Guilty Men: Brexit Edition

by Cato the Younger

Britain’s 2016 vote to leave the EU was the most momentous democratic decision ever made in British history. No development since the Second World War is likely to have more far-reaching consequences for the British economy, society, politics and culture. Some predict it will lead eventually to the break-up of the UK, others to the end of the EU, others to an enhanced likelihood of war in Europe and beyond.

The vote to leave took just a single day, but the decision to call the referendum followed several months of agonising in No. 10, while the ground for Britain’s departure was sown over many, many years.

When Britain entered the EU in 1973, it was known as ‘the sick man of Europe’. When it voted to leave in 2016, it had the fastest-growing economy in the G7,and it was both the world’s top soft power and one of its most creative and tolerant nations.

Why have we risked all this? Ask the guilty men, who, for reasons of personal gain, misplaced ideology or sheer folly, have jeopardised all our futures.

Genres: Politics, Journalism, Nonfiction

224 pages, Hardcover

First published June 20, 2017

Reviews

[I J Haworth]

A Powerful Expose of the Shame of Brexit and those Responsible

This book is different from many other Brexit books that detail the campaign of the 2016 EU referendum. It concentrates on the key people whom enabled Brexit and takes an historical perspective. It's first few chapters are its weakest, but lots worth persevering. A short, easy to digest book it doesn't pull its punches.

[Joe · Rating 4 out of 5]

A 5 star rating might be merited without the weak attempt not to appear partisan.