Brexit Britain – Our Divided Nation

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🗓️ 31 July 2016

⏱️ 50 minutes

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This panel session was part of Brexit Britain, an afternoon of debate and discussion produced by BBC Newsnight in partnership with Intelligence Squared at the Royal Geographical Society in London. In this, the first session of the day, folk singer/songwriter and left-wing activist Billy Bragg, Director of Resolution think tank Torsten Bell, UKIP parliamentary spokesperson Suzanne Evans and Vice-Chair of Migration Watch UK Alp Mehmet, discussed what the referendum - and the campaigning that preceded it - have taught us about Britain. The discussion was chaired by Newsnight's lead presenter Evan Davis. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thank you for downloading this Intelligence Squared podcast.
0:02.8	For more information on our debates, talks and discussions,
0:05.6	visit intelligence squared.com and sign up to the newsletter.
0:09.4	This panel session was part of Brexit Britain,
0:12.0	an afternoon of debate and discussion produced by
0:14.7	BBC Newsnight in partnership with Intelligence Squared at the Royal Geographical Society in London.
0:20.0	Very warm welcome to you. As George Galloway would say I admire your
0:26.4	indefatig ability in coming here today. I hope you enjoy it and you find it
0:31.9	stimulating.
0:33.0	We at Newsnight are not event organizers as such
0:37.0	and we partnered with Intelligence Squared.
0:40.0	You've done a great job at assisting us with the construction of this day.
0:45.1	Now I just want to know a little bit about the audience, so I'm sure do our panel.
0:50.1	There's only one question that matters, isn't there?
0:55.0	How many of you voted remain?
1:00.0	Right.
1:02.0	How many of you voted Brexit? I said it's going to be 80. I said it's going to break
1:08.1	80-20 for remain. I'm going to call that what, 9010 do we think? 90-10.
1:13.6	Okay.
1:15.3	I may ask that question again when we're on air,
1:18.7	so stick to what your things are.
1:21.8	Stick to your views. We don't want you changing. Yeah, so like a
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