Explaining Brexit Video: A Year’s Respite from the “Shitstorm”

Posted by Scott Lucas | Apr 5, 2019 | 0

Irish Taioseach Leo Varadkhar hosts German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Dublin, April 4, 2019

Well, we may have a year’s breathing space from going over the Brexit cliff — and even escaping, in the words of the German Deputy Foreign Minister, the “shitstorm”.

Here’s a 7-minute explainer, featuring European Council President Donald Tusk, UK Prime Minister Theresa May, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Irish Taioseach Leo Varadkhar and with a guest appearance by wannabe 18th-century aristocrat Jacob Rees-Mogg….

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.

Explaining Brexit Video: A Year’s Respite from the “Shitstorm”

Irish Taioseach Leo Varadkhar hosts German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Dublin, April 4, 2019

Well, we may have a year’s breathing space from going over the Brexit cliff — and even escaping, in the words of the German Deputy Foreign Minister, the “shitstorm”.

Like this:

About The Author

Scott Lucas

Leave a reply Cancel reply

Success!