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SUMMARY:QPol Public Lecture: ‘The People's Vote: Why we must have a public vote on Brexit
DESCRIPTION:The Rt Hon. the Lord Andrew Adonis will be coming to Queen’s University Belfast on Thursday 19 July to deliver a lecture as part of the Queen’s University QPol Policy Engagement lecture series. The lecture is entitled The People’s Vote: Why we must have a public vote on the final Brexit deal. \nLord Adonis is a politician and former journalist who held several key roles in government during the Labour party’s time in government. He joined the Financial Times in 1991\, before moving to the Observer as a political columnist. \nPrime Minister Tony Blair appointed Lord Adonis to work with the Number 10 Special Policy Unit as an adviser\, before later becoming head of the unit. Lord Adonis held further roles in government\, including Minister for State Education\, Minister of State for Transport\, before joining Gordon Brown’s cabinet as Secretary of State for Transport. \nLord Adonis was an important figure for the Labour party in trying to broker a deal with the Liberal Democrats after the 2010 election. He later published the book 5 Days in May: The Coalition and Beyond\, describing the period from an insider perspective. \nAppointed to chair the new National Infrastructure Commission in 2015\, Lord Adonis resigned in late 2017 protesting the manner of the management of Brexit by HM Government and at the re-negotiation of the Virgin Trains East Coast rail franchise. \nYou can register for this lecture here.  \nYou can follow the conversation on Twitter at @QUBEngagement and @QPolAtQueens \n
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