Brexit, No Exit: Why Britain Won't Really Leave Europe

Description

The UK's Brexit vote on 23rd June 2016 provided perhaps the most dramatic proof that the era of political and economic globalization has ended. Populism, nationalism and xenophobia are surging across Europe and Brexit adds to the problems facing the established political order. This book shows how we reached this stage and what needs to be done now. As a former MP and Europe minister under Tony Blair, and latterly as a commentator and writer on European issues, Denis MacShane has a unique insider perspective on the events that led to Brexit and the behind-the-scenes discussions that followed. He argues that Brexit will not mean full rupture with Europe and that British capitalism will overcome the ultra-right-wing forces of the Conservative back-bench and UKIP. Although the path to Article 50 and beyond will be fraught and tensely-negotiated, Britain cannot and will not divorce itself from the continent of Europe and the European question will continue to be a defning feature of politics into the future.

Author description

Denis MacShane was a Labour MP serving in Tony Blair's government as Minister for Europe. He was first elected as MP for Rotherham in 1994 and served until his resignation in 2012. MacShane studied at Oxford and London universities and has four children. He is a prominent commentator on European issues.

Table of contents

PART ONE: THE IMPACT OF BREXIT 1 THE BREXIT REVOLUTION 2 BREXIT AND TRUMP: TOWARDS A NEW WORLD DISORDER? 3 BREXIT: A NEVER- ENDING SAGA 4 NATIONALIST IDENTITARIANISM 5 CLOSING FRONTIERS 6 THERESA MAY: HOW MUCH BREXIT DOES SHE REALLY WANT? 7 EUROPE REACTS PART TWO: WHY BREXIT HAPPENED 8 THE ESTABLISHMENT WAS WARNED BREXIT WOULD HAPPEN BUT BURIED ITS HEAD IN THE SAND /13/2017 7:24:08 PM 9 THE BREXIT GENERATION 10 THE LEAVERS 11 THE CAMPAIGN 12 LABOUR FAILS TO MAKE AN IMPACT BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER 13 THE BBC'S DISDAIN FOR EUROPE WON IT FOR BREXIT PART THREE: BREXIT IN THE CHANNEL: BRITAIN CUT OFF 14 BUSINESS HATES BREXIT BUT STAYS SILENT 15 FIXING AN EXIT: TRADE 16 EUROPEANS CHEZ NOUS AND BRIT EXPATS IN EUROPE 17 DIVORCE AND A NEW PARTNERSHIP 18 BREXIT SPELLS DANGER FOR IRELAND AND CONCERN IN SCOTLAND PART FOUR: WHY BREXIT WILL CHANGE EUROPE 19 HOW EUROPE CAN SURVIVE BREXIT 20 WHAT IS TO BE DONE? 21 WHY THE EURO WILL SURVIVE 22 NEW POLITICS ARE NEEDED IN EUROPE 23 THE EU AFTER 2019 MUST BE DIFFERENT OR IT WILL DIE AFTERWORD 24 HOW THE UK STAYS IN EUROPE