Claim that Britain sends £350 million a week to the EU is wrong, Clek says. That ignores rebate negotiated by Margaret Thatcher in 1980s. He adds: 'I don't think there's a silver bullet statistic which will change your mind utterly' The vote on 23rd of June is about what we believe individually and collectively to be right for our country - not some sort of mathematical formula.
This week marked the three year anniversary of Brexit, the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. On this episode of The Sunday Debate we’re revisiting what some would call a simpler time, pre-Brexit Britain. In May 2016, a month before the referendum, Intelligence Squared staged The Great Brexit Debate. Our chair for the debate was Jonathan Freedland, Guardian columnist, author and broadcaster, and he was joined by a panel of six influential voices including Nick Clegg and Gisela Stuart.
Now we’re on the other side of this once in a generation vote, were the predictions correct? Did the fears or hopes come into fruition?
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