Brexit will pose dilemmas for UK constitution

Subject

Brexit and the UK constitution.

Significance

After Brexit, the United Kingdom will move from a protected constitutional system, established by EU treaties, to one dominated by the sovereignty of Parliament. Such an unprotected system is difficult to reconcile with the protection of rights and with devolution.

Impacts

• There will likely be entrenched division over the prospect of a codified constitution and what it includes.
• The United Kingdom should remain in a close and strategic foreign-policy relationship with the EU.
• There will be pressure from free-market Conservative MPs to lower tariffs and deregulate personal and corporate tax to encourage business.