For BBC Radio 4 I’m presenting a documentary on… Brexit. No, come back, not that kind of documentary on Brexit with endless arguments about the ECJ, or fights about whether a Customs Union is the same as the Customs Union, or who Henry Bolton was, or what question a second, third, fourth or fifth referendum on Brexit would pose.
No, not that. The idea with this 45 minute programme scheduled to air this Spring is different. The production team at Radio 4 want to examine areas where the UK might make different, new policy after Brexit. Is it possible that leaving the EU might unleash some fresh-thinking in public policy? If so, where is it happening? What about improving environment policy? Or our ports? Or Fintech? Or the exciting industries of the future? How about a new focus on skills and opportunities in areas where voters feel left behind?
Yes, of course we will in the programme address the argument that a lot of this policy could have been changed without leaving the EU. But just say we could – leavers, remainers and all in between – get beyond the old arguments and feuds and use this change as an impetus to renewal and improvement. Could this ever catch on?
It doesn’t matter what you are – Left, Right, Centrist Dad, Mum of a Millennial, In, Out, Shake it All About – if you are working on a serious and  viable idea to improve Britain after Brexit, let us know and we’ll listen and see if it can be included.
You can get in touch by emailing me at editors@reaction.life
