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Special Edition: Brexit, the Season Finale?

Podcasts Mar 19, 2019 Elmira Bayrasli and Fintan O'Toole

It has been two years and nine months since the people of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. To say that the subsequent negotiations outlining exactly how Britain would withdraw from the bloc have been messy would be an understatement. Fintan O’Toole joins our podcast to discuss one of the thorniest issues: the Irish backstop.

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Elmira Bayrasli

Writing for PS since 2016
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Elmira Bayrasli is the co-founder and CEO of Foreign Policy Interrupted and the author of From The Other Side of The World: Extraordinary Entrepreneurs, Unlikely Places.

Fintan O'Toole

Fintan O'Toole is the Leonard L. Milberg Visiting Lecturer in Irish Letters at Princeton University, columnist at the Irish Times, and the author of Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain.

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Petey Bee Mar 20, 2019

Good interview. I like this series a lot. Hopefully the EU will grant an extension long enough to dial back the drama a bit. The UK is clearly torn about where to go from here, and this is not going to get solved any time soon.
- Elmira Bayrasli Mar 21, 2019
  
  Thanks Petey. We'd also love to hear your suggestions for topics. Thanks for listening.
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Steve B Mar 19, 2019

Clearly there is a contingent in Britain who feel trapped by the possibility that their sovereign country may not be able to exit the backstop. This is a problem that has already been solved in another context -- the formation of the EU itself with the presence of Article 50 enabling an orderly (well, relatively more orderly) exit path. What the body politic needs is Article 50 for the backstop, enabling the exercise of sovereign rights in an orderly manner to exit the backstop arrangement if deemed necessary.
- Elmira Bayrasli Mar 21, 2019
  
  Yes, Steve. This is a point that I found fascinating as I prepared for the segment. Your point about employing Article 50 is a good one. Thanks for sharing it. And thanks for listening.
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