With 100 days to Brexit, we want to answer your questions
Britain is due to leave the European Union on 29 March and The Independent is keen to hear from you about what matters most
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Your support makes all the difference.What would you like to know about Brexit? If you ask 100 people that question, you’re likely to get somewhere close to 100 different answers – including, of course, the inevitable: “When will it all just go away?”
Well, I’m afraid we can’t pull off a vanishing act, but we can do our best to remove the spin and pointless complexity which seems to be all around, and break down what is a hugely complex tangle to help you understand how the B-word will affect you.
Today marks 100 days until 29 March – the date when Britain is due to leave the European Union. I choose the words “due to leave” advisedly. Call me a cynic, but in a process that has seen next to nothing go to plan so far, I don’t believe we can be sure that the final departure will happen on this or any other date. Still, just as governments are planning for this future, so must we all.
Perhaps you are booking a holiday for the summer and are worried about the exchange rate or queues at airports. Maybe you run a business and need to know about the likely future trade rules or immigration policies. Perhaps you’re curious about these issues simply because you care what happens in the world. Whatever the case, we want you, as a subscriber to Independent Minds, to shape our coverage by asking us to explain the Brexit issues (both large and small) that you really want to know about.
Every day until the end of March, we will choose one of these subjects and then pick it apart in an effort to demystify Brexit and sift the myths from the facts. So many politicians are so very keen to tell us what we should all be focusing on; this is your chance to shift the media spotlight on to some of the less frequently illuminated recesses. Email editor@independent.co.uk and call the shots.
Today we start with a big question not just for Britain but for all of Europe: what next? Will Nexit (the exit of the Netherlands) or Grexit (Greece) follow Brexit?
While we’re looking ahead, I wanted to share a new year’s resolution with you: we’re starting a weekly politics podcast, exclusively available to Independent Minds subscribers. I’ll be writing again in January to tell you more about it. Whatever the new year brings, it won’t be uneventful in Westminster or Brussels, and we’ll continue to find new ways to keep you reliably – and independently – informed.
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Christian Broughton
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