Brexit crisis is already weakening global influence of UK: Study
LONDON: Citing the UK’S inability to defeat India’s candidate during the November 2017 election of a judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as a sign of its dwindling influence, a new study says the Brexit issue has already dented its global standing.
The study, ‘Global Britain in the United Nations’, conducted by academics Jess Gifkins, Samuel Jarvis and Jason Ralph, claims that Brexit has exacerbated concerns about the legitimacy of the UK’S permanent seat on the UN security council.
India’s Dalveer Bhandari was elected in the ICJ election against the UK’S Christopher Greenwood, resulting in the UK not having a judge in the court for the first time since it was created in 1946.
The report by the UK branch of the United
Nations Association also cites other cases where the UK found it difficult to achieve key goals since the Brexit referendum in 2016 led to a ‘Leave’ vote.
“Funding for African Union peacekeeping in Somalia, a vote against the UK in the general assembly on the Chagos Islands, and the failed re-election of a British judge to the ICJ illustrate how the UK has found it difficult to secure its interests and fulfil its commitment to an active international role,” the study says.
BRITISH PM MEETS ANTI-BREXITEERS
British PM Theresa May on Thursday held a series of meetings with disgruntled anti-brexiteer MPS from her Conservative Party who are believed to be on the brink of following three of their colleagues to split from the party. Former education secretary Justine Greening was among those seen going in for talks with May.