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Political Fix

Brexit day finally arrives, and will Boris Johnson back HS2?

Political Fix

Financial Times

Politics, News, News & Politics

4.21.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The UK has left the EU, three and a half years after the referendum result. What has been the mood leading up to departure day, will anything actually change and how will Boris Johnson define Britain's future position in the world? Plus we discuss the High Speed 2 railway project and why it has been drastically mismanaged. Presented by Sebastian Payne, with George Parker, Miranda Green, Robert Shrimsley, Jim Pickard and Gill Plimmer​. Produced by Anna Dedhar and Jack Denton​

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

0:44.0

I'm Sebastian Payne, back from Holiday and must say great thank you to Miranda Green for hosting the last two episodes.

0:51.0

In this episode, we'll be talking about Brexit Day. The UK is

0:55.0

finally leaving the EU at 11 PM on Friday. But what is actually going to change? Not

1:00.5

a lot. What is the mood, the symbolism the symbolism most importantly what is Boris Johnson

1:05.2

going to say next week about the UK's role in the world. Plus we'll be

1:09.6

discussing high-speed to the controversial railway that looks if it's going to get the thumbs up

1:14.6

from Mr Johnson's government despite huge overspan and a lot of unhappiness among his

1:19.3

colleagues.

1:20.3

I'm delighted to be joined by our political editor

1:23.0

Miranda Green, columnist Robert Shrimsley, Chief Political Correspondent Jim Picard,

1:28.4

and Infrastructure Correspondent Jill Plummer.

1:30.7

Thank you very much for joining.

1:32.2

And if you find yourself liking this episode of

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F.T. Politics then do subscribe to all the usual channels to receive it every Saturday morning.

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