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Chris Grey is Emeritus Professor of Organization Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London, and was previously a Professor at Cambridge University and Warwick University. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS). He originally studied Economics and Politics at Manchester University, where he also gained a PhD on the regulation of financial services. "Best guy to follow on Brexit for intelligent analysis" Annette Dittert, ARD German TV. "Consistently outstanding analysis of Brexit" Jonathan Dimbleby. "The best writer on Brexit" Chris Lockwood, Europe Editor, The Economist. "A must-read for anyone following Brexit" David Allen Green, FT. "The doyen of Brexit commentators" Chris Johns, Irish Times. @ChrisGrey@mastodon.online & Twitter @chrisgreybrexit
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Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 12 January 2024 English
This week’s domestic news has been dominated by the Horizon Post Office scandal, following the screening of the ITV drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office. There are some Brexit …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 8 December 2023 English
One of the reasons why there is still any debate about whether Brexit is a success or a failure is because what Brexit meant and what it was supposed to …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 17 November 2023 English
It has become increasingly difficult to separate out Brexit as a topic from British politics generally, and the politics of the Conservative Party in particular. That has been true for …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 15 September 2023 English
This recurring word in most commentary on this summer’s Brexit events is ‘pragmatism’. It refers to the range of ways, some quieter than others, in which the government is trying …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 26 May 2023
I don’t purport to provide anything like a comprehensive weekly record of reports of Brexit damage – fortunately the indefatigable Anthony Robinson curates the closest thing there is to that …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 26 May 2023 English
I don’t purport to provide anything like a comprehensive weekly record of reports of Brexit damage – fortunately the indefatigable Anthony Robinson curates the closest thing there is to that …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 17 March 2023 English
In last week’s post I wrote about the strategic incoherence of post-Brexit politics, despite the more pragmatic approach embodied in the Windsor Framework. The fate of that agreement, specifically, remains …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 10 March 2023 English
There was never any possibility that last week’s announcement of the Windsor Framework would be immediately transformative. Even so, it’s surprising that there’s been so little attempt by Rishi Sunak’s …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 11 March 2022 English
This week, in one of his regular and excellent analyses of the Ukraine War, Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King’s College London, makes an interesting observation …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 29 October 2021 English
Over the last few years, one of the most acute commentators on Brexit has been Jonathan Lis, and in a recent article he concludes that the three fundamental consequences of …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 27 August 2021 English
In recent posts I’ve been using the analogy of a slow puncture for the damage caused by Brexit with the political consequences being muffled as a result. An excellent piece …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 16 July 2021 English
The big story of the week is football. Given the volume of comment there has been, it’s difficult to say anything which is interesting or original but, as mentioned in …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 9 July 2021 English
As predicted in recent posts, including last week’s, there is no sign that the government’s confrontational approach to the Northern Ireland Protocol (NIP) is going to change. Neither the Biden …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 23 April 2021 English
We’re probably long past the closing date for nominations for the prize for the most absurd and mendacious comment about Brexit, including the category reserved for those made by Boris …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 14 August 2020 English
This week’s headlines about migrants seeking to cross the channel served as a reminder – not that it should ever be forgotten, still less forgiven – of the way that …