94: THE DAY THE DEAL DIED with special guest David Allen Green

Oh God, What Now?

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🗓️ 16 January 2019

⏱️ 64 minutes

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RUSH RELEASE FOR RELEVANCE: The day after the May Deal finally fell to a record defeat (with an even worse vote than her projected result if she hadn’t bottled it in December) Ian Dunt, Naomi Smith and Dorian Lynskey convene to ask what the hell is going on and how will it all end. As the Deal lies in tatters, special guest DAVID ALLEN GREEN – lawyer, writer, commentator and warrior monk of the British constitution – joins us to ask tough questions of the People’s Vote and explain just how far back the Brexiters’ strategic awfulness goes. Hands up, who had “the 1680s” in the sweepstake? PLUS: Which of our panel would have voted for the May Deal if they were an MP? Will Plan B just be Plan A in a fake moustache and glasses? Will anything ever penetrate Jeremy Corbyn’s Reality Protection Field? And it’s Ian’s sweariest episode yet. We’re sorry. He’s very, very tired. “Yesterday felt like being at the execution of Charles I.” This week’s podcast is presented by Dorian Lynskey with Naomi Smith and Ian Dunt. Audio production is by Sophie Black. Remainiacs is a Podmasters production. Sonic note: Please excuse the weird radiophonic hum that intrudes a couple of times in this episode. We’re not sure where it came from but we thought it more important to get the show out than spend ages trying to remove it. It’s probably just the sound of Leave.EU trying to jam our recording. Get every new episode of Remainiacs a whole day early when you back us on the Patreon crowdfunding platform – plus smart Remainiacs merchandise, an exclusive weekly column by our panel, and discounts on #RemainiacsLive tickets too. #OwnTheRemoan REMAINIACS.com Get your free download of our theme tune ‘Demon Is A Monster’ Cornershop. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Google connects millions of people in the UK to publications of all sizes,
0:04.2	from national papers to local press, part of our commitment to supporting a strong
0:08.7	and varied UK news industry. Learn more at g.co-slaosh-supportingnews-us-uk.
0:24.3	Hello. Is everyone okay? Are you feeling all right?
0:28.4	Welcome to the Beyond the Event Horizon Edition of Romania Act. It's Wednesday
0:31.4	afternoon in London, England. But a drama there. Last night the commons rejected the
0:36.7	May deal by the largest margin in parliamentary history, 230, thumping the
0:40.5	previous record of 166 in 1924. Jeremy Corbyn's no confidence motion is being
0:45.2	debated as we speak and it's expected to fail. And we are here to try to
0:48.7	answer the question that keeps on giving what the hell happens now.
0:51.9	Good title for a book. That would try that one so well I should do that.
0:55.9	With me are two of our regulars. There's Ian Dunt at www.editabodics.co.uk
0:59.6	and Naomi Smith of Best of Britain. Hi, Ian and Naomi. How are you feeling today?
1:05.1	Refreshed? I mean I like in working on stopping Brexit to people who have told me about
1:11.8	becoming a new parent that you suddenly are able to function on such low levels of
1:18.1	sleep that the former parent you would never ever have believed. You've seen to somehow find
1:24.5	resource from somewhere to carry on even though you have had precious little sleep.
1:28.4	At all, if you told me a year ago that I'd be able to function the way that I
1:32.7	just about to do on the levels of sleep I've been getting I would not have believed you.
1:36.2	So refreshed is probably not the right word. What were the vibes like in the Best of Britain
1:40.4	War Room? Amazing because our whip count was exactly spot on. We got the 202 figure exactly
1:46.8	right, which was a huge relief for us because obviously a lot of what lobbying is about is about the
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