The Brexit Timeline

Here follows a carefully curated timeline of episodes where we discuss Brexit, set alongside key events…

2016

23 June 2016: UK votes to leave

The UK Decides: It’s Brexit! – 25 June  (ELECTION! Podcast)
It’s Brexit! One Week On – 1 June
(ELECTION! Podcast)

13 July: Theresa May becomes Prime Minister

Dilemmas Of Brexit – 6 October
Brexit After Trump – 23 November 2016

2017

What Next For Labour? – 12 Jan 2017
Mrs May Goes To Washington – 2 February
Patience Wheatcroft/Brexit – 16 March

29 March: Article 50 is Triggered

Elections! – 20 April (including what happened to the Fixed Term Parliaments Act)
The Tory Machine – 4 May
Michael Gove – 7 May
The Meaning of UKIP – 11 May
The Who, The What, The How – 25 May
The Corbyn Surge? – 1 June
Decision Day – 7 June

8 June: General Election

Another Shock! – 9 June

June: Start of Brexit Negotiations

Crisis, What Crisis? – 22 June 2017
What If? – 19 October 2017 (also about US politics)
Brexit And The Universities – 2 November 2017

December 2017: Divorce bill agreed (enter language of the backstop)

2018

A Second Referendum – 1 February 2018
Who Is Jeremy Corbyn? – 22 February 

July: Chequers

Labour’s Fault Lines – 6 September
Brexit Choices – 4 October
How Bad Could It Get? – 25 October 2018
Brexit Time – 22 November 2018

25 November: Withdrawal agreement and political declaration published

The Fate Of Theresa May – 13 December 2018

2019

15 January: May’s deal defeated in parliament

What Now? – 16 January
Back To Brussels – 3 February
Endgame? – 28 February
The Party Splits – 7 March

12 March: May’s deal defeated in parliament again

Impasse – 13 March
Can This Go On? – 18 March
Italy vs. France v. Brexit – 21 March
Moment of Truth? – 28 March
May Rolls the Dice – 4 April
Brexit Lessons – 10 April
A Mockery of Democracy? – 2 May
The Next PM – 23 May

23-26 May: EU Parliamentary Elections

Split Down The Middle – 28 May
Constitutional Breakdown – 6 June

7 June: May’s resignation comes into effect

Who is Boris Johnson? – 13 June
Waiting For Boris – 18 July

24 July: Boris Johnson becomes Prime Minister

Autumn Of Chaos – 24 July 
538 Cross Over Special: Is Britain In The Middle Of A Constitutional Crisis? – 30 August 2019

4-6 September – Benn Act passes the House of Commons and the House of Lords

3 September – Parliament returns

28 August – Johnson announces prorogation

Is it Legal? – 4 September 

9 September – Benn Act receives royal assent 

He’s Still There (Just) – 12 September 
Supreme Court – 19 September 

24 September – Supreme Court rules against prorogation

Supreme Court II – 25 September 
Boiling Point – 26 September 

Other Brexit episodes

Where Is The Centre? – 5 October 2017
Live Special – 28 September 2017
Ahir Shah – 5 November 2016
The Next Referendum – 12 July 2018