Brexit Britain: 10 Years on from the Referendum

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact and consequences of the Brexit referendum ten years after it took place.

Anniversaries provide opportunities to take stock and reflect. It is now ten years since voters in the United Kingdom cast their ballots in a referendum on whether the UK should Leave or Remain in the European Union. The subsequent decade has seen much churn and change in British politics. Join Tim Haughton and guests Maria Sobolewska, Charlotte Galpin and Monika Brusenbauch Meislova for a discussion of the causes, process and consequences of that decision made on 23 June 2016. Maria Sobolewska is Professor of Political Science at the University of Manchester. Among her many publications is the book, Brexitland, co-written with Rob Ford, which won the 2022 WJM Mackenzie Prize for the best book published in political science. Monika Brusenbauch Meislova is Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations and European Studies at Masaryk University in Brno in the Czech Republic. Monika has published extensively on many aspects of Brexit in a host of academic journals including Political Quarterly, British Politics, Journal of Legislative Studies, Europe-Asia Studies, the British Journal of Politics and International Relations, European Security and the Journal of…

People in this episode

Host: Tim Haughton

Guests: Maria Sobolewska, Charlotte Galpin, Monika Brusenbauch Meislova

Topics covered

• Brexit
• UK Politics
• European Union
• Referendum
• Political Science
• Anniversary

Keywords

• Brexit
• UK referendum
• political change
• European Union
• political science
• Maria Sobolewska
• Monika Brusenbauch Meislova
• Charlotte Galpin

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Manchester, Masaryk University, University of Birmingham, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Political Quarterly, British Politics, Journal of Legislative Studies, Europe-Asia Studies, European Security, Journal of Common Market Studies

Books & works: Brexitland

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