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UK election risks and opportunities could shape Brexit

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: UNITED KINGDOM
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: United Kingdom EUR EU Ireland

Topical: economy international relations politics social government legislation opposition party border conflict election foreign policy foreign trade policy summit talks treaty constitution integration security
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2019), "UK election risks and opportunities could shape Brexit", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB246111

Friday, August 30, 2019

His move has significantly raised the political and constitutional stakes in the battle to prevent a no-deal Brexit.

If Ireland proposed a time-limited backstop to avert a no-deal crisis, Brussels might accept it.
Johnson wants to create the impression of progress in talks on the backstop, to deter rebel Conservatives from siding with the opposition.
Prorogation will galvanise the opposition parties into a tighter relationship.