Anand Menon

Statement from UKICE Director Anand Menon

UK in a Changing Europe (UKICE) was founded 12 years ago. We hired our first member of staff on the day of...

Oct 09 26October 09, 2026

Article at UK in a changing Europe

Here we go again

Anand Menon reflects on the prospects of another EU referendum and the risks of repeating the low quality of public debate seen...

Oct 02 26October 02, 2026

Article at UK in a changing Europe

Might the Lib Dems matter on Europe?

Anand Menon offers his take on the Liberal Democrat's EU policy following their party conference.

Sep 23 26September 23, 2026

Article at UK in a changing Europe

What are the key foreign policy challenges the UK must confront?

Anand Menon considers the state of the political debate and the immediate and long-term challenges that need to be confronted when it comes to UK foreign policy.

Sep 22 26September 22, 2026

Article at UK in a changing Europe

Brexit left us poorer - but it’s not our biggest problem

Ten years on, the next prime minister will have some difficult decisions to make

Jun 23 26June 23, 2026

Article at The i

Brexit ten years on: the referendum

Ten years on from the EU referendum that saw the UK vote to leave the European Union, Anand Menon reflects back on the past decade following it all.Brexit ten years on:

Jun 22 26June 22, 2026

Article at UK in a changing Europe

Britain faces disaster without a proper battle for No 10

A contest would allow the new prime minister to claim some degree of legitimacy

Jun 20 26June 20, 2026

Article at The i

Introducing the UKICE staircase

Joël Reland, Jannike Wachowiak and Anand Menon explain the new ‘UKICE staircase’, which outlines the options available to the UK should it...

Jun 15 26June 15, 2026

Article at UK in a changing Europe

Ten years on: What next for UK-EU relations? - UK in a changing Europe

This report highlights the ‘stark divide’ between the economic impact of Brexit and the government’s proposed response, and sets out a ‘staircase’ of options for the future relationship.

Jun 15 26June 15, 2026

Article at UK in a changing Europe

The Europe dilemma

Caroline Lucas On 11 May, following the disastrous results of the local elections, Keir Starmer delivered a speech in which he said he wants to “put Britain at the heart of Europe”. I very strongly be

May 20 26May 20, 2026

Article at The New Statesman

Wes Streeting’s Brexit play may be clever gamesmanship – but it has nothing to do with Europe

Ten years after the referendum, its role as domestic football is still the order of day – and the ex-health secretary is happy to use it in his leadership bid, says academic Anand Menon

May 19 26May 19, 2026

Article at the Guardian

Brexit is back – and it is consuming Keir Starmer

“This Labour government will be defined by rebuilding our relationship with Europe, by putting Britain at the heart of Europe.” To prove his sincerity for his premiership-salvaging speech yesterday (1

May 11 26May 11, 2026

Article at The New Statesman

The biggest obstacle to Starmer's Brexit reset

The Prime Minister faces ever more difficult choices to get what he wants from an EU that clearly has other priorities

May 04 26May 04, 2026

Article at The i

Trump is just the enemy Starmer needs

The Prime Minister has accidentally found himself in a really good fight

Apr 19 26April 19, 2026

Article at The i

Europe doesn't care about the UK - we're deluded

The story of Brexit has, in part, been one of Britain misunderstanding the European Union

Apr 18 26April 18, 2026

Article at The i

The EU won’t save Rachel Reeves

So Rachel Reeves wants more alignment with the UK. Or so she announced in her Mais Lecture yesterday (17 March). Cue commentators here going off on one, wondering if the Brexiteers will react, whether

Mar 18 26March 18, 2026

Article at The New Statesman

Here we go again

Anand Menon argues that while the UK government speaks more freely about the economic impact of Brexit and its ambitions for closer ties to the EU, its red lines will limit what it is able to achieve.

Mar 12 26March 12, 2026

Article at UK in a changing Europe

Brexit in a changing world

Anand Menon and Joël Reland argue that geopolitical tensions make the UK's choices post-Brexit increasingly difficult, even when it comes to regulatory divergence.

Jan 30 26January 30, 2026

Article at UK in a changing Europe

UKICE Lunch Hour: UK politics in flux - UK in a changing Europe

You can join our Slido during the event to ask questions by using this link: https://app.sli.do/event/6XkaPj7S3BnUDDD3K21obV UK politics is charactersied by high...

Jan 29 26January 29, 2026

Article at UK in a changing Europe

David Lammy talks up customs union amid efforts to rebuild UK-EU ties

Leaving EU ‘badly damaged our economy’, says deputy prime minister

Dec 05 25December 05, 2025

Article at Financial Times

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