British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen meet on December 9 on post-Brexit arrangements. A trade deal was finally reached on December 24. Photo: Getty Images / TNS

Andrew Hammond

With Brexit, the UK may be bolstering the EU and seeding its own disintegration

While the 2020s could see a more federal, centralised European Union, the opposite may be true for the UK

With pressures growing for Scottish independence and potentially even Irish reunification, these are uncertain times for the union of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Andrew Hammond

Published: 3:45pm, 29 Dec, 2020

Updated: 7:43pm, 29 Dec, 2020

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Andrew Hammond is an associate at LSE IDEAS (the Centre for International Affairs, Diplomacy and Strategy) at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He was formerly a UK goverment special adviser at a time when Britain last held the presidency of the European Union.

With Brexit, the UK may be bolstering the EU and seeding its own disintegration

While the 2020s could see a more federal, centralised European Union, the opposite may be true for the UK With pressures growing for Scottish independence and potentially even Irish reunification, these are uncertain times for the union of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

While the 2020s could see a more federal, centralised European Union, the opposite may be true for the UK

With pressures growing for Scottish independence and potentially even Irish reunification, these are uncertain times for the union of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland