Simon Usherwood

@simonusherwood.bsky.social

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Researcher of UK-EU relations, euroscepticism and learning & teaching. Open University and UK in a Changing Europe. Renowned for my bubbly personality, I imagine.

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Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 19h

Me, for @ukandeu.bsky.social, on why we might be going back to talking about money in the UK-EU relationship

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 19h

💶"But as the UK has started to develop new links with the EU, so too has it generated new financial obligations."

✍️ @simonusherwood.bsky.social explains financial flows between the UK and the EU since the UK’s withdrawal & how they may be affected by the UK-EU reset

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The sleeping dog of UK-EU finances - UK in a changing Europe

Simon Usherwood explains financial flows between the UK and the EU since the UK's withdrawal and how they may be affected by the UK-EU reset.

ukandeu.ac.uk

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 19h

The sleeping dog of UK-EU finances - UK in a changing Europe

Simon Usherwood explains financial flows between the UK and the EU since the UK's withdrawal and how they may be affected by the UK-EU reset.

ukandeu.ac.uk

Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 1d

Today's cycle

Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 2d

that wasn't very helpful. Sorry

Guildford, on the river Wey

Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 2d

Of course you can

Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 2d

Today's constitutional

Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 3d

exactly - how do you define the policy area?

I've give you that cohesion wouldn't be my answer, but it's not a precise term

Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 3d

'appropriate' is doing work here, in allowing both sides to claim their meaning can hold

I read it as 'we agree there's some financial consequence that we'll need to sort out'

Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 3d

Not to negate @anandmenon.bsky.social's point that EU MS often can't see the wood for the trees, but UK has more than enough experience to know when promissory texts like Cmn Understanding are being vague for a reason

Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 3d

As with the rest of the Cmn Understanding, just because it didn't say it would be asked for, doesn't mean it wouldn't be asked for

Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 3d

That didn't say anything about contributions to regional cohesion funds 2/3

Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 3d

Today's constitutional

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 3d

That didn't say anything about contributions to regional cohesion funds 2/3

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Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 4d

An update of progress on EU-UK negotiations of the Strategic Partnership/Common Understanding agenda from May's summit

tl;dr barring SAFE, not much to see

PDF: bit.ly/UshGraphic141

Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 5d

Today's constitutional

Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 6d

Today's constitutional

Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 7d

Wrote about this last year: still holds true that arrangements have worked very well, that modelling was broadly correct and that no one seems to think it's been unfair (to the extent of complaining)

ukandeu.ac.uk/the-brexit-d...

Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 7d

Since I'm being asked about this story from the weekend, a quick reminder that the UK left the EU nearly 6 years ago and the financials have been the absolute least problematic part of it all

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 7d

My take on what 🇳🇱 elections may mean for 🇪🇺 @ Politico.eu

“What is already clear is that the Dutch electorate voted far more pro-European than it did in 2023. […] Euroskepticism that once dominated the political mood has given way to a quiet mandate for cooperation”

www.politico.eu/article/neth...

As the Netherlands moves to the center, Brussels is watching

It seems the Euroskepticism that once dominated the political mood has given way to a quiet mandate for cooperation and reform.

www.politico.eu

Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 8d

Given the broken state of my legs at the end of it, no

Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 8d

Today's cycle

Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 10d

I don't think that's how Question Time works, Matt

Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 11d

Today's constitutional

Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 11d

Thoughtful piece, to which I'd only add that any discussion about feasibility needs to start from a point of purpose: why join (or, indeed, not join)?

Pascal @pascallth.bsky.social · 13d

In my latest blog this week, I try to unpack the different ways that people talk about the feasibility of the UK rejoining the EU
pascallth.substack.com/p/can-the-uk...

Can the UK ‘just’ rejoin the EU?

Yes, but occasionally no

pascallth.substack.com

Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 12d

Today's constitutional

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Pascal @pascallth.bsky.social · 13d

In my latest blog this week, I try to unpack the different ways that people talk about the feasibility of the UK rejoining the EU
pascallth.substack.com/p/can-the-uk...

Can the UK ‘just’ rejoin the EU?

Yes, but occasionally no

pascallth.substack.com

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Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · 13d

Are the Tories now rowing back on ILR?

Last week Badenoch's spokesman said Katie Lam's comments were "broadly in line" with the party's stance

Now a party spokesperson says it's “subject to an ongoing internal review” following a widespread backlash

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...