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Brexit Republic

Bye, Bye, it's B-Day

Brexit Republic

RTÉ

News, Politics

4.8199 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

On the day that the UK leaves the EU, RTÉ Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Seán Whelan and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin look at the parting of the ways and the difficult road ahead. Also: Tony talks to Lib Dem MEP Anthony Hook.

Transcript

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0:00.0

683 have cast their votes, 621 in favour, 49 against, 13 abstentions.

0:08.0

Should we all the greatest, we'll come and for...

0:16.0

Hello, it's Brexit Day, so you're welcome to, where else, Brexit Republic, RTE's podcast on Brexit.

0:24.4

I'm Tony Connolly, RTE's Europe editor in Brussels.

0:27.4

I'm Sean Wheeler.

0:28.7

RTE's London correspondent in Westminster.

0:31.3

And I'm Cullam Ongo and RTE's Deputy Foreign Editor in Dublin.

0:34.7

Each week, Brexit Republic assesses all the latest Brexit developments

0:38.1

in Brussels, London and here in Dublin. So it will finally happen. Friday night at 11pm UK

0:44.2

time, midnight central European time. The UK will leave the European Union after nearly 47 years

0:50.8

of membership. I'll be assessing the mood here in London, whether it's jubilation or sadness.

0:56.3

And we'll be checking in with the sentiment in Brussels, where the local authorities have shipped in a London taxi, a red telephone box,

1:03.5

to help the citizens of the Belgian capital to cope with the new reality.

1:07.2

And we'll be looking at what happens next next as both sides draw breath and prepare for the

1:12.3

upcoming trade negotiations. But first to you, Sean, on a line that sounds semi-detached appropriately

1:18.9

enough, what's the plan for today, how does it unfold, what's the choreography for the last,

1:26.0

what are we now as we record?

1:27.8

11 hours.

1:29.9

Yeah, 10 to bit hours.

1:31.0

Right.

1:31.5

Well, the choreography, the official choreography,

1:35.4

and it's important to distinguish me of the official and the unofficial.

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