Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

More and more people are railing against vaccinations. Thanks to conspiracy theories and fear

that's based on wildly false information, diseases once declared eradicated are resurging.

So is the number of needless deaths. We look into a worrying trend and how it's being dealt with.

And do you know what a relative clause is? How about a subordinating conjunction? You probably

know perfectly well how to use them, but the way grammar is taught probably won't have

helped.

First up though.

The Brexit saga rolls on. Last night to a private meeting of conservative members of Parliament,

the Prime Minister Theresa May made the grandest of gestures. She said to have been close to

tears as she told them that if they backed her Brexit deal with the European Union, she

would resign. Mrs. May's proposal took two years to hammer out, but

parliamentarians, including many in her own party, have overwhelmingly voted against it twice.

Now with her promise to fall on her sword, some who used to strongly oppose her deal are

coming on side, among them former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.

Meanwhile, Parliament has been considering a series of eight alternative Brexit proposals

in what's known as indicative voting.

I can now announce the result of today's recorded votes on motions relating to the

United Kingdom's withdrawal. It's an effort to determine whether any of them could

command a majority in a formal vote. But last night, all of them were rejected.

The eyes were 264. The nose were 272. So the nose habit.

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