Sir Simon Schama says UK living through ‘awful’ period due to Brexit

‘Will we be Olympic Britain or Brexit Britain?’: Broadcaster Sir Simon Schama says UK has hit pivotal point in history after collecting knighthood from Prince William

  • Sir Simon Schama made the comments after he collected his knighthood today
  • Said UK is living through ‘awful’ period and Brexit has put ‘great strain’ on nation
  • Author compared political climate with success of London 2012 Olympic Games

The UK is living through an ‘awful’ period and Brexit could put ‘great strain’ on the country, historian Sir Simon Schama has claimed.

Sir Simon, 73, made the comments after he collected a knighthood from the Duke of Cambridge for services to history at Buckingham Palace today.

The veteran broadcaster said: ‘We’re going through a very awful period which could conceivably put huge strain on the United Kingdom, particularly on Scotland.

‘I do hope in a hundred years this won’t be seen as the moment when it all broke apart.

Sir Simon, 73, made the comments after he collected a knighthood from the Duke of Cambridge for services to history at Buckingham Palace today (pictured)

‘I don’t think it will, but it just really shows the unpredictability of history.’

The historian and author, known for his BBC series A History of Britain, compared the current political climate with the success of London’s Olympic Games in 2012.


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Sir Simon added: ‘If you take as the revelatory moment the Olympic Games just seven years ago: we had a flourishing economy, we were a light to the world. We had gold medallists in every religion and skin colour.

‘Odd moments of dysfunction or manufactured political rhetoric can undo that.

‘This moment will be a test of those two versions of Britain: the Olympic Britain or Brexit Britain.’

The historian and author, known for his BBC series A History of Britain, compared the current political climate with the success of London’s Olympic Games in 2012 (pictured)

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