Shades of grey: is Brexit going to lead to European disintegration?

There has been much speculation that Britain’s vote to leave the EU will trigger its disintegration. Tim Oliver looks at various scenarios to consider whether this could happen. He maintains that rebuilding trust and relations between the UK and the EU will not be easy as there won’t be any sudden divorce in the first place. Instead of a simplistic narrative of in/out we need to think of future relations in terms of shades of grey.