About this episode

The episode discusses the possibility of the UK rejoining the EU in light of recent political developments.

With the idea of rejoining the European Union suddenly back on the agenda after Andy Burnham's selection for the Makerfield by-election and the positioning ahead of potential Labour leadership contest, this week we’re looking at whether 10 years on from the referendum, could Brexit ever be reversed? Would there ever be the political will, the public backing or the practical ability, for Britain to once again be a part of the EU, and would stirring up a maelstrom that seemed finally settled, blow up our politics irreparably? Later in the episode host Alain Tolhurst speaks to Professor Anand Menon , director of the think tank UK in a Changing Europe , along with the former Conservative minister Steve Baker , who now writes the Fighting for a Better Future substack, about how serious the idea of rejoining is. But first the Labour MP Stella Creasy , chair of the Labour Movement for Europe , spoke to Alain about how the party should approach the UK’s future relationship with the EU. To sign up for our newsletters click here Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced and edited by Ewan Cameron and Lulu Goad for Podot

People in this episode

Host: Alain Tolhurst

Guests: Professor Anand Menon, Steve Baker, Stella Creasy

Topics covered

• UK rejoining EU
• Brexit
• Labour leadership
• political will
• public backing
• future relationship with EU

Keywords

• UK
• EU
• Brexit
• Labour Party
• politics
• rejoining
• Andy Burnham
• Stella Creasy
• Steve Baker
• Anand Menon

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Labour Movement for Europe, UK in a Changing Europe

Places: UK, European Union

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