Brexit: Why Britain Voted to Leave the European Union

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Anyone who wants to understand how successive Irish Governments have engaged with Northern Ireland should read it.

Sir Stephen explains how, from 1945 onwards, Britain was unique in Europe in being suspicious of the European project, standing aside when it began in 1950 and joining only with some reluctance in 1973. Le Carré died in December 2020, so it may well be the last book written by the greatest spy novelist of the 20th century.A wonderful litmus reading of a society and economy whose acid foundations, built on the wealth of the few, are dissolving civic society. As this publication suggests eventual solutions to several issues caused by Brexit, it may be of interest to not only other academics working in the field, but also to policy makers and relevant stakeholders. I just wondered, six years after it happened, have we got a clear sense of what Brexit means, or is going to mean? Public procurement law, regulating public sector purchasing of certain contracts for goods, works and services, is an area of EU law which is closely intertwined with the UK's economy.

It does in the sense that it describes these tribes that existed well before the referendum, sort of social values tribes, which made them very different to the traditional left-right tribes of our politics. He imagines alternative futures that will allow different generations to still appreciate themselves as Europeans with a future in Europe.Robert Barrington is Professor of Anti-Corruption Practice in the Centre for the Study of Corruption at the University of Sussex. It will be essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the full sweep of Northern Ireland's troubled near-century of existence. He has mined some of the best journalism from the time and then applied his own uniquely prescient analysis of the social and emotional forces that have been unleashed.

Boris Starling, author of The Bluffer's Guide to Brexit, talks us through some Brexit books that will leave you better read and even more mystified about what the future holds for Britain and Europe. For more of a political/historical perspective, we turned to novelist Boris Starling, author of The Bluffer's Guide to Brexit.

Behind a campaign promising hope and glory – but seemingly mired in blood, sweat and tears – Bennett discovered a plethora of Leave groups, all riven with feuds: the Tory ‘posh boys’ against the ‘toxic’ hardliners; UKIP’s only MP against the rest of the party; Michael Gove’s former lieutenant Dominic Cummings against almost everyone else.