex issues and terms used in our research. This month we focus on devolution ⬇
"A process not an event" @McEwen_Nicola provides a short explanation of devolution 👇
As the Welsh Government faces a dilemma over Brexit @DanielWinc@Jaclarner look back at the historical context to make sense of the #Welsh#Brexit position - blog for @UKandEU
This week we launched our latest report @UKandEU discussing the issues #Brexit presents for #UK territorial and constitutional future. You can read the full report here 👇
centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/news_opinion/b…
How has #Brexit impacted constitutional change in Northern Ireland? @MaryCMurphy examines the way Brexit has challenged the 1998 Belfast Agreement - internal relationships within NI, between NI and Ireland and between NI and UK.
Yesterday we published our latest report BREXIT AND THE UNION @UKandEU
What challenges does leaving the European Union pose for the Unions of Great Britain and Northern Ireland? 👇 #NorthernIreland#Brexit is challenging the 3 strands of the Belfast Agreement and tensions can be seen in internal relations, as well as relationships with the South and with the UK. Constitutional change in now part of the broader Irish political narrative @MaryCMurphy
Dec 20, 2019 • 9 tweets • 11 min read
THIS WEEK AT CCC 🔽 our Fellows have been exploring the implications #GeneralElection2019 may have for the constitution.
The election has seen a fundamental transformation of #NorthernIreland political landscape @jevershed01 assesses what has changed and how this is likely to impact on the constitutional future of #UK
Throughout the campaign, our Fellows have been analysing the territorial issues and constitutional impact of #GE19
"it is far from certain what impact this would have on the Brexit process, given its wider volatility and unpredictability." @jevershed01 discusses #GE19 in #NorthernIreland & the impactvgreater representation of pro-Remain is likely to have