We have been told over and over again that Brexit Means… Brexit. But what does this actually mean? Why did British people vote to leave the EU? Why can’t anybody agree on what leaving the EU actually involves? Why has it been so difficult for politicians to come to a compromise? Why have Leavers and Remainers both been getting so angry? Why has Brexit unleashed such a nasty strain of politics? And how does British history help to explain how we got here? This panel discussion brings together academics from the History and Politics departments at the University of Southampton to think about who voted for Brexit and why, what has happened since July 2016, what might happen next, and how we got to where we are today.

With:

Will Jennings, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy

Priti Mishra, Lecturer in History and CIPCS Director

John Denham, former Secretary of State, Professor and University of Southampton Alumnus

Charlotte Lydia Riley, Lecturer in twentieth-century British History

Jessica C. Smith, Lecturer in Politics

Jonathan Conlin, Associate Professor in History