Any lingering hope that the government had some master plan for exiting the EU was dispelled this week, says Martin McKee. […]
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Martin McKee: The Brexit White Paper—making Britain great again?
The long awaited Brexit White Paper has finally appeared. Yet Martin McKee finds it fails to shed any light on how Brexit’s consequences for health (or much else) will be […]
Martin McKee: A Shared Society? Interpreting Theresa May’s revolutionary vision
Theresa May is an unlikely revolutionary. Yet, on the day she entered 10 Downing Street, this was how she defined herself. She spoke of the need to tackle shorter life […]
Martin McKee: The High Court ruling on Brexit—what have we learned?
The ruling by three of the most senior judges in England and Wales that Theresa May must seek the approval of Parliament before triggering Article 50, signifying the United Kingdom’s […]
Martin McKee: Brexit—the confusion continues
It is now over two months since the British electorate voted narrowly to leave the European Union. The UK has a new prime minister and cabinet, including two new government […]
Martin McKee: What will happen to EU citizens living in the UK after Brexit?
One of the few things that almost everyone, whichever side of the Brexit argument they are on, can agree on is that the NHS would face severe problems if the […]
Martin McKee: Fair and balanced? Science in a post fact society
No one can be in any doubt, after the referendum campaign, that large parts of the British print media have abandoned any attempt at balance. A detailed study by academics […]
Martin McKee: Brexit and health—the confusion grows
When I wrote my last BMJ blog it was within hours of the result of the EU referendum. I admitted freely that, despite having studied the EU extensively for three […]
Martin McKee on the EU referendum: We have no idea what will come next, but it won’t be good
The British people have spoken. Just over half of those who voted in the referendum supported leaving the EU. Although their votes are not legally binding, politicians of all parties […]
Martin McKee: What on earth were the LibDems thinking? The tobacco industry and the party conference
Once, in a very different time long ago, no one would have seen anything wrong. An organisation purporting to represent Britain’s small shopkeepers set up stall at a party political […]