Christopher Grey
Prospect Magazine
United Kingdom
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Past articles by Christopher:
Brexit at five: where are we now?
The 2016 referendum failed to specify what leaving the EU would entail—making the chaos that followed inevitable → Read More
Businesses are not prepared for Brexit. How could they be?
Firms couldn’t plan as the government refused to confront the realities of leaving. Now we are out of time → Read More
The indispensability of social science
Academic work can be impenetrable but good social science still brings vital knowledge into the public realm → Read More
Business fought for European membership in 1975. Where is it today?
As the political and business environments have changed, so have the risks for industry leaders speaking up → Read More
The question is not just whether to extend the Brexit transition, but for how long
A short extension precludes another postponement later in the process → Read More
Doctors and lawyers need a license to practise. Why not MPs?
The solution to our current crisis is to make politics not less “professional” but more → Read More
Theresa May’s tactical guile is rivalled only by her strategic incompetence
The prime minister’s short-termism explains why we are in this mess today → Read More
MPs have voted against it, but now a no-deal is more likely than ever
It’s difficult to feel anything other than bewilderment and dismay at the events unfolding in Britain. My comment at the beginning of my previous post that this week would see some of the dust clear proved somewhat wide of the mark.Instead, in a plot worthy of Yes Prime Minister, Theresa May instructed her MPs to → Read More
Theresa May’s Brexit deal: why there are no good outcomes, only degrees of badness
Every Brexit route forward has almost insuperable difficulties. I can see only two half-way conceivable scenarios, both of which have huge problems, writes Chris Grey at the Brexit Blog. → Read More
Brexit deal: What the political declaration actually means (in short, no one’s happy)
The political declaration has no legal power, but it sets a framework for what's next. There will be parts that both hard Brexiters and Remain campaigners will be disappointed with, says Chris Grey → Read More
Brexit deal: Draft withdrawal agreement is just the end of the beginning in Theresa May’s saga
Chris Grey argues that the draft withdrawal agreement is only the end of the beginning when it comes to Brexit → Read More
How Brexit got metaphorical
Has any other recent political process generated so many strange comparisons? Asks Christopher Grey → Read More
Britain’s Brexit red lines are incompatible – and now we’ve reached the crunch point
It’s inconceivable that the EU will agree to a Withdrawal Agreement that does not have a legally watertight, non-temporary, backstop provision for the Irish border. So if the government won’t, or can’t, agree to that then the talks are going to collapse, and we are firmly in no deal territory. → Read More
The arguments against a second referendum just don’t stack up
Several factors are combining to increase the momentum for a second referendum or “People’s Vote” which will be brought into focus by what is likely to be a very large demonstration in London on 20 October. These factors include the continuing uncertainty of what deal, if any, the UK can strike with the EU and → Read More
Brexiters like Boris Johnson are pushing a Canada +++ Brexit trade deal. Here’s what that would actually look like
Better to call it EU - - - since, in terms of trade, it would inevitably be worse than what Britain currently enjoys → Read More
The dangers of Brexit Britain’s obsession with the Second World War
In the run up to the referendum, it was widely remarked upon that one significant strand of the leave campaign channelled the British fixation with, and often mythologisation of, the Second World War. How big a part it played in the outcome of the vote is impossible to say, but it seems plausible that it was a factor → Read More
Theresa May isn’t the only one being ‘humiliated’ over Brexit. The whole of Britain has been
To say this is, absolutely, not to be unpatriotic. On the contrary, any failure of patriotism lies with those who have brought us to this woeful pass. → Read More
Have Brexit ultras forgotten? We tried their approach, it just didn’t work
Hardline Leavers are wrong to claim their ideas were not properly tested → Read More
How the “hard Brexit” goalposts shifted
The phrase has come to denote a “no deal” outcome, reflecting the fact that Brexit ultras are unappeasable → Read More
When will Brexiteers learn? There is no EU alumni club
Britain will not enjoy special privileges just because it was once a member → Read More