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Welcome to F.T. politics, a weekly discussion on what's happening in Westminster from the Financial Times.

I'm Sebastian Payne. In this episode, we'll be discussing a week of Brexit highs and lows for Boris Johnson.

After winning the crucial vote on the second reading of his new withdrawal agreement,

he was instantly defeated on the timetable for delivering it.

In response, the Prime Minister once again attempted to call a general election, but doesn't

look like he's going to be handed it by Parliament.

We'll be dealing into all of the dramatic events this week attempting to examine the

what-ifs, but what might happen next.

I'm delighted to be joined by our chief political correspondent Jim Picard, Whitehall editor

James Blitz, columnist Robert Shrimsley and Maddieythmon Jack from the Institute for Government.

Thank you all for joining and if you find yourself liking this episode of F.T. politics

then do subscribe to receive it through all the usual channels every Saturday morning.

We say it too often, but this really was a week of Brexit highs and lows.

After last Saturday's unique sitting, where Boys Johnson failed to hold a meaningful vote on his deal, the government finally

released the withdrawal agreement bill known as the WAB, which outlined all the details of

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