Bøker av Stephen Collins

Brexit altered the relationship between Ireland and the United Kingdom in a profound way and led to the resignation of four British prime ministers. It took four years for the UK to leave the European Union after the 2016 Leave vote and another four before the outstanding issues relating to Northern Ireland were finally settled in February, 2024.Ireland's Call tells the inside story of how Irish political leaders and officials waged a diplomatic campaign to persuade the EU that whatever the outcome of the Brexit talks there could be no hard border on the island of Ireland. Through interviews with senior figrues on both sides of the Irish Sea and in Brussels the author reveals how the campaign was devised and pursued to a successful conclusion.

Learning good leadership is difficult. Learning great leadership is hilarious.

Investigating the influences on Germany's policy-making resulting from the East Central European states' negotiations to join the European Union, this text looks at German European policy, domestic policy, the European Union and Germany's relations with the EU and East Central European states.

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And what, most importantly, are they going to do with Dave?The first book from a new leading light of UK comics, The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil is an off-beat fable worthy of Roald Dahl. It is about life, death and the meaning of beards. (*We mean a gigantic beard, basically.)