Do we need to talk about Brexit?

Andy Burnham announced this week that UK and EU leaders will meet in November to discuss a reset in relations. Brexit has been bad for the country, Burnham said, and a closer relationship with Europe will foster economic growth and strengthen national security. Is he right? What is he hoping to accomplish in November? And is now the time to reopen the fraught debate over Britain’s decision to leave the EU?

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Guest: Oliver Wright, policy editor, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producers: Micaela Arneson, Robyn Simon.

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