post referendum politics, brexit and devolution Flashcards
what was the first impact of the brexit vote?
-david cameron’s resignation as PM
-he felt he couldn’t carry on as leader as he had a leading role in the remain campaign
what was the referendum result a challenge to?
-parliamentary sovereignty
-because the majority of MPs were remainers but the nation voted to leave
what eventually led to may’s resignation in 2019?
after parliament was unable to agree on a brexit deal
when did the UK finally leave the EU?
end of january 2020
why does brexit present an ongoing threat to the future of devolution?
-john major and tony blair warned that johnson’s brexit deal endangered the hard won northern irish peace process
-within the deal, the northern ireland protocol was designed to protect the good friday agreement by avoiding the need for border controls
-in 2021 the UK gov. threatened to suspend the protocol in response to the disruption caused by checks (of some goods coming into N.I from the rest of the UK) and the DUP threatened to withdraw from gov. in northern ireland
-the EU and the UK negotiated to try and find a way of improving the protocol
-the SNP have called for a second scottish independence referendum as a majority of scottish voters wished to remain in the EU in 2016
