Brexit and Its Political Implications: the Cases of Scotland and Northern Ireland

Abstract

The article describes the political process in the UK after the referendum on leaving the EU. Unsuccessful at least until February 2019 negotiations between the Conservative government and the EU are at the center of the process. Considerable attention is paid to the results of the general parliamentary elections of 2017, which brought the decline of multi-party politics. The article points to Brexit’s obvious connection with disruptions in the process of devolution and the emergence of new problems in the central government relations with the regions: Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Keywords

• brexit
• united kingdom politics
• devolution in the united kingdom
• scotland
• northern ireland
• 2017 uk general election