There's nothing racist about the fact that David Cameron signed up to saying we would accelerate the process of Turkish membership. The biggest study on the impact of EU law in Switzerland, which looked at all acts done by Swiss Parliament between 1990 and 2010, found that 32 percent involved implementing EU law. I'm not going to say whether it's going to cause a recession or not. If you want to vote remain, put the remain one in, leave, leave. And if you are undecided, oh, I think maybe you've got an undecided slip. It's a secret and silent ballot. Let's keep the volume down because we're going to continue with the discussion while these ballots go around.
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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