Britain and Europe past, present and future

[barryqwalsh]

Historian Timothy Garton Ash has called Brexit the “upending of politics and middle-class assumptions in both the developed and the developing worlds". On World View Patrick Smyth and a panel discuss the significance of Brexit in historical terms, Britain's relationship with Europe, and some of the practical implications for Britian, Europe and Ireland. On the panel are Denis Staunton, Suzanne Lynch, Paul Gillespie and Ruadhán Mac Cormaic.


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Britain and Europe past, present and future from The Irish Times World View Podcast

 

[Blackrook]

Britain's withdrawal from Europe is Britain's gain and Europe's loss. Britain will now be better off financially, and in every other way, without Europe dragging it down. There is no reason why the British should prop up sick economies, nor should they be forced to accept endless streams of poor and unemployable immigrants from Eastern Europe and the Muslim world.