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This is an excellent overview of the whole Brexit issue. Dunt is clear without being simplistic and good on both the technicalities of trade and the realities of politics.

Short, informative, entertaining and thoroughly terrifying in equal measure. I wish I’d read this book two years ago as it covers all the basics that I hadn’t quite picked up on, despite being fairly well read on the current political situation, and would have supported me in a number of Ill-judged arguments.

Ian Dunt has a clear and simple way of explaining complex issues without talking down to the reader. I’d also recommend the Remainiacs podcast where he similarly distils complex trade arguments. And swears. A lot. This book is surprisingly non sweary...

The main flaw is that this is two years old and we know how much has happened since- or not happened. It is remarkably prescient about where we may find ourselves quickly though...

This is an excellent overview of the whole Brexit issue, which has held up very well considering the chaotic events and lack of progress that have followed its publication last year. More even-minded than you might expect given the key part he plays in the Remainiacs podcast, Dunt is clear without being simplistic and good on both the technicalities of trade and the realities of politics. Well worth your time.

Definitely one of the better books out there which examines the impact Brexit will have on the United Kingdom. First published in 2017, a lot of Dunt’s predictions may have seemed like hysterical scaremongering at the time, but as the talks have gone on since, some of it made for an overly optimistic read.

Dunt’s writing is accessible and manages to keep from editorialising for the most part. Would recommend to someone who doesn’t really follow politics but wants a better understanding of the bearing Brexit will have.

With kind thanks to Netgalley and the publisher.