Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you

slide by on track to your

there.

this is not a care in the world as you simply lean back.

And before you know it, you're there.

This is how travels should feel,

and on our trains it does.

Avanti West Coast feel good travel. Welcome to FT Politics, a weekly discussion on what's happening in Westminster from the Financial Times.

I'm Sebastian Payne. In this episode, we'll be looking back at this week's summit in Brussels

and what it means for the state of Brexit,

plus we'll be digging into the Cox report on bullying and sexual harassment in

parliament and where the speaker John Burko needs to go.

I'm delighted to be joined by our Brussels Bureau Chief Alex Barker, columnist Robert Shrimsley, Chief Political

Correspondent Jim Pickard, and Correspondent Laura Hughes.

Thank you all for joining.

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So another summit and another disappointment for Theresa May.

The Prime Minister went to

before us hoping to unlock the stored negotiations between the UK and the

EU, but she failed to make a breakthrough. Instead she was told there would be

no special summit in November until more progress is made and just

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