Ten Years On

Ten Years On Synopsis

The 2016 Brexit referendum caused a political earthquake, with aftershocks that are still being felt a decade after the vote. For many, including many who voted to leave, the result came as a shock. But for one man it was not; it was what he had been working to achieve for 20 years.

Born and brought up in Leeds, Matthew Elliott is one of Britain's most successful political campaigners - a reserved and thoughtful strategist who in his twenties launched a movement to force national and local government to confront wasteful public spending and cut taxes. In 2014, he staved off an attempt to change our voting system, before steering the Vote Leave campaign to victory two years later as its chief executive.

In an extraordinary memoir of his time in politics, Matthew reveals what it's like working side-by-side with Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings, their dealings with Nigel Farage and the tricks of the trade that campaigners use to shape the news.