Simon Usherwood
@simonusherwood.bsky.social
Researcher of UK-EU relations, euroscepticism and learning & teaching. Open University and UK in a Changing Europe. Renowned for my bubbly personality, I imagine.
Today's constitutional
November 26, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Today's constitutional
Not sure whether my repeated forgetting to share the updated EU-UK Reset negotiation tracker reflects more on me or on the negotiations
Things are moving, but slowly and uncertainly
PDF: bit.ly/UshGraphic144
Things are moving, but slowly and uncertainly
PDF: bit.ly/UshGraphic144
November 25, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Not sure whether my repeated forgetting to share the updated EU-UK Reset negotiation tracker reflects more on me or on the negotiations
Things are moving, but slowly and uncertainly
PDF: bit.ly/UshGraphic144
Things are moving, but slowly and uncertainly
PDF: bit.ly/UshGraphic144
Today's constitutional
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Today's constitutional
Today's cycle
November 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Today's cycle
Today's garden
November 21, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Today's garden
Today's constitutional
November 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Today's constitutional
Indeed, final para concedes as much
Not entirely clear how all the people involved in contributing to the piece have got to this, but starting point has to be govt comms, which has repeatedly talked about Reset as 'done'
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Not entirely clear how all the people involved in contributing to the piece have got to this, but starting point has to be govt comms, which has repeatedly talked about Reset as 'done'
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November 20, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Indeed, final para concedes as much
Not entirely clear how all the people involved in contributing to the piece have got to this, but starting point has to be govt comms, which has repeatedly talked about Reset as 'done'
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Not entirely clear how all the people involved in contributing to the piece have got to this, but starting point has to be govt comms, which has repeatedly talked about Reset as 'done'
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This is a good example of how UK govt messaging on Reset agenda is coming back to bite them
SPS deal isn't 'secured', just agreed that one will be negotiated, including this question
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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SPS deal isn't 'secured', just agreed that one will be negotiated, including this question
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
This is a good example of how UK govt messaging on Reset agenda is coming back to bite them
SPS deal isn't 'secured', just agreed that one will be negotiated, including this question
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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SPS deal isn't 'secured', just agreed that one will be negotiated, including this question
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
1/
Today's constitutional
November 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Today's constitutional
Today's campus
November 18, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Today's campus
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Today's constitutional
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Today's constitutional
Today's cycle
November 16, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Today's cycle
Today's constitutional
November 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Today's constitutional
New report from @lordseuroaffairs.parliament.uk on the UK-EU reset
"A process, both an event"
committees.parliament.uk/committee/51...
"A process, both an event"
committees.parliament.uk/committee/51...
November 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM
New report from @lordseuroaffairs.parliament.uk on the UK-EU reset
"A process, both an event"
committees.parliament.uk/committee/51...
"A process, both an event"
committees.parliament.uk/committee/51...
EU still not agreed on its mandate for UK negotiations after yesterday's meeting, so trying again today
share.google/bqpCcL2CnyVy...
share.google/bqpCcL2CnyVy...
November 12, 2025 at 7:28 AM
EU still not agreed on its mandate for UK negotiations after yesterday's meeting, so trying again today
share.google/bqpCcL2CnyVy...
share.google/bqpCcL2CnyVy...
Today's constitutional
November 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Today's constitutional
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Today's constitutional
An update of progress on EU-UK negotiations of the Strategic Partnership/Common Understanding agenda from May's summit
tl;dr barring SAFE, not much to see
PDF: bit.ly/UshGraphic141
tl;dr barring SAFE, not much to see
PDF: bit.ly/UshGraphic141
November 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
An update of progress on EU-UK negotiations of the Strategic Partnership/Common Understanding agenda from May's summit
tl;dr barring SAFE, not much to see
PDF: bit.ly/UshGraphic141
tl;dr barring SAFE, not much to see
PDF: bit.ly/UshGraphic141
Today's constitutional
November 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Today's constitutional
Today's constitutional
November 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Today's constitutional
Since I'm being asked about this story from the weekend, a quick reminder that the UK left the EU nearly 6 years ago and the financials have been the absolute least problematic part of it all
November 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Since I'm being asked about this story from the weekend, a quick reminder that the UK left the EU nearly 6 years ago and the financials have been the absolute least problematic part of it all
Today's cycle
November 2, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Today's cycle
I don't think that's how Question Time works, Matt
October 31, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I don't think that's how Question Time works, Matt