Brexit: a failed project in a failing state? With Danny Dorling

Brexit has failed to address any of the substantive challenges of the day. It was not a ‘year zero’ for the many problems facing the United Kingdom and, in fact, reflected decades of public policy failure. That’s the argument of Oxford University professor Danny Dorling in his provocative new report, 'Brexit: a failed project in a failing state', published by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Another Europe Is Possible.

In this recording of the report launch, hear from:

💥Danny Dorling, Halford Mackinder Professor in the School of Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford. He is the author of Inequality and the 1%, third edition published in autumn 2019. His most recent book is Shattered Nation; Inequality and the Geography of A Failing State (Verso Books, 2023). His report, Brexit: a failed project in a failing state? is published by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Another Europe Is Possible.

💥Zoe Williams, Guardian journalist, author of Get It Together: Why We Deserve Better Politics (Hutchinson, 2016) and the co-host of the Another Europe Is Possible podcast.

💥Luke Cooper, Associate Professorial Research Fellow in International Relations at LSE IDEAS, LSE’s in-house foreign policy think tank and director of PeaceRep’s Ukraine programme. He is a co-host of the Another Europe podcast, and presented Between Dream and Tragedy; Europe’s Story After 1989, a six-part podcast documentary on European history. His book Authoritarian Contagion: The Global Threat to Democracy was published by Bristol University Press in 2021.

[russmarkham]

Very insightful comment: "Britain is not very good at learning from other countries." The British like to do somewhat condescending documentaries on living conditions in poor countries - the BBC loves them. But studies on how other countries are doing better than the UK seem not to be favored much by the Brits.

[russmarkham]

The British public have conveniently short memories. They have forgotten Cameron's ill-advised framing of the referendum, his ineffective leadership as PM, his weak defense of staying in the EU, and his corrupt self-interested lobbying when out of power.

[InternetLaser]

I need clarifications on the comments at 1:20:37 because they seem... innumerate?
The US does not have large numbers of people in the top and bottom 20%, the US has exactly 20% of its population in these categories, the same number as literally every other country in the world, because that's how quintiles are defined. The median income literally defines the point at which 50% of American households earn more. I think there was some kind of mix up between mean, median, and mode by the speaker, and unfortunately his comments are incomprehensible due to it.

[kyaume]

Pity that the video doesn't show the speaker and his screen, but only the John Major poster.

[Frederique]

Surely, we have to find a way to hold those politicians responsible for what they do, say and how they act. #prison

[vanveakrin]

India has a CASTE SYSTEM ..UK has a CLASS SYSTEM... these two nations will not change...

[magicaljewels]

Didn’t mention the European refugee crisis at 24 mins in 2015/2016. Decided to blame the Daily Mail instead.

[vanveakrin]

The UNITED KINGDOMS will be more Unstable as the Small UK struggles to survive..

[vanveakrin]

1000; years ago Small Britain was a French Vassal state..so Small Britain can again become, another Vassal state, this time of China , instead of USA ..

[vanveakrin]

Old generation against New Generation.. Old generation won .... Young generation will suffer 2040..

[vanveakrin]

Where are the British going..??..to Spain..??..to Turkiye..?? .to Canada..??..to Ukraine..??.., the Sub - Continental Indian will take over Australia ... where is Britain ' s Back Up in the last Resort..??. .in Argentina..??.

[chrisjordan]

First speaker...very good, I am sure we would have the civil unrest issues that this guy mentions and we remainers would have had no evidence...we have now!

[isokabooks]

Really? Rickets are back in the UK, according to a recent BBC report, that's right, ox-bow legs.

[russmarkham]

Just cut that quote off after the word "shadows" and you have it about right.

[grantbeerling]

Finland; Janteloven 'You are to consider yourself no better than anybody else'

[tonyholmes]

Danny is brilliant in many ways but wrong when he says Labour pushed the torries to the right. I don't understand why he says that. He knows that's an absurd exaggeration of their influence. Labour were themselves dragged right like everyone else by far greater forces than their own volition.

[vanveakrin]

British is just an American Vassal state ...the Suez is ARAB. India is not British ... Australia South British fly to UK ...and Southern Australia oysters can reach UK via South Africa Ocean ...so British made the Best Decision to stay out of EU ... because Chinese electric cars production is based in Hungary, not Small Britain ..

[lacommission.-sitcom]

Excellent question by "Zoe" @ 0h57 minutes!

[vanveakrin]

In the 21 st Century ... Small Britain will always remain Small, unless Small Britain joins a Big Block , like MEXICO or Russia or Indonesia...

[micc]

If there are no people from the brexit side then it's total propaganda showing only one single point of view
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