Brexit Podcast: What Now for the UK and EU?
Last week academics from the Department of Politics at Birkbeck debated the future of Brexit Britain.
Last week academics from the Department of Politics at Birkbeck debated the future of Brexit Britain. On 23rd of June 2016 Britain voted to leave the European Union. But who exactly voted to go and what did they vote for? And will they get the ‘leave’ they want or a mushy compromise?
The panel debated what happens next now we are under a new government, with Britain’s second female Prime Minister. Theresa May faces, perhaps, the glass cliffto end all glass cliffs with a vast array of complex tasks from when to trigger article 50 (sooner, later or never?) to keeping the United Kingdom together and facing down the electoral challenge of UKIP.
Discussion ranged across the prospects for complex trade negotiations (for which there may be no negotiators), the possibility of an early General Election (unlikely), the potential effects on Scotland and Northern Ireland and the big question of why did Britain (or a majority of parts of Britain) vote to leave.
So if you want to find out if and when we’ll leave the EU, why there are ‘gargantuan turf wars’ breaking out across government and if we could ever Brijoin the EU listen here:
http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/2016/07/brexit-what-now-for-the-uk-and-eu/
See also our Brexit Briefing here, our blog as well as this House of Commons Library note ‘Brexit: What happens Next?’
Panellists: Dr David Styan; Dr Dermot Hodson; Dr Jason Edwards; ProfessorEric Kaufmann; Jessica Smith