A presentation I made on Brexit for a Secondary School in Spain

2. What was the EU Referendum?
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/35613014

3. Arguments for Leaving and Remaining in the
EU
 Avoid the uncertainty
 Easy to travel abroad
 Creating more jobs
 Britain trades mainly with Europe
 Make Britain great again
 Stop the European Parliament
making decisions for Britain
 European investment
 Control immigration
 Stop European conflict/allies
 Increased trade with India and
China
 Keep the economy stable
 Many jobs are linked to the EU

4. Arguments for remaining in the EU
 European investment
 Avoid the uncertainty
 Stop European conflict/allies
 Easy to travel abroad
 Keep the economy stable
 Trade mainly with Europe
 Many jobs are linked to the EU

5. Arguments for leaving the EU
 Control immigration
 Make Britain great again
 Stop the European Parliament making decisions for Britain
 More trade with other countries such as China or India
 It will create more jobs

6. Why did it come to this? A short timeline
May 2014
UKIP gaining
votes due to
stance on
immigration
December 2014
£1.7bn bill for
Britain in
membership
due to economic
success
June 2015 Britain
made to help
with Greek
financial crisis
and refugees
February 2016
Britain receives
special status
within the EU
after 3 days of
bargaining

7. The Result
 Majority of England voted to leave
 Majority of Wales voted to leave
 62% Scotland voted to remain
 55.8% Northern Ireland voted to remain

8. Age Demographic Vote

9. Reactions
• http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/brexit-best-twitter-
reactions-eu-referendum-result-1567216
• http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-eu-
referendum-36614643
• http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-eu-
referendum-36619444

10. Cartoons
David Cameron
Primeminister
Boris Johnson
Former Mayor of
London
Jeremy Corbyn
Labour Leader
Nigel Farage
UKIP Leader

11. Cartoons

12. Cartoons

13. Cartoons

14. What happened after Brexit?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA3XTYfzd1I

15. What happened after Brexit?

16. What happened after Brexit?

17. What happened after Brexit?

18. What happens now?
 The Conservatives are negotiating and
deciding what kind of country Britain will be
without the EU
 When they have decided, which will be
approximately March 2017, they have to
trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty to
leave the EU
 2 years after this Britain will no longer be a
member of the EU