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🗓️ 19 May 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Today, the UK and EU have come to a deal that covers fishing, trade, defence, energy and more.
Adam and Chris, in true Brexitcast style, go through the detail as the Prime Minister says it is time to move on from “political fights” about Brexit.
Plus, Adam sits down with Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer, as she explains the benefits of the deal. They also discuss possible changes to ISAs, winter fuel and whether Elton John is off her music playlist.
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0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
0:05.0 | Hello, from number 11 Downing Street, where we are in the process of setting up some cameras and some microphones so we can interview Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, because she wanted to talk to us today about this deal that the UK and the EU unveiled earlier on Monday. |
0:20.4 | Presumably she wants to speak to us because she thinks |
0:22.0 | it's going to have big economic benefits. So it'll be really interesting to actually test those |
0:25.9 | with her. Right now, we're just setting up the cameras and the microphones. So you might hear a little |
0:30.1 | bit of banging and clanging in the background. I've printed off all the documents and put them in a |
0:34.8 | little temporary Brexit binder just to recreate the vibe of that era. |
0:38.7 | And to go even further to put you in the zone, we've regurgitated the old Brexit cast titles |
0:44.7 | for this episode of Newscast coming to you from number 11 Downing Street. |
0:48.8 | Brexit cast from the BBC. |
0:51.4 | No one's got to a clue what Brexit is. |
0:54.0 | Brexit is... |
0:55.0 | I hadn't quite understood the full extent of this. |
0:58.3 | We're particularly reliant on the Dover-Calais crossing. |
1:01.9 | This election blew away the argument for a second referendum. |
1:05.4 | I urge everyone to find closure. |
1:08.0 | Let the healing begin. |
1:09.7 | I'm sorry. we will miss you. |
1:12.4 | The process which I cannot describe as a dog's Brexit. |
1:16.9 | Hello, it's Adam in the state room of number 11 Downing Street. |
1:19.9 | And Chris swapping the splendour of Lancaster House, posh place up the road near Buckingham Palace, |
1:25.8 | for also the state room in number 11 which also has |
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