About this episode

The episode revisits a conversation about the potential for the UK to rejoin the EU, reflecting on the impact of Brexit on science and politics.

On the 10th anniversary of the UK's fateful Brexit vote, I wanted to re-issue a conversation I recorded back in November 2023 with the leader of the European Movement, Dr Mike Galsworthy - a scientist, campaigner and passionate European about how we might rejoin the EU. We cover a lot of ground and we started with the impact of Brexit on science - Mike’s professional calling, before moving on to discuss the future and how Britain might think about reversing Brexit and rejoining the EU. You can follow Mike on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/mikegalsworthy.bsky.social The European Movement can be found here: https://www.europeanmovement.co.uk/ Check out our Bookshop.org affiliate site behindthelines and please sign up for my substack at arthursnell.substack.com and/or follow me on Bluesky @snellarthur.bsky.social. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Arthur Snell

Guest: Dr Mike Galsworthy

Topics covered

• Brexit
• European Union
• Science
• Rejoining EU
• Politics
• Campaigning

Keywords

• Brexit
• EU
• Dr Mike Galsworthy
• European Movement
• science
• politics
• rejoining

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: European Movement, Bookshop.org, substack

Places: UK

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