{"id":845,"date":"2016-07-08T15:45:58","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T14:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copyright.lboro.ac.uk\/crcc\/?p=845"},"modified":"2016-07-08T15:46:57","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T14:46:57","slug":"the-brexit-campaign-event-27-07-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/crcc\/eu-referendum\/the-brexit-campaign-event-27-07-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"The “Brexit” Campaign: 2016 UK referendum on membership of European Union"},"content":{"rendered":"

This FREE one day IAMCR pre-conference takes place a month after the historic vote by the British people on 23rd June over whether the UK remains within the EU.<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n

It is hard to overestimate how seismic the fallout of the referendum could be. A \u2018Brexit\u2019 would re-ignite the Scottish independence issue with a likely future referendum on the breakup of the UK. It would also precipitate a likely change in Downing Street, a reconstitution of the EU and its relationship with both UK and potentially other Eurosceptic countries, as well as global trade agreements. Meanwhile, a vote to remain in the EU would similarly cause ruptures in the Conservative Party, demands for renegotiation of the already renegotiated agreement, and a country no less divided on the issue of EU membership.<\/p>\n

For communication scholars, the 2016 EU referendum campaign in the UK is also an opportunity to study the campaign itself. Here, the pre-conference provides an early opportunity to reflect on the referendum in the context of contemporary issues in political communication and campaigning such as:<\/p>\n