Brexit Podcast

One of the key issues in the Brexit negotiations – and one of the three highly contested matters to be put on the table this far – has been citizens rights.

But all too often, both the media and politicians talk predominantly about EU citizens living in the UK while completely sidelining the fate of Brits living abroad.

For today’s podcast we brought on Karen O’Reilly, a Sociologist and research dellow at Goldsmiths University to she...

The Remain campaign pinned all it's hopes on the intimidating power of statistics, assuming they would scare people into staying. But project fear failed. So what's the alternative for the Remainers that are staunchly continuing to advocate for a more europhilic Britain? The answer, according to artist and activist Madeleina Kay, is project fun. We talk to the 23-year-old about dressing up as EU Supergirl at a Brussels press confer...

The fashion industry employs over 880,000 individuals in the UK and generates upwards of £28billion for the economy, but is its voice being heard over Brexit? One woman who wants to make sure its concerns are on the agenda is Tamara Cincik, who is the brainchild behind Fashion Roundtable, a parliamentary lobbying project, that launches officially on November 21. Tamara joins Tim to discuss the role and concerns of the almost entire...

What impact will Brexit have on scientific research? Will the UK suffer in terms of innovation and talent? And can any positives be taken from the democratic decision to leave the European Union? Dr Mike Galsworthy is the founder of Scientists for EU, a lobbying group set up before last year’s referendum to try and educate both government - and the public - on the pros and cons of voting In or Out. Mike joins Tim to outline the imp...

The last time we checked in with youth lobbying group Undivided it was for Episode 12 of the podcast, and fresh from the result of the EU referendum they were crowdsourcing a manifesto to take to parliament to outline the key Brexit issues for young people. Twelve months on, Tim is joined by campaign manager Elspeth Hoskins, who outlines their progress to date and explains how they are bending the ear of politicians to try and secu...

MEPs have voted to urge the EU not to open the next phase of Brexit talks unless there is a "major breakthrough".

A motion in the European Parliament to back a delay in any decision over trade discussions was supported by 557 MEPs, with 92 against and 29 abstentions.

The result was something of a foregone conclusion after last week's fourth round of negotiations, when Michel Barnier made it clear there were still stumbling blocks.

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It's conference season for the political parties, and as a Tory view of free market capitalism in Manchester is pitted against Labour's push for state-funded services in Brighton, is there another way for UK businesses to be successful? Nick Temple, the deputy chief executive of Social Enterprise UK, certainly thinks so. He joins Tim to discuss his view on how sustainable business does not have to be strictly for-profit, but neithe...

How can the general public become more engaged with the Brexit process? Laura Townshend, communications director from 38 Degrees, joins Tim to explain how the campaigning organisation is lobbying those in power on a whole variety of issues… including its DIY Brexit campaign. She explains how they encourage millions of us to take positive action for issues we care about – from challenging Henry VIII powers to Jeremy Hunt’s governan...

We talk about Brexit as a generation-defining issue, but when it comes to urgency and the scope of possible consequences, climate change takes the cake.

We talked to Richard Macrory, the UK's first professor of environmental law and co-chair of the UK Environmental Law Association Brexit Task Force about how the country's environmental regulations might be impacted post-Brexit - for better or for worse.

We also discuss how people i...

When it comes to defending parliamentary scrutiny, Gina Miller is on the ball. She's taken on the government twice about its failure to allow the legislature its say, first in Article 50 and more recently in the £1bn DUP deal.

Now, as the Conservatives are being accused of a blatant 'power grab,' passing a motion that allows them to replace EU legislation without it being voted on or debated in parliament, we talk to Gina about wha...

Last week the EU (Withdrawal) Bill passed its second reading. A report by the House of Commons library has predicted the bill is likely to be "one of the largest legislative projects ever undertaken in the UK." Swathes of UK law "will no longer work" on exit, for example because they refer to EU institutions.

There are believed to be 12,000 EU regulations (one type of EU law) in force, while Parliament has passed 7,900 statutory in...

Pete North from the Leave Alliance is an advocate of his lobbying group’s self-styled ‘Flexcit’ - and is clearly a man who lives and breathes politics. The blogger from Bristol joins Tim to explain why although he believes Britain should exit the European Union, the cliff edge of a hard Brexit would be disastrous. Pete explains why unilateral trade is the fanciful whim of idealists and how Britain’s current discord with the EU has...

In exciting Brexit Podcast developments - and a transition period that will hopefully take a lot less than two years - we can reveal the show is introducing some new blood. For this episode, Tim welcomes Oli Dugmore who will be joining the team with his intrepid interviewing skills. Previously an editor at youth media organisation The Tab, Oli has already dropped by for a couple of weekly news round-ups, which have proved two of o...

Are quotas the way to get more women into politics, what is the role of the European Parliament (EP) in Brexit and how would a hard Irish border affect young heart patients? Mairead McGuinnnes, Irish member of the European People's Party and Vice President of the EP joins Jen to discuss all that and more.

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Monique Ebell from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research joins us to outline the harsh economic climate she believes Britain will face once we leave the European Union. Monique explains to Tim why the unilateral free trade view of Episode 99’s guest Professor Patrick Minford is “dangerously simplistic” and cites decades of evidence that suggest nations in a strong trading block tend to prosper. She also discusses h...