ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the story of Brexit through a feminist lens. It explores how women’s interests, whether as a homogeneous or diverse group, have been sidelined and instrumentalised in the pursuit of a project that is imbued with masculine and nationalist undertones. It provides a synthesis of current debates and research on the United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union (EU). In 2013, David Cameron made an electoral pledge to hold a referendum on EU membership. The background to this decision resides, in part, in the internal politics of the Conservative Party. The conduct of the campaigns, the kind of interests and voices dominating the debate have had a direct impact on the way the post-referendum period has unfolded. The backdrop to the evolving national political picture were the 2017–2018 negotiations between the UK and the EU on a Withdrawal Agreement.
