State of the Union: The End of the UK?

At our latest online event, a panel of experts discussed the future and the potential break-up of the UK. From Brexit to the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, the differences between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have never been so clear, with the ‘United’ Kingdom feeling increasingly divided.

With the support for a second Scottish independence referendum increasing, questions surround the future of the Union, and if Wales and Northern Ireland could eventually also decide to go their own way. What could happen in this scenario, and could we expect the desire for independence to increase in the coming years?

The event was hosted by Centre for Brexit Studies Director Professor Alex de Ruyter. Panel members included Professor Katy Hayward, Professor of Sociology at Queen’s University Belfast and Senior Fellow at the UK in a Changing Europe, Jay Rowe, PhD Student at the Centre for Brexit Studies and freelance writer, Professor Richard Wyn Jones, Professor of Welsh Politics at Cardiff University and Director of Cardiff University's Wales Governance and Dean of Public Affairs and Professor Michael Danson, Economist and Professor Emeritus of Enterprise Policy at Heriot-Watt University and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

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