Five Things You Need to Know About Brexit

Pantsuit Politics

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🗓️ 7 June 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Despite the fact that Brexit has been a thing for years now, things are still a mess over in the United Kingdom as they attempt to decide exactly how this is going to go down. Today, we're breaking down what you need to know about Brexit before we discuss our opinions about it on Tuesday's episode. We'll be answering all these questions and more: How did Britain get to be in the European Union in the first place? How did Bexit became a thing? What's in the divorce deal? What is the Irish backstop and why is it complicating things? What happens after Theresa May leaves office? Brexit Resources: Financial Times Brexit Coverage What's the difference between the withdrawal agreement and political declaration? What's in the political declaration? BBC correspondents on the draft deal Your simple guide to the UK leaving the EU Thanks to our sponsors: the American Beverage Association and HelloFresh. Thank you for being a part of our community! We couldn't do what we do without you. To become a tangible supporter of the show, please visit our Patreon page, purchase a copy of our book, I Think You're Wrong (But I'm Listening), or share the word about our work in your own circles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Starting in 2014, people talking about politics and talking about Scotland's future in pubs
0:06.4	and on buses and in public forums. Brexit felt living in Edinburgh. It felt like less of an
0:13.0	issue. I remember saying on the bus the day after the referendum with my husband and
0:16.6	way, do we know anyone who voted for Brexit because we are in that bubble. I'm an academic.
0:22.4	My husband's a civil servant. We live in a city. We live in a very international community.
0:30.0	So we didn't really, I think it caught us by surprise.
0:36.8	This is Sarah from the left and Beth from the right. You're listening to Pantsuit
0:40.6	Politics. They're shouting no insults, plenty of applause.
0:45.9	I'm so excited about today's episode because it is five things you need to know about Brexit.
1:02.9	Once again, there are probably more than five things embedded in our five things, but we're very
1:07.3	attached to that idea of five. Before we start, we wanted to take a special moment to think our new
1:13.6	executive producers, Tracy, Cherry, Tim, David, Joshua, Linda, Martha, Melanie and Tiffany.
1:21.2	Oh my gosh. It is so amazing to have this big team of people supporting us and rooting for us
1:28.6	and offering us ideas and wisdom. And we cannot express enough our gratitude for your support.
1:36.7	And to all of you who have stepped up on Patreon, we're just so excited. Thank you so much.
1:40.8	You're going to hear from Michael today in the middle of the show about his Patreon support.
1:45.6	We're so grateful for that. We also are so grateful for the feedback that we've received from Tuesday's
1:52.3	episode, which has just been beyond anything that I could have imagined. And it's another thing
1:57.0	that I can hardly talk about without getting teary. Yeah, the emails we've received, especially
2:03.3	from members of the LGBT community who reached out to us and said, either one you're forgiven,
2:10.2	which I don't even know what to say in the face of that amount of grace and just support.
2:18.8	Or two, you being so honest about your own journey and then coming to such a place of support
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