EA on talkRADIO: The Great British Brexit Blunder

Posted by Scott Lucas | Mar 15, 2019 | 0

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In our 15-minute Week in Review, I joined talkRADIO’s Paul Ross on Friday to evaluate three days of Brexit debate in the UK Parliament, ending with a three-month extension on the deadline to leave the European Union.

Listen from 4:39 in 0100-0130 Segment

Instead of saying, “We are not going to have a No Deal, because it’s disastrous,” the Government said, “We’re not going to have a No Deal in March, but you know, we might have to have a No Deal in June unless you vote for our deal” — the one shot, stabbed, burnt, and buried twice by Parliament.
We’ve got a divided Government, nobody knows what is happening next, and we have a Prime Minister who has lost her voice and her bearings.

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About The Author

Scott Lucas

Scott Lucas is Professor of International Politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin; Professor Emeritus of International Politics at the University of Birmingham; and editor-in-chief of EA WorldView.He is a specialist in US and British foreign policy and international relations, especially the Middle East and Iran. Formerly he worked as a journalist in the US, writing for newspapers including the Guardian and The Independent and was an essayist for The New Statesman before he founded EA WorldView in November 2008.