Ten Years Later

About this Episode

Shaky having long lost our podcast legs, Steve and Chris give in to temptation and return with a one-off ten-year anniversary special to mark a decade since that benighted referendum and the world of pain that followed.

Recorded on 9 June 2026, for release on the anniversary of the Brexit referendum (23 June), Chris and Steve catch up on each others' lives since they last recorded the Cakewatch podcast, and reflect on how the EU and the UK have fared respectively since their bitter divorce. They also discuss the growing calls in the UK for a closer relationship with the EU, and ask whether the UK has actually learned a damn thing in the decade since the Brexit referendum. They also have a stab at trying to identify the lie of the decade.

Apologies for patchy sound quality. We've lost all our podcasting equipment and forgotten how to use podcast software. If it seems a bit quiet, we recommend turning up the volume.

For those seeking a deep (un)cut, we've posted raw footage of the recording to Chris' Youtube channel. As Steve doesn't want to be on the video, it's just Chris in front of his monitor talking to Steve, without any of the edits, so... yeah, it's over two hours of Chris staring at a screen. To be honest, we're only posting this so Chris can pretend to his son that he's a Youtuber. We really wouldn't recommend it.