Category: Brexit and EU Referendum

Exploring Bias: Comparing Approaches for Collecting Twitter Data

Clare Llewellyn and Laura Cram As part of the Imagine Europe project, Clare Llewellyn and Laura Cram explore the different kinds of Twitter data sets they have collected on the UK’s EU referendum debate and the insights that each set’s distinct characteristics can provide. Herman Van Rompuy meets with David Cameron – Nov 2011, European …

The UK’s Draft EU Settlement: View from Greece

Kostas Lavdas Following the publication of the UK’s draft EU settlement, Kostas Lavdas gives a perspective from Greece on the proposal and the future of the UK-EU relationship. Prime Minister at the European Council, Arron Hoare (Crown Copyright), CC-BY-NC-ND-2.0 The EU-UK deal appears to stand a reasonably good chance of doing the job – provided, …

Brexit? Contrasting Opinion on the UK’s EU Referendum

Clare Llewellyn and Laura Cram As part of the Imagine Europe project, Clare Llewellyn and Laura Cram explain the background of the Twitter demonstrator they have created to track and analyse the discussion on Twitter around the UK’s EU referendum. EU Flag from the Quirinale, Bob, CC-BY-2.0 As part of our research, we have produced …

Divided by Europe: The UK Nations and the EU Referendum

Charlie Jeffery Polling shows that people in the various parts of the UK might vote in different ways in the EU referendum, writes Charlie Jeffery, with Scotland and Northern Ireland expressing a clear intent to remain, and England and Wales swaying on the edge of remain or leave. He suggests that, if the nations end …

The UK’s EU Referendum – Issues for Business

Owen Kelly The debate around the UK’s upcoming EU referendum will have impacts across society, including on business, writes Owen Kelly. Analysing it against the Scottish independence referendum, he argues that companies must proactively engage in the discussion and make their views clear, or risk being pulled into the debate directly. St David Street, Edinburgh, …

Twitter Sentiment Analysis on the UK’s EU Membership

Clare Llewellyn and Laura Cram As part of the Imagine Europe project, Clare Llewellyn and Laura Cram explore the strengths and limitations of using hashtags to determine sentiment in Tweets on the UK’s EU membership. © iStock.com/AntiMartina. Reproduced under license In this article, we use our Imagine Europe dataset to analyse the sentiment of hashtags …

David Cameron has Begun a ‘Battle for Britain’ in the EU – But How Can He Possibly Win?

Paul James Cardwell Prime Minister David Cameron faces a number of challenges in order to achieve a successful EU renegotiation, writes Paul James Cardwell. He suggests that reaching agreement on an exemption to ever closer union and changes to free movement for workers could be particularly problematic, as they concern fundamental EU principles. David Cameron …

Most Read Articles of 2015

Anthony Salamone Since our launch six months ago, European Futures has featured contributions from across the broad range of issues facing Europe today – from the UK’s EU referendum to the Eurocrisis, from the migration crisis to EU-Russia relations. Much more to come from us in the weeks and months ahead. Managing Editor Anthony Salamone …