Brexit Podcast

Jen and Tim discuss the past week’s big Brexit news including Theresa May’s Easter speech – and the backlash it provoked – and worries over the lack of transparency with EU negotiations. They also discuss the migration paradox of falling numbers of overseas students (making Jen somewhat enraged), and how important non-Brexit laws are being kicked into the long grass as the Great Repeal Bill takes priority. Brexitiers might also welcome the potential scrapping of the EU Renewable Energy Directive and we drop briefly in on a general store on the Irish border for a rather coarse comment on how the British government is handling Brexit so far. #Podcast #Brexit #BrexitPodcast #Referendum #EUReferendum #VoteLeave #VoteRemain #VoteIn #EU #UK #TimHeming #JenniferHahn #News #Politics

Beyond being a politician, Shashi Tharoor is also a viral video star. His impassioned speech at the Oxford Union Society, in which he argued that Britain owes India reparations as compensation for the Empire’s colonial atrocities, has accumulated almost four million views and most recently he has made waves with his book 'Inglorious Empire: what the British did to India'. We brought the former UN diplomat and current Indian MP on to discuss the UK's historical amnesia and its relationships to commonwealth nations post-Brexit. #Podcast #Brexit #BrexitPodcast #Referendum #EUReferendum #VoteLeave #VoteRemain #VoteIn #EU #UK #TimHeming #JenniferHahn #News #Politics #ShashiTharoor #India #MP #colony #colonialism #empire #reparations #commonwealth #IngloriousEmpire

It's been another busy week on the Brexit front and in a change of format for today's episode, Tim provides a round-up of the key issues. Stay tuned for news of a leak on how the government will prioritise trade over the environment, the real elephants in the room, the thorny issue of the NHS turning to hedge funds, and why tiny Gadheim will be glad all over when Britain finally leaves the EU. Please let us know what you think of the Tuesday show being a Brexit news round-up at brexitpodcast.com #Podcast #Brexit #BrexitPodcast #Referendum #EUReferendum #VoteLeave #VoteRemain #VoteIn #EU #UK #TimHeming #JenniferHahn #News #Politics #roundup #AlexSalmond #climatechange #environment #gadheim #hedgefunds #independence #inflation #LordAshcroft #migration #nhs #poll #scotland #singlemarket #TimHitchens #trade #unskilledmigrants #voluntarism #Westerngrund #wildlifetrade #zoos

There's a ruck over the Rock. Despite being the most pro remain voting area in last year's EU Referendum (95.9%), Gibraltar's future hadn't been much debated in the pre-negotiation posturing. That all changed on Friday, when EU guidelines announced no trade deals would be finalised over the peninsula without a bilateral agreement between Spain and Britain. This lit the the blue touch paper and sparked Tory Lord Michael Howard into announcing that Britain would defend its territory with the same passion as Margaret Thatcher's government had with the Falklands in 1982. And when Tim spoke to Joe Duggan from Spain's biggest ex-pat newspaper The Olive Press for this episode, tensions showed no signs easing (a Spanish gunboat was chased out of territorial waters by the Royal Navy prior to the call). But bypassing the rhetoric, what are the real worries for the people of Gibraltar, why are they so hell-bent on British sovereignty, and would they even consider pushing for full independence? As always, if you enjoy th

New magazine Stand Up is not about delivering your best one-liners but about giving young people a voice, says its editor Stephanie Farnsworth. Launched from her home in Sunderland, a strong Vote Leave area, the publication aims to engage more young people in political debate in the wake of Brexit. Tim caught up with Stephanie to find out about what's next for the mag. If you like the sound of Stand Up you can follow them at standupmag.tumblr.com #Podcast #Brexit #BrexitPodcast #Referendum #EUReferendum #VoteLeave #VoteRemain #VoteIn #EU #UK #TimHeming #JenniferHahn #News #Politics #activism #Standupmagazine #zine #StephanieFarnsworth #youngpeople #youth

The countdown to glorious independence or a ticking time bomb? Either way, Theresa May finally triggered Article 50 yesterday to start the two-year process of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union. No sooner had the PM's six-page letter been delivered to the EU Council, than Jen and Tim got together with Joe Owen from the Institute For Government to discuss its salient points. Are we heading for bitter divorce or amicable settlement? Can it really be achieved in two short years? And what, specifically, happens next? #Podcast #Brexit #BrexitPodcast #Referendum #EUReferendum #VoteLeave #VoteRemain #VoteIn #EU #UK #TimHeming #JenniferHahn #News #Politics #TheresaMay #government #Article50 #trigger #signed #donaldtusk #nicolasturgeon #parliament #greatrepealbill #instituteforgovernment #joeowen #tory #conservative #labour #snp

Gina Miller is a polarising figure; anti-Brexit campaigner to some, a lone voice standing up for parliamentary sovereignty to others. Having won a Supreme Court case against Theresa May's government over the need for a vote to implement Article 50 in January, the investment fund manager has led the campaign for parliament to have the final decision over Britain's agreed EU exit package. She joins Tim to explain how she feels sadly let down by politicians on all sides, how her life has changed dramatically in the past six months – a time when she has even feared for the safety of her family – and how, as the two-year process to start leaving the EU is triggered, there could be many more court cases on the horizon.

With less than a week to go before Article 50 is triggered, Labour councillor Paul Gleeson joined Tim to discuss the real factors that led to Boston being the most pro Leave borough in the United Kingdom. Paul explains how low wages and high rents have led to an uneasy atmosphere between an ageing local population and an increasing tide of exploited immigrants, leading to a huge 76 per cent voting for #Brexit in the EU Referendum. As always, we'd appreciate your views, so find us on Twitter, Facebook or brexitpodcast.com and let us know your thoughts.

Brexit: What The Hell Happens Now? We find out from Ian Dunt – the man who wrote the book on it – who, as editor of politics.co.uk, is one of the UK’s most knowledgeable commentators on British, European and world politics. As a tumultuous week for #Brexit culminated with a toxic spat between PM Theresa May and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon , we invited Ian on to discuss what the hell really will happen next. He explains the importance of tariff rate quotas, why he lacks faith in those in public office, and how he forecasts the break up of Britain unless Westminster starts building bridges… fast. Grab a copy of his book – before all his predictions play out – from amazon.co.uk

Tim enjoyed a rare night out at the National Theatre to watch the new play about #Brexit, My Country; a work in progress. Directed by Rufus Norris and written by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, it's a play with a difference, using the transcripts from hundreds of members of the public who were asked what they thought about a changing Britain and its relationship with the European Union. The play will be touring the UK from Glasgow to Cardiff to Cambridge and more information can be found at nationaltheatre.org.uk

Journalist Dave Bromage previously joined us for Episode 21 when he was banging the drum for a #LibDemFightBack. With so much #Brexit news over the past few days, we thought it would be a good time to ask him back on the show to see if he was any more positive over Britain's future. A rather forlorn hope. Tim and Jen co-host, and after Dave introduced us to the UK's somnambulistic (that he defines as sleepwalking into a disaster) tendencies last time, this time he's bemoaning the regretful omnishambles he believes British politics has become. We hope you enjoy the show. Do let us know by leaving a quick review.

In the third, and (for now) the last episode in our little mini-series about how Brexit is being taken up in academia, we brought on Robert Lawson, who is a lecturer and course director at Birmingham City University’s School of English and responsible for the linguistics arm of the Centre for Brexit Studies. We cover a whole big range of ground in this interview from how language was used during the Brexit campaign to form distinct delineations of belonging, to the future of language learning in post-Brexit Britain and the benefits of being bilingual. #Podcast #Brexit #BrexitPodcast #Referendum #EUReferendum #VoteLeave #VoteRemain #VoteIn #EU #UK #TimHeming #JenniferHahn #News #Politics #Semiotics #Linguistics #Language #RobertLawson #BCU #BirminghamCityUniversity #CentreforBrexitStudies

In January, Birmingham City University launched the world’s first and only Centre for Brexit Studies. So of course, we had to bring on the centre's head and the director of research at BCU’s Business School Alex de Ruyter to give us his take on what academia can add to the Brexit debate. We discuss the importance of inter- and multidisciplinary study of a subject as multi-facetted as Brexit and how the centre hopes to work with the government, businesses and ordinary citizens to share its research and insight. #Podcast #Brexit #BrexitPodcast #Referendum #EUReferendum #VoteLeave #VoteRemain #VoteIn #EU #UK #TimHeming #JenniferHahn #News #Politics #BCU #BirminghamCityUniversity #AlexdeRuyter #business #professor #academia #highereducation #research #CentreforBrexitStudies #CBS #interdisciplinary

Once again, today's episode provides a platform for quite a controversial opinion. Paul Coleridge, a former high court judge and founder of the Marriage Foundation, recently penned an article for The Telegraph in which he made the suggestion that Brexit might result in an improvement of family stability and marriage rates. As you can imagine, this created a storm of backlash online so we thought we’d bring him on to elaborate on his point and to share why exactly he believes marriages are worth protecting. #Podcast #Brexit #BrexitPodcast #Referendum #EUReferendum #VoteLeave #VoteRemain #VoteIn #EU #UK #TimHeming #JenniferHahn #News #Politics #cohabiting #marriage #divorce #familybreakdown #familystability #marriagefoundation #nuclearfamily #paulcoleridge #highcourtjudge #marriagerates #singleparent #telegraph

To describe Dr Martin Glynn as a jack of all trades might be an understatement. Beyond being a theatre director, poet and children's book author he is also a lecturer in criminology at Birmingham City University, has over 3 decades of experience working in criminal justice and public health and is about to release an EP as a hip hop artist. As to be expected we covered a whole range of topics from prison politics and how these are being affected by Brexit to how Martin hopes to use his music to communicate important academic research and insights to those who would never usually encounter them but whom they might be affecting the most. #Podcast #Brexit #BrexitPodcast #Referendum #EUReferendum #VoteLeave #VoteRemain #VoteIn #EU #UK #TimHeming #JenniferHahn #News #Politics #drmartinglynn #drglynn #criminology #msoulfires #criminaljustice #black #dataverbalisation #music #hiphop #silenced #prison #race #racialisation

The role of British universities as places for building and nurturing multicultural communities might be at a risk as a result of Brexit. Canada has recently overtaken the UK as the most desirable destination for EU students, and the number of those applying for early deadline courses via UCAS has dropped by nine per cent. And it doesn’t look much different for the teaching staff as the University and College Union found that 76 per cent of EU academics working in Britain are now more likely to consider leaving the country and a third of them already know of fellow academics leaving the UK. To get some insight into how universities, their students and staff are feeling about this we brought on Sally Hunt, who’s the general secretary of the UCU. We discuss what a multicultural campus offers its students and what is needed, especially from Theresa May in her government, to sustain this. #Podcast #Brexit #BrexitPodcast #Referendum #EUReferendum #VoteLeave #VoteRemain #VoteIn #EU #UK #TimHeming #JenniferHahn #

Just how unpopular is Tony Blair? (Well, he might not want to tune in for this one!) After the former prime minister threw his weight into the Brexit debate with an impassioned pro EU speech on Friday, Tim caught up with Polling Matters' Kieran Pedley to find out what the public think. We also talk about who is the most popular post-war PM, what makes a poll you can trust, and why we shouldn't be too hard on the forecasters when they get their predictions a little awry. #Podcast #Brexit #BrexitPodcast #Referendum #EUReferendum #VoteLeave #VoteRemain #VoteIn #EU #UK #TimHeming #JenniferHahn #News #Politics #pollingmatters #tonyblair #primeminister #pm #KieranPedley #polls #statistics

Even in the most remarkable of years, it seemed unbelievable that Northern Ireland's power-sharing agreement - ushered in by the Good Friday agreement of 1998 - could be brought to its knees by a renewable heating incentive to burn wood pellets. However, the fallout from the ill-conceived scheme, dubbed 'cash for ash,' has led a furore over a political resignation and a snap election on March 2 Tim was joined by Conor Devine to find out the latest from Northern Ireland, and to see whether its public have been soothed by the noises coming from Westminster ahead of Article 50 being evoked. If you enjoy Conor's interview then be sure to check back to Episode 15, where he explains the need for the Irish to come together in the wake of Brexit. #Podcast #Brexit #BrexitPodcast #Referendum #EUReferendum #VoteLeave #VoteRemain #VoteIn #EU #UK #TimHeming #JenniferHahn #News #Politics #MartinMcGuiness #ConorDevine #SinnFein #snapelection #election #northernireland #ireland #hardborder

Since the EU referendum we’ve been hearing a lot of generalisations about voting patterns. If the general consensus was to be believed, all major metropolitan areas and minority ethnic groups would have voted to Remain. But new data by the BBC proves otherwise. For this episode of the podcast, Jen and Tim talk to George Greenwood, a freedom of information researcher for the BBC who worked on the report, to find out about the quirky outliers revealed by this localised breakdown of votes and what they say about how and why people voted in the referendum. #Podcast #Brexit #BrexitPodcast #Referendum #EUReferendum #VoteLeave #VoteRemain #VoteIn #EU #UK #TimHeming #JenniferHahn #News #Politics #georgegreenwood #bbc #vote #voting #ballot #education #ethnicity #age #class #martinrosenbaum

Can the right mind-set help businesses cope with Brexit? Two CEOs join Tim and Jen for this episode, as we welcome Lucy-Rose Walker, the chief exec of Edinburgh-based Entrepreneurial Spark, and Jim Duffy, its chief executive optimist - who is looking forward to returning to London to meet the Queen, having been awarded an MBE in the New Year's Honours List. Lucy and Jim chat about how they've helped grow hundreds of small businesses in all sectors - and how, despite the EU referendum result, there is no shortage of foreign start-ups coming to these shores. Having got some Scots on the show, we also touch on the thorny issue of independence, and Jim recalls how much he learnt from taking to the streets to sell the Big Issue for a day. #Podcast #Brexit #BrexitPodcast #Referendum #EUReferendum #VoteLeave #VoteRemain #VoteIn #EU #UK #TimHeming #JenniferHahn #News #Politics #JimDuffy #LucyRoseWalker #ESpark #EntrepreneurialSpark #MBE #entrepreneur #business #startup #SME #economy #bigissue