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- ️Fri Sep 04 2020
Brexit: A Love Story? Podcast
You know we’re leaving the EU but this is the story of how the UK got here. Mark Mardell uncovers the fractious yet intriguing story of Britain’s relationship with the EU.
Episodes to download
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25. The Purge
Fri 4 Sep 2020
Mark Mardell examines how revolution was afoot in the Conservative Party
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24. The Centre Cannot Hold
Wed 2 Sep 2020
Mark Mardell delves into the problems that dogged the centre ground
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23. Three Strikes and You're Out!
Wed 2 Sep 2020
Mark Mardell explores heightened tensions as Mrs May's withdrawal deal fails to impress
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Brexit: How did we get here?
Fri 31 Jan 2020
Mark Mardell recaps how Britain joined, and ultimately came to leave the European Union
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21. Checkmate at Chequers
Tue 23 Apr 2019
Mark Mardell revisits a hot and sunny day at the Prime Minister's country retreat
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20. The path to a meaningful vote
Mon 22 Apr 2019
Mark Mardell navigates MPs' journey to secure a meaningful vote on Bexit
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18. Dexeu: Brexit from a broom cupboard
Thu 18 Apr 2019
Mark Mardell delves into Whitehall and the new Department for Exiting the European Union
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17. Lancaster House and red lines
Fri 14 Dec 2018
Mark Mardell dissects Theresa May's infamous Lancaster House speech
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16. Article 50 and the Avatar of Hate
Thu 6 Dec 2018
Mark Mardell unpicks how – and when – Article 50 was triggered
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15. Road to Conference
Thu 29 Nov 2018
Mark Mardell considers the role of Mrs May’s chiefs of staff in her first months at No10
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14. Inside May's Mind
Thu 22 Nov 2018
Mark Mardell delves into what the Prime Minister really thought about the EU
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13. An Island Nation
Thu 20 Sep 2018
Mark Mardell finishes his journey through Britain's 45 year relationship with the EU
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12. Five miscalculations and a resignation
Thu 6 Sep 2018
Mark Mardell asks whether David Cameron's decisions over Europe led to his own demise
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11. Banging on about Europe
Fri 24 Aug 2018
Mark Mardell charts the rise of UKIP and the effect it had on the Conservative party
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9. Blair, Brown and a bike ride
Thu 19 Jul 2018
Mark Mardell remembers the push and pull of Europe under New Labour
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8. The Most Successful Party That Never Won A Seat
Thu 5 Jul 2018
Mark Mardell gets to grips with Sir James Goldsmith and his Referendum Party
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7. Major and the mad cows
Fri 22 Jun 2018
Mark Mardell returns to a health crisis recast into familiar territory: a Brussels battle
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6. Major’s Bastards and the Battle of Maastricht
Thu 7 Jun 2018
Mark Mardell revisits the tensions in the Conservative party over the Maastricht Treaty
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5. Up Yours Delors!
Thu 24 May 2018
Mark Mardell considers the role of the press in influencing public opinion about the EU
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4. From Bruges to Bust
Thu 10 May 2018
Mark Mardell explores the role of Europe in Margaret Thatcher's downfall
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3. Battling Maggie's blues
Thu 26 Apr 2018
Mark Mardell follows Margaret Thatcher's fight to reduce Britain's bill to the EEC
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2. Yes to Britain in Europe
Fri 13 Apr 2018
Mark Mardell examines the 1975 referendum to remain in the European Economic Community
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1. Fanfare for the future
Thu 29 Mar 2018
Mark Mardell navigates his way through the early days of the UK's love affair with the EU