Brexit: the facts strike back

Ten years after the 2016 referendum, Brexit and its consequences again dominate British politics. These 10 years have seen the country divided and its political system tested almost to destruction. The public debates have often been based on assertions and arguments that are highly technical, especially those concerning economics and trade. Has Brexit made us poorer, and do we therefore need to return to the EU fold, as the present government and its supporters insist? Or is it the government’s own policies that are responsible for our economic handicaps?

According to authors of a new book, Brexit: The Facts Strike Back, one issue is confusion about the facts and even some misinformation driven by political prejudice. They argue there’s been a 10-year campaign, still continuing, to persuade the British public that they made the wrong decision in 2016, and that they should have listened to those politicians, intellectuals and ‘experts’ who told them to vote Remain. Yet much of what we have been told, and are still being told, the authors argue, has no basis in evidence, and it is often provably wrong. Resolving the biggest political issue of our time needs facts, not propaganda, and this book gives them.

Come and meet the book’s contributors (members of Briefings for Britain), both to challenge them, and to clarify any confusion about what Brexit really meant for the economy and society. Are they too biased to rely on or do the facts – once you know them – speak for themselves?