Can Boris Johnson get Brexit over the line?

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🗓️ 18 October 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

After a deal was finally struck between the UK and the EU, the focus moves from the agreement to the arithmetic as Boris Johnson tries to sell his Brexit plan to MPs. The DUP and every opposition party are planning to vote against it in the Commons on what commentators are referring to as Super Saturday. Joining Adam Boulton to discuss the vote, the new deal and the future of Northern Ireland are The Times' Brussels correspondent Bruno Waterfield, columnist on the Irish News Allison Morris and Sky's political correspondent Tom Rayner.

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0:45.8	But this is only the start of it as MPs prepare to vote on the agreement this weekend.
0:51.1	The Commons, of course, has already rejected three times a previous deal reached by
0:56.4	Theresa May, but this will be the first test for Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The maths don't look
1:01.7	great at the moment, and the 31st of October Halloween, when Britain is due to leave. The European
1:08.6	Union still seems a long way ahead. Well, joining me this week are the Times Brussels correspondent Bruno Waterfield,
1:16.5	the columnist at the Irish News, Alison Morris.
1:20.5	She's in Belfast and here with me, Sky's political correspondent, Tom Rainer.
1:30.1	Well, before we start the discussion, let's just remind ourselves of Breakthrough Day here in Brussels.
1:37.3	I had the Prime Minister on the phone twice this morning and we concluded that it is. Well done.
1:42.6	It means that we can deliver a real Brexit that achieves
1:47.6	our objectives and it means that the UK leaves whole and entire on October the 31st.
1:54.6	It allows the United Kingdom to leave the European Union in an orderly fashion and also
2:00.1	creates a unique solution for Northern Ireland,
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