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Worldly

Bollocks to Brexit

Worldly

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.41.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2019

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

This week, Zack, Jenn, and Alex break down the UK parliament’s very big, very bizarre week of voting. On Tuesday, Parliament rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal by a huge margin; on Wednesday, they voted to keep May in office despite having just shot down her central policy. The Worldly team breaks down how this could have happened, what it means, and what happens to Brexit next. On Elsewhere, they continue the music series with a focus on one of Zack’s favorite bands — the British indie group Los Campesinos! — and how one of their newer songs reveals some of the social divisions fueling right-wing populism in the West. Zack gets angry about Brexit, Jenn reveals some confusion about “economics,” and Alex cites well-known European politics scholar Katy Perry. Links! Brexit votes this week, explained Zack mentioned that the Bank of England predicts that a No Deal Brexit could be worse for the country than the Great Recession. Jenn mentioned that a second referendum was gaining popularity. Here’s Vox’s Jen Kirby’s Q&A with People’s Vote UK, the grassroots organization that’s leading the campaign to hold a second referendum. Zack mentioned that a leave claim proved false the day after the first vote. Specifically, it was a health care funding claim that turned out to be false. The BBC interview with a British woman about a second referendum. Zack’s piece arguing that there’s nothing May could have done. “The Fall of Home” by Los Campesinos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:14.9

This week the British Parliament held two important votes. The first one was on Brexit and the second one was on the future of Prime Minister Theresa May's government.

0:16.6

So the outcome of these two votes were diametrically opposed to each other and has thrown

0:20.5

the UK political system into yet another crisis of its own making.

0:24.0

We'll be breaking all this down on this episode of worldly, part of the Fox Media Podcast Network.

0:28.4

I'm here as always with Jen Williams and Alex Ward.

0:32.4

Hello.

0:33.4

Good day.

0:34.4

All right.

0:35.4

We're getting the fake British accent that's going to be terrible going early.

0:39.2

I'm like, I'm really glad.

0:40.6

Yes, let's get that out of our system.

0:42.2

Yes, get it completely out of the way.

0:43.4

Okay.

0:44.4

Everybody ready?

0:45.4

So ready.

0:46.4

Good, Jen.

0:47.4

Then you get to start.

0:48.4

Let's talk about the first vote.

0:49.1

What exactly was the issue here?

0:51.2

Right, so this first vote was the one specifically about Brexit.

0:54.6

So it was about Theresa May's Brexit deal that she negotiated with the EU.

1:01.0

This was the plan for how the UK is going to go about the terms of its divorce from the EU.

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