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In our final episode of 2018, we'll be looking back at a tumultuous year in British politics.

Over the next hour, we'll be reviewing the year for the

Conservative and Labour parties, all things Brexit, and the one key issue that has

dominated throughout Ireland. I'm delighted to be joined by an all-star lineup for this special episode.

Our political editor George Parker, Brussels Bureau Chief Alex Barker, Deputy Peter Ed to Brandon Green, our political correspondence Jim Picard and Nora Hughes and our columnist

Robert Shimsley, plus some special guests, Grace Blakely from the IPPR Think Tank and Matthew

O'Too, a former Downing Street advisor.

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so let's begin with the one issue that i think everybody on the podcast will be talking

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