Brexit at 10: A decade of drama, deals and disruption

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

News, Politics, Government

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🗓️ 29 June 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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A decade after the UK voted to leave the EU, the IfG's Jill Rutter and UKICE's Anand Menon are joined by the BBC's Adam Fleming - the former Brussels correspondent and Brexitcast presenter who followed every twist and turn of the UK's EU drama - to share their front row experiences of some of the most significant events in recent British and European political history. From the night of the referendum to the painful Brexit deal negotiations, the endless parliamentary votes and the rapid turnover of prime ministers, Jill, Anand and Adam get together for this special joint IfG/UKICE Brexflections episode to back on ten years of key Brexit moments and explore what they told us about Britain and the world. Jill Rutter is an IfG and UKICE senior fellow. Anand Menon is the Director of UKICE. Adam Fleming is the Presenter of BBC's daily Newscast on BBC Sounds. Produced by Milo Hynes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everyone and welcome to this special Brexit at 10 podcast, a co-production between the Institute for Government and UK in a changing Europe.
0:16.3	I'm Jill Rutter. I'm a senior fellow at the Institute for Government and a Senior Fellow at UK and a changing Europe.
0:22.0	So I've followed Brexit since the referendum from both organisations.
0:25.7	So I'm joined by my Brexit Bestie, Anand Menon, who has run UK since it was set up in 2015.
0:32.8	And we are both delighted to be joined today by Adam Fleming, one of the BBC's Brexit cast originals.
0:39.7	And actually our comms director tells us he predates that with something called Politics Europe,
0:44.8	which I have to say hadn't actually registered till now.
0:48.1	Presumably still on eye player.
0:49.5	And someone who has watched the Brexit drama unfold from front-road seats in both Westminster and Brussels.
0:56.6	So the IFG has published a Brexit at 10 collection and UK-N-Change unit has produced its own staircase of options for a future relationship.
1:05.2	But what we want to do today is focus on some key Brexit moments.
1:09.8	What they told us about Britain, the world, and maybe even ourselves and our organisations.
1:15.4	So it's Brexflection time, folks.
1:17.8	So hold on.
1:19.3	Here we go.
1:21.0	So I'm going to start back in the dark ages when Brexit wasn't even a word.
1:26.7	Adam, rolling back the years, you were a reporter
1:30.0	what was the daily politics, and we're often dispatched to Strasbourg or Brussels, to file
1:34.7	the late lamented open brackets by Sam McCrory, our comms director, closed brackets, politics
1:41.5	Europe part of the show. So what would you pick is the key sort of pre-Brexit
1:47.2	moment from your travels to or from Milbank? Just to explain the backstory and not to read out my
1:54.2	entire CV, but thanks for giving me the opportunity. And thanks for having me. This is a really,
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