Life after Brexit: What are the UK’s options outside the EU?

One for our UK readers – and anyone else interested in what the country’s international relations may look like should the country vote to leave the EU. The London School of Economics has put together a 14-page briefing on the various options open to the UK if the referendum results are in favour of a Brexit. And they have done a good job trying to make sense of all the claims and counter-claims – although there’s the initial caveat: “It is highly uncertain what the UK’s future would look like outside the European Union, which makes ‘Brexit’ a leap into the unknown.” Are we heading for a Norwegian-style relationship, or one based on the Swiss model, or go it alone as an independent WTO member? Decision, decisions…