EU Opt-in

Taking back control? Brexit and the territorial constitution of the United Kingdom

Author / Creator: Michael Keating

Media type: Article

Date published: 2021

Brexit removed the external support for Devolution. The territorial tensions are made worse by the fact that majorities in Scotland and Northern Ireland opposed it. There have been three responses: United Kingdom as a unitary state; to fragment into its nations; and to seek a Brexit with exceptions. Only Northern Ireland has been granted n exceptions.