Summary
We held a paper ballot and voted unanimously to do our first Emergency Brexitcast of the week. In other news, Adam has made an ASMR video with the Withdrawal Agreement…. YOU OK HUN?
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello, it's Adam Fleming in Brussels. |
| 0:07.6 | Put your headphones on because we're going to ASMR, the Brexit Deal. First of all is in this lovely yellow folder made |
| 0:18.1 | of cardboard, open and closed. I'll read you some of my favorite bits. |
| 0:27.0 | Page 19 of the political declaration. |
| 0:35.0 | The parties should consider appropriate arrangements for cooperating in space. |
| 0:45.0 | Then in the withdrawal agreement. Uh, what have you been up to? |
| 0:49.0 | So that is an ASMR video. |
| 0:54.0 | Oh right of course. |
| 0:56.0 | ASMR, right let me get this right. |
| 0:59.0 | Autonomous sensory meridian response. |
| 1:02.0 | Right. Basically it is massive on YouTube at the moment. |
| 1:05.2 | So some people, when they hear a video that's got lots of repetitive little subtle sounds, they get a massive tingling sensation in their body |
| 1:15.8 | which has a very very calming effect and it's almost like meditation I have to |
| 1:22.0 | admit I do not get it I'm not tingling I have to admit I do not get it. I don't get that effect. I'm terribly sorry to tell me. |
| 1:28.4 | So but I thought well hang on I mean I see a bandwagon give me a lift so I thought I'd give it a go and actually some people |
| 1:37.2 | online seem to be really enjoying it. This might be peak 2019 Brexit, says the Gido forks blog. |
| 1:45.1 | People have said weirder things of that as well. |
| 1:48.7 | We're a family podcast. |
| 1:50.7 | Anyway, shall we crack on? |
| 1:52.3 | Yes, let's... life and BBC news. We still don't understand what on earth Brexit means. |
| 2:05.8 | Brexit is... I've been wondering what that special place in hell looks like for those who promoted Brexit without even a sketch of a plan. |
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