SIX months ago some 20,913 people in Oxford voted Leave in the EU Referendum after a long-fought campaign urging ordinary people to 'take back control'.

Now a radical think tank is urging voters in Blackbird Leys to do just that by airing their views on what the post-Brexit landscape should look like.

At a first-of-its-kind event tonight, (29/11) people living in the city's highest Leave-voting area are invited to discuss why they voted and, crucially, what should happen next.

Organiser Lindsay Mackie of the New Weather Institute said: "People are just not being consulted on the kind of country, society and economy they want after Brexit.

"There has been no discussion about it. Literally none. We thought we can't be the only people thinking this, so we've decided to start in Blackbird Leys.

"It's a really interesting area jam-packed with social capital and organisations, and it's a very cohesive community, so it seemed like a really good place to kick off."

Following the historic vote on June 23 it was revealed that some 54 per cent of people in Blackbird Leys and 56 per cent of Northfield Brook voted to leave the EU.

The estates' result stood in stark contrast to much of the rest of the city where a majority of 49,424 voted Remain.

Ms Mackie said: "This doesn't completely apply to Blackbird Leys but areas which had been deemed 'marginalised' or 'impoverished' tended to vote Leave.

"The idea that they are suddenly going to be listened to now is nonsense. People said they are losing jobs; if we are not careful areas like this are going to be betrayed again."

Residents of all political persuasions are invited to attend the event, which is being supported by the Said Business School and The Oxford Academy.

From 5pm in the Jack Argent Room at Blackbird Leys Community Centre, a short introductory talk will be given by English sociologist and political scientist Professor Colin Crouch.

Participants will then be divided into five groups to discuss their ideas on housing, jobs, children, food and the environment and money.

There will then be a feedback session at the end. If successful the event is set to be rolled out in other parts of Oxford.

Ms Mackie added: "The idea is to go beyond what's wrong with ideas from people in Blackbird Leys about their own community and what they think should happen here."

Everything down to the stationery will be locally sourced, with cakes and sausage rolls provided by Pegasus School's Boiler Room cafe and kebabs from nearby takeaways.

Students from The Oxford Academy will be helping to set up and parents are welcome to bring along their children.