Five lessons from Brexit - Introduction: lessons from Brexit Remember that scene in Shrek, when Donkey tries to figure out what an ogre

And it will go on doing so: whether it is the ongoing struggle over the Northern Ireland Protocol, debates over the economic impacts of leaving the EU, or the potential to make use of the autonomy it has provided us with, the saga drags on. [...] ‘Whether it is the ongoing struggle over the Northern Ireland Protocol, debates over the economic impacts of leaving the EU, or the potential to make use of the autonomy it has provided us with, the saga drags on’. [...] It is no coincidence that some of these political battles ended in the courts, just as it is no coincidence that the ending of the supremacy of EU law coincided with a wider debate over the appropriate nature of rights and the role of the judiciary in our constitutional system. [...] ‘Given the enormous impact of the pandemic on the performance of the UK economy, it has proven difficult to disentangle these effects from the initial impacts of Brexit’. [...] There will, of course, be further unpeeling to do as the we continue to learn lessons from the Brexit process and as its implications for, inter alia, the UK’s place in the world, the future of Northern Ireland, relations with European partners, and indeed the future of the EU itself are revealed.