BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN URL:https://lectures.london/london-school-of-economics/the-brexit-effect-2 016-2026/calender.ics NAME:Lectures London X-WR-CALNAME:Lectures London TIMEZONE-ID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1aa7ce62-0b29-4bee-9103-8efcc8f7f5b9 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260706T095611 DTSTART:20260716T173000 DTEND:20260716T190000 SUMMARY:The Brexit effect: 2016 – 2026 LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person public event (LSE campus\, venue tbc to ticketholders) DESCRIPTION:Thursday 16 July 2026 6.30pm - 8pmSpeakersSteve BakerAnand Men onSir Anthony SeldonMadeleine SumptionChairProfessor Tony Travers\, CBEBri tain's decision to leave the European Union was perhaps the most divisive and consequential event of modern British politics. Anthony Seldon’s new book\, The Brexit Effect\, brings together an unprecedented roll call of Brexit insiders and commentators on both sides of the debate to analyse wh y the referendum happened\, how Brexit became law and its impact on every corner of British life\, concluding with a range of perspectives on how Br itain might make the most of the opportunities now available to it.Join An thony Seldon\, Steve Baker\, Anand Menon\, and Madeline Sumption for this special event to discuss some of the book’s key findings.Meet our speake rs and chairSteve Baker has 30 years of leadership experience spanning mil itary aerospace engineering\, private sector software engineering\, Parlia ment\, and government. He is a Privy Councillor and a Fellow of the RSA. H e was previously MP for Wycombe for 14 years\, including serving as a mini ster in the Cabinet Office\, the Northern Ireland Office and the Departmen t for Exiting the EU. He ran several notable campaigns as a backbench MP.A nand Menon (@anandMenon1) is Professor of European Politics and Foreign Af fairs at King’s College London. He is the Director of UK In A Changing E urope\, the think tank communicating social scientific research on Brexit and the Brexit process to non-academic audiences. He is an associate fello w of Chatham House and Senior Associate member of Nuffield College\, Oxfor d. His books include Brexit and British Politics (2017)\; The European Uni on: Integration and Enlargement (2016)\; and European Politics (2007).Anth ony Seldon is the country's top political historian and acknowledged natio nal authority on all matters to do with the Government and Number 10. He h as written or edited many books\, including the Sunday Times Bestseller\, Johnson at 10: The Inside Story (2023)\, and The Impossible Office: The Hi story of the British Prime Minister (2024). He has been the honorary histo rian at Number 10 Downing Street\, chair of the National Archives Trust\, and has interviewed virtually all senior figures who have worked in Number 10 in the last fifty years.Madeleine Sumption is the Director of the Migr ation Observatory at the University of Oxford\, which provides impartial a nalysis of migration in the UK. She is Interim Chair of the Migration Advi sory Committee\, which advises the UK government on migration. She is also chair of the National Statistician’s advisory panel on migration statis tics. In 2017\, she received an MBE for services to social science.Tony Tr avers is Professor in Practice in the LSE Department of Government\, Assoc iate Dean of the LSE School of Public Policy and Director of LSE London. H is key research interests include local and regional government\, election s and public service reform. He provides expert analysis for broadcast and print media\, regularly appearing on major television and radio networks. 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