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What would no Brexit look like? Brexit Means... Podcast

We ask whether it is possible for Britain to change its decision to leave the EU and, if so, how might it happen?

Nov 1, 201722 min

What will become of food and farming? Brexit Means … podcast

We ask how farming and food production industry will be affected by UK’s departure from European Union

Oct 25, 201741 min

Have we come to the end of the negotiations road? Brexit Means … podcast

There’s no point beating around the bush. It is time for the Brexit means podcast to talk about the dreaded ‘no deal’

Oct 18, 201719 min

Where do Labour and the Conservatives now stand on Brexit? Brexit Means … podcast

As the next round of Brexit talks get under way amid few signs of a breakthrough, and with the main party conferences behind us, this week we look at what is known about where the two main parties stand on the big Brexit issues, and how far their positions might, or might have to, shift

Oct 10, 201731 min

Are things likely to get moving anytime soon? Brexit Means … podcast

This week we’ll be talking harsh words – in both Manchester and Strasbourg – and asking whether, behind the rhetoric and the seemingly immovable positions, anything at all may be shifting

Oct 5, 201720 min

Six months on: what has happened so far? Brexit Means... podcast

Jon Henley and team attempt to shine a light through the fog that has fallen since article 50 was triggered on 29 March

Sep 27, 201739 min

What is Boris Johnson playing at? – Brexit Means ... podcast

Jon Henley and guests discuss the foreign secretary’s exaggerated and occasionally downright inaccurate picture of the ‘glorious’ future awaiting Britain

Sep 20, 201719 min

How will leaving the EU affect universities and research? Brexit Means ... podcast

Jon Henley and guests discuss the potential impact of Brexit on higher education, from lecturers to students to funding

Sep 13, 201742 min

Is Britain expecting the impossible? Brexit Means... podcast

‘Nobody said it would be easy,’ says David Davis. We discuss what has been making life difficult for the Brexit secretary this week

Sep 7, 201718 min

Is a frictionless Irish border 'magical thinking'? – Brexit Means... podcast

After Brexit, the 310-mile boundary between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic will become the only land border between Britain and the European Union – with potentially major consequences for the movement of large volumes of goods and people, and for the survival of the 20-year-old peace process that followed the Good Friday agreement

Sep 1, 201740 min

Seven policy papers in seven days: Brexit Means ... podcast

Discussing the customs union proposals, civil judicial cooperation, dispute resolution, data mining and what’s going to happen in the third round of talks is our trusted Brexit Means ... team

Aug 25, 201719 min

How will Brexit affect the environment? Brexit means podcast

The topic we’re looking at this week is a big one, and a fundamentally important one, encompassing the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat. Jon Henley is joined by an expert panel to try to figure out what on earth Brexit will mean for our environment

Aug 16, 201735 min

The three ‘whats’ of leaving the EU – Brexit Means podcast

The team look at what kind of transition Britain wants, what might be in the government’s position papers and what size of divorce bill Brexiters are willing to pay

Aug 8, 201726 min

Are we in for a fishy deal? – Brexit Means podcast

Jon Henley and his team of experts dive into the murky waters of the UK fishing industry, one of the loudest voices for the leave campaign. What is the future of fisheries now that just over half of us voted out of the EU? Could we go it alone or are we heading for a fishy deal?

Aug 4, 201738 min

Brexit negotiations really get going - Brexit Means podcast

This week Dan Roberts and Jennifer Rankin try to figure out what on earth is going on in this first round of Brexit negotiations, especially now that the UK appears in disarray, with the Conservative party riddled with infighting

Jul 19, 201719 min

What can we expect as the Article 50 talks begin?

As Brexit negotiations get underway, the Guardian Brexit team discuss the first items on the agenda – and how the recent UK elections may affect the talks

Jun 19, 201733 min

What does 'no deal' actually mean? – Brexit Means podcast

Forget ‘Brexit means Brexit’ and ‘strong and stable’ – the government has a new mantra. Jon Henley, Dan Roberts and Jennifer Rankin discuss what ‘no deal is better than a bad deal’ might entail for the UK

May 31, 201718 min

EU agrees negotiation guidelines and terrorism hits Manchester – Brexit Means podcast

Join Jon Henley and Daniel Boffey as they discuss the EU27’s directives for the first phase of Brexit negotiations and whether, in the light of the attack in Manchester, security and intelligence sharing will be a factor in those talks

May 24, 201721 min

How will the general election affect Brexit? Brexit Means podcast

Jon Henley and Dan Roberts discuss what a new crop of Tory MPs could mean for Brexit as well as Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel’s new friendship

May 17, 201718 min

Macron defeats Le Pen in French election – Brexit Means podcast

This week Jon Henley and Jennifer Rankin discuss what the French election result means for Europe and Brexit

May 10, 201716 min

Brexit turns sour before talks even begin - Brexit Means podcast

Dan Roberts and Dan Boffey discuss what that frosty dinner between Theresa May and Jean-Claude Juncker means for Brexit negotiations

May 3, 201715 min

The rights of EU citizens in Brexit - Brexit Means podcast

Lisa O’Carroll joins Jon henley to discuss the question of rights for both EU residence in the UK and UK residents in the EU, in light of recent events.

Apr 26, 201712 min

What does Brexit have to do with the election? - Brexit means podcast

With the sudden news of a snap general election this morning, Jon Henley speaks to the Guardian’s Brexit policy editor Dan Roberts to discuss what this has to do with Brexit and how it affects the negotiations..

Apr 18, 201711 min

Britain starts the Brexit countdown – Politics Weekly podcast

Anushka Asthana is joined by Alex Salmond, Ian Duncan, Gina Miller, Natalie Nougayrède and Graham Brady at the end of an historic week in British politics in which Britain triggered the EU exit clause and the Scottish parliament voted for a new independence referendum

Mar 31, 20171h 6m

Triggering article 50 – Brexit podcast

Jon Henley is joined by Jill Rutter, Daniel Boffey and Dan Roberts in the week that Britain formally invokes article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty – the EU’s exit clause. How quickly can a deal be done? What will be covered in the talks? And what will be the main sticking points?

Mar 28, 201736 min

The rights of UK citizens in the EU – Brexit podcast

Jon Henley is joined by Jane Golding and Jennifer Rankin to discuss the rights and status of UK citizens living in other European Union countries after Brexit

Mar 2, 201735 min

The role of the EU parliament – Brexit podcast

Guy Verhofstadt, the EU parliament’s chief negotiator tells us that Britain will not be allowed to get a better deal than it currently has from the EU in the coming Brexit talks. Plus Labour MEP Richard Corbett and our Brussels bureau chief Daniel Boffey describe how the EU parliament will hope to shape Brexit

Feb 15, 201733 min

Brex and the City – Brexit podcast

Jon Henley is joined by Vincenzo Scarpetta, Jill Treanor, Dan Roberts and Anthony Browne to discuss how Brexit will affect Britain’s multibillion-pound financial services industry. Plus we hear from the European financial centres hoping to capitalise if London falters

Jan 27, 201744 min

Theresa May's Brexit speech in full - audio

In the most important speech of her premiership to date, the prime minister, Theresa May, outlines her vision of Brexit. Listen to the speech in full

Jan 17, 201742 min

The rights of EU citizens in the UK – Brexit podcast

Jon Henley is joined by Lisa O’Carroll, Nicolas Hatton, Andrew Tingley and Jakub Krupa to discus the future rights of EU citizens currently living in the UK in the build up to this year’s Brexit negotiations. Plus we hear from former Vote Leave chair Gisela Stuart who calls on the government to act now to guarantee residency rights for EU nationals in Britain

Jan 16, 201741 min

Deciphering Article 50 – Brexit means... podcast

Jon Henley is joined by Jolyon Maugham, Philip Syrpis, Jennifer Rankin and Owen Bowcott to discuss the legal challenges to the government’s use of Article 50, and how the EU will interpret the Lisbon Treaty’s exit mechanism in the coming negotiations

Dec 20, 201637 min

The Story So Far – Brexit Means... Podcast

Introducing ‘Brexit Means ...’ our new in-depth Brexit podcast with the Guardian’s European affairs correspondent Jon Henley. In this first episode we look back at the brief history of Brexit: from David Cameron’s fateful promise to hold an ‘in/out’ referendum to Theresa May’s tautologous mantra that ‘Brexit means Brexit’

Dec 6, 201618 min