Brexit: what happens next?

Beyond Today

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4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

MPs came back from their summer break on Tuesday and it already feels like months ago. A lot of politics has happened since then and what with the betrayals, the tears, and the memes it’s become the biggest reality show since Love Island. It’s difficult to figure out who is really in charge of events at the moment since MPs voted to take over the Brexit process from the Prime Minister. To help us understand what’s happened and to prepare us for what seems like an inevitable general election, with just 56 days to go before the Brexit deadline, we spoke to Tom McTague. Tom writes for The Atlantic and is co-author of ‘Betting The House: The Inside Story of the 2017 Election’. Producer: Duncan Barber. Mixed by Nicolas Raufast. Editor: John Shields.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:06.6	Hello, I'm Tina Dehealey.
0:08.2	Welcome to Beyond Today from BBC Radio 4,
0:11.4	a space to ask one big question about one big story.
0:17.0	Today, Brexit, what happens next?
0:28.0	Embes came back from their summer break on Tuesday. It feels like months ago. A lot of politics has happened since then.
0:39.0	And what were the betrayals, the tears and the memes, it's become the biggest reality show since
0:45.4	Love Island.
0:47.2	It's almost impossible to keep track of in a daily podcast.
0:51.6	Since we started recording this episode, the Prime Minister's own
0:54.7	brother, Joe Johnson, has quit the government to become the latest in a series of
0:58.9	Tory party celebrities to split with their leader. It's even difficult to figure out who's really in
1:05.0	charge at the moment since MPs voted to take over the Brexit process from
1:09.7	Boris Johnson. So to help us figure out who is in charge and to prepare us for a seemingly
1:16.4	inevitable general election with just 56 days to go before the Brexit
1:21.5	deadline we spoke to Tom McTague.
1:24.0	Tom welcome to the podcast.
1:26.0	Thank you for having me.
1:27.0	I'm hoping you have answers for me today.
1:29.0	I'll try my best.
1:30.0	We want to know what's going on.
1:31.0	He's written a book about the 2017 election and
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