'Admirably brief and necessarily brutal... Highly recommended.' -
NICK COHEN, THE SPECTATOR 'Compact and easily digestible. I'd
encourage anyone who is confused, fascinated or frustrated by
Brexit to read this book - you'll be far wiser by the end of it.' -
CAROLINE LUCAS MP 'I would strongly recommend Ian Dunt's excellent
guide. Dunt has taken the extraordinary step of asking a set of
experts what they think. I learnt a lot.' - PHILIP COLLINS,
PROSPECT Britain's departure from the European Union is riddled
with myth and misinformation - yet the risks are very real. Brexit
could diminish the UK's power, throw its legal system into turmoil,
and lower the standard of living of 65m citizens. In this revised
bestseller, Ian Dunt explains why leaving the world's largest
trading bloc will leave Britain poorer and key industries like
finance and pharma struggling to operate. He argues that Brexit is
unlikely to cause a big economic implosion, but will instead act
like a slow puncture in the UK's national prosperity and global
influence. Based on extensive interviews with trade and legal
experts, Brexit: What the Hell Happens Now? is a searching
exploration of Brexit shorn of the wishful thinking of its
supporters in the British media and Parliament. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ian Dunt is a columnist for the I newspaper and appears as a pundit
on BBC TV, Sky News and Al-Jazeera. With Dorian Lynskey, he
presents the Origin Story podcast and is a regular contributor to
the Oh God, What Now? podcast. His most recent book, How To Be A
Liberal (Canbury, 2020), is an epic history of the spread of the
ideas underpinning personal freedom. EXTRACT What is the European
project? Britain has always been deeply ignorant of the motivation
behind the European project. The most common British response to
European politicians is indifference, followed by frustration,
followed by mockery. But without understanding Europe, you can't
effectively negotiate with Europe. Ultimately, the European Union
arose out of the ashes of the Second World War. In 1951, to prevent
future disputes over resources, six nations agreed to trade freely
in steel and coal. In 1957, the nations of the Coal and Steel
Community (France, West Germany, Italy, Holland, Belgium and
Luxembourg) signed the Treaty of Rome, founding the European
Economic Community, which created a bigger common market and a
customs union. Over time this common market attracted more nations
and became the European Union. For years Britain stood outside this
club. In 1951, Prime Minister Clement Attlee declined an invitation
to join the Coal and Steel Community, dismissing it as 'six
nations, four of whom we had to rescue from the other two.' Britain
also spurned the European Economic Community in 1958. While the
European states looked to each other for peace and prosperity, the
UK, with its still large empire and its special relationship with
the United States, gazed overseas. Britain and the Continent were
divided not just by geography, but by conflict. A great deal of the
British psyche derives from the fact that we have not been invaded
for centuries. We went through incredible suffering during the
world wars, but it fell from the sky. It did not march down the
streets in jackboots. On the mainland, that trauma was and is
personal: the social memory of a neighbour's betrayal, death camps,
and tyranny. The EU is considered a barrier to conflict and carries
an emotional weight we struggle to understand. Our MPs
underestimate the resolve of Europe to preserve political unity.
Extracted from Brexit: What the Hell Happens Now? by Ian Dunt
(Canbury Press)
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