Questions tagged [brexit]
For questions regarding Britain's exit from the European Union, popularly termed 'Brexit'. Use with the [united-kingdom] and [european-union] tags, depending on which parties your question refers to.
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Is UK vaccine rollout really a Brexit benefit?
I heard multiple times from different UK government officials that the UK did really good with Covid-19 vaccine rollout because the UK left the EU.
Is this true?
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Why didn't the UK want a return policy when negotiating Brexit?
I've just watched this video that shows that the rise of boat immigrants to the UK is because the UK didn't want a return policy. It seems as though it would have been very important to the UK to have ...
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Would it make sense to move the "capital" of Europe away from Brussels? [closed]
Brussels, while not officially the capital of Europe, is de facto considered as such. The European Union has expanded eastward considerably in the last few decades and England has exited the EU. In ...
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Is the UK not member of Schengen, Customs Union, Economic Area, Free Trade Association among others anymore now after Brexit?
I have picture showing where the UK is now compared to other countries. (Outside of European Free Trade Association, European Economic Area, Schengen Area, European Union, Eurozone, EU Customs Union).
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How many Britons consider that Brexit has negatively affected them, now that COVID has been mostly contained?
According to this Financial Times movie, the UK has been significantly economically impacted by Brexit. According to them, this became clearer after COVID had been largely contained, but its economic ...
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Do Conservative party members care about the Northern Ireland protocol?
A lot of pro-Brexit politicians are outraged by the fact that the Northern Ireland protocol has imposed an economic border “in the middle of our country”.
Most British people on the other hand, ...
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Has the UK enacted any changes in laws that would've been impossible while being an EU member?
The UK has left the EU and one of the biggest arguments in support was that idea that they could enact legislation that goes against EU rules, whether on trade with other nations, privacy, security, ...
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How many busses were torched in Northern Ireland as part of the Unionists' campaign against the Northern-Ireland Protocol?
Apparently there's a campaign on the ground to torch busses in Northern Ireland. Seemingly it's organized by Unionists, whom want to scrap the Northern Ireland Protocol.
How many busses are involved ...
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Why did UK and EU agree NI Protocol with clause allowing unilateral action in the event of diversion of trade (DOT) when they knew DOT was inevitable?
Under the Protocol the UK government is responsible for applying checks on goods entering NI from the rest of the UK to ensure that goods destined for the Republic of Ireland meet EU regulations. This ...
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If the UK invokes Art 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol, will the EU require a hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland [closed]
Under the Protocol the UK government is responsible for applying checks on goods entering NI from Great Britain to ensure that goods destined for the Republic of Ireland meet EU regulations. This is ...
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Has the UK's HMRC begun the process of inspecting arrivals of EU goods?
It was made clear at the start that notwithstanding EU checks on UK movements into the single market, Britain would delay its implementation of checks.
Have they now begun?
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A list of UK businesses whose owner supported Brexit
First, sorry if this isn't a question that can be asked in here, if there is a more suitable stack-exchange please let me know and I will delete, no need to down vote.
I am looking for a list of ...
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When Sir Jeffrey Donaldson campaigned to leave the EU, how exactly did he think the matter of the border would be resolved?
Donaldson complains bitterly that the Unionists in Northern Ireland have been let down by the Johnson government. That may well be the case - and it undoubtedly appears that there has been double ...
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Can a future UK government decide to rejoin the EU without a referendum?
Can a future UK government decide to rejoin the EU without a referendum or do they have to hold one?
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In what specific way has the the EU "turned [its] rules upside down and inside out" on medicines in Northern Ireland?
In response to UK government accusations that the EU has been inflexible on medicines under the Northern Ireland protocol (see e.g. Boris Johnson's charge on 30 cancer drugs) the EU ambassador to the ...