Hello and welcome to our latest Beyond Brexit podcast. I'm Emily Khan. After some of the most

turbulent times in a political chapter that's already broken many precedents, we're taking stock

today of what's changed as a result of the recent political sand shifting and what that means

for businesses trying to plan for the ever-changing Brexit horizon.

Today I'm joined by regular Beyond Brexit podcasters, our head of Brexit, Andrew Gray,

Caroline Turnbull Hall, our master Brexit scenario planner, and a Beyond Brexit newbie, Julie Leonard,

who's a director in our central government practice and is working with the government on their own Brexit preparations.

Thank you all for joining me.

Now Andrew is joining us remotely today from a top secret location.

So I'm hoping you're on the line now. Andrew, just testing. Can you hear us?

Yes, I can hear you perfectly. Thank you.

Great.

Caroline, I'm going to come to you first, if I may.

What a week we've had politically.

We've talked about uncharted territories before, but this truly has been unprecedented.

Just give us the lowdown. Where are we now?

9th of September saw a huge amount of activity in the House of Commons.

Right.

The government's second motion calling for a general election on the 15th of October was defeated.

Yeah.

The Ben Bill to prevent the UK leaving the EU without a deal became law.

And finally Parliament was paroched.

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