As Andy Burnham opens the door to Britain potentially rejoining the EU, we ask whether the UK’s relationship with Europe is becoming more important than the Special Relationship with America.
Matthew Bryza, former White House Official, and Mike Galsworthy, Chair of the European Movement UK, debate Britain’s future between the US and EU, the strength of the Special Relationship and whether Brexit is really being reversed.
We also ask a more fundamental question: what makes someone English? Montgomery Toms, Founder of Freedom Watch GB, joins us to discuss English identity, patriotism and what it means to belong to England today.
And Ben Habib, Chairman of Great British PAC, joins us after a packed migrant dinghy made the 38-hour journey from Normandy to the UK under French naval escort. We examine the latest Channel crossing, protests following the arrival and the wider debate over illegal migration — as an anti-migrant activist is accused of slashing a dinghy while a rescuer was still on board.
Andy Burnham, EU, Brexit, rejoining the EU, Special Relationship, America, European Union, English identity, immigration, Channel crossings, migrant boats, France, British politics.
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