Will Boris Johnson be able to get the UK out of the EU by 31 Jan? What needs to be done? Jill Rutter, senior research fellow explains the various stages Johnson's government needs to follow in order to reach the Brexit deadline.

On the fourth panel, speakers discussed the volatility of British politics and the impact that Brexit is having.

Speakers were:

Joe Twyman, Director, Deltapoll

Deborah Mattinson, Founding Partner, Britain Thinks

Anand Menon, Director at the UK in a Changing Europe and Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King’s College London

Chair: James Kirkup, Director of the Social Market Foundation and the former Executive Editor – Politics for The Telegraph

On the third panel, speakers talked about the impact of Brexit on political parties and their supporters, what might happen next as a result.

Speakers were:

-Tim Bale, Deputy Director at the UK in a Changing Europe and Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London

-Chris Wilkins, Prime Minister Theresa May’s Former Director of Strategy and Managing Partner of reputation and strategy consultancy, Audley

-Sienna Rodgers, Editor of LabourList Miranda Green, Deputy Opinion Editor, Financial Times

-Miranda Green, Deputy Opinion Editor, Financial Times

-Jill Rutter, senior research fellow at the UK in a Changing Europe (chair)

On the second panel, speakers talked about the surprising information they have found out about British voters, using data from the BES.

-Professor Geoffrey Evans, BES, Nuffield College, Oxford

-Ms Paula Surridge, Senior Lecturer, University of Bristol

-Professor Jane Green, BES, Nuffield College, Oxford

-Dr Rosalind Shorrocks, Lecturer in Politics, University of Manchester

-Professor Edward Fieldhouse, British Election Study, University of Manchester

-Dr Jonathan Mellon, British Election Study, University of Manchester

-Chair: Naga Munchetty, Television presenter, broadcaster and journalist

Our conference with the British Election Study (BES) looked at how Brexit is impacting the general election and British voters. On the first panel, speakers talked about the key issues to look out for at the election, using data from the BES.

Speakers were:

Professor Edward Fieldhouse, BES, University of Manchester

Dr Jonathan Mellon, BES, University of Manchester

Dr Christopher Prosser, BES, University of Manchester

Chair: Ranvir Singh, Political Editor of Good Morning Britain, ITV

Anand Menon joins Nihal Arthanayake on BBC Radio 5Live with Joe Twyman and Bronwen Maddox to talk about the election, a day ahead of the public heading to the polls.

They discuss voters feeling politically homeless, polling, the NHS and more.

Sir John Curtice speaks to Martha Kearney on the Today programme, the day before election day. He discusses the increase of both the Labour Party and the Conservative Party's vote share, having squeezed the Brexit Party and the Liberal Democrats. He also says the following the second MRP polling, there is now a higher chance of a hung parliament.

Jill Rutter speaks to Shelagh Fogarty about a possible future trade deal with the EU. Rutter says Boris Johnson's deal will inevitably mean checks on goods from Great Britain into Northern Ireland. There will also be some checks on goods coming from Northern Ireland into Great Britain. This follows leaked documents from the Treasury on the impact of Boris' deal on Northern Ireland.

Chris Morris, on Radio 4's Today programme mentions our recently published 'Manifestos uncovered' report which suggests that the only feasible outcome is a simple free trade agreement that might only cover goods without no or limited provisions to services.

You can read the full report here.

https://ukandeu.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Brexit-the-manifestos-uncovered.pdf

Sir John Curtice, speaks to Professor Anand Menon on why this is the Brexit election and what the polls tell us on the likely outcome.