Why did Britain vote to leave the EU? Written with access to government insiders and featuring exclusive new post-referendum analysis Denise MacShane explains the reasons behind the success of the Leave campaign and Britain's decision to exit the EU.

HOW COULD THIS HAVE HAPPENED? On 23 June 2016, UK voters elected to leave the European Union. The result was perhaps the biggest bombshell in modern British political history. In this new and updated edition of Denis MacShane's bestselling history of the UK's relationship with Europe, the former Europe Minister reveals the full story behind Britain's historic EU Referendum decision. Denis MacShane was the only senior Remainer to havecalled the EU Referendum result correctly and his book provides the essential context to the new political and economic landscape of Brexit Britain.