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Stephen Monaghan

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Harkness Senior Fellow in Health Care Policy (Commonwealth Fund of New York), UK Medical Doctor (Public Health and GP trained), Imperial MBA and also LLM. Europhile. Views are my own.

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Perhaps. However, Greenland is not part of the EU. Greenland was a member of the EU from 1973 to 1979 - when it exited membership. Its departure may have been largely because its main industry was fishing - however this decision may have also had geostrategic implications which were not considered.

16.01.2026 13:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Interestingly, Greenland used to be part of the EEC. It joined the EEC (as part of Denmark) on the very same day (01/01/1973) as Ireland and the UK also joined. Only a few short years later Greenland left the EEC while the rest of Denmark remained. I think this may have related to fishing rights.

12.03.2025 15:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Would this be the UK in the single market for goods only (a bit like Northern Ireland is now - as covered in the Protocol within EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement), or the UK in the single market for services as well as for goods?

06.03.2025 15:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Link to Brexit cost website

Link to Brexit cost website

n 2015, a consequential General election delivered a political constellation that made Brexit a possibility. Brexit. In 2024, we can now study the economic impact of Brexit using data up to 2022. This is a thread in which I try to go full circle to the origins of Brexit. But lets start with

30.08.2024 12:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 31 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Apparently Brexit has created a structural hole in UK GDP of about the same size as the UK spends upon its NHS. I don't remember seeing that written on the side of a bus. But it probably explains quite alot.

20.08.2024 11:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0