230. Brexit: What Happens Next? Prof. Katy Hayward

Ten years after the Brexit referendum, what has actually changed?

In this final episode of our three-part series, Professor Katy Hayward looks beyond the politics of 2016 to examine Brexit's long-term consequences for Northern Ireland, the United Kingdom and Ireland.

We discuss:

• Has Brexit been an economic success or failure for Northern Ireland?

• Has Brexit made a united Ireland more likely?

• Who, if anyone, has benefited?

• Has Brexit strengthened or weakened the Union?

• How has it changed relations between Britain, Ireland and the European Union?

• Why does the Windsor Framework continue to matter?

• What happens if a border poll is eventually called?

• How will historians judge Brexit in fifty years' time?

Along the way, Prof. Hayward offers one of the most memorable explanations of the Windsor Framework you'll ever hear - describing it as a mythical creature: "a pony dressed up with a little glitter in its mane, an ice cream cone on its head... it shouldn't really exist."