LIVE At Castfest: The Brexit Campaign 10 Years On
5/4/202647 min
In today’s episode, first recorded live at Castfest, Adam and Chris turn back the clock to 2016 and the lead up to the Brexit referendum.
They discuss how the referendum came about, and their memories from the campaign trail.
Plus Dr Katya Adler sends a special dispatch from a cake stand in Brussels!
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First 90 secondsAdam Fleming· Host0:00
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Adam Fleming· Host0:33
[gentle music] Hello. We've got a bank holiday treat for you. Do you remember a few months ago I came up with this idea, Shout Out to My Brex, where I thought, "Well, it's 10 years since the referendum on our membership of the EU. Why don't we relive that timeline in real time 10 years later with the benefit of hindsight?" [lip smack] Well, I think we did it once, and then it got put on the very back, back burner. But we decided to resurrect it as part of Castfest. This is our big festival where we've got loads of BBC News podcasts together, along with hundreds and hundreds of podcast fans, to watch them being recorded at the BBC's historic Maida Vale studios. And so what you'll hear now is a expanded version of that gimmick, Shout Out to My Brex, as recorded in front of an audience at Castfest on the 25th of April.
Chris Mason· Host1:26
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