Can't deal with it: Brexit
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 March 2019
⏱️ 22 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host, Jason Palmer. Every weekday, |
| 0:09.8 | we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. Today, students from scores of |
| 0:19.3 | countries will take to the streets protesting against inaction on climate change. |
| 0:23.6 | That inaction took another form in Nairobi this week, where there's a UN environment meeting happening. |
| 0:29.6 | We examine a proposal on huge efforts to reverse the effects of climate change that was retracted at the last minute. |
| 0:36.6 | And just about everywhere you travel, you can count on being able to find an Irish pub. |
| 0:41.8 | It seems like you can open one anywhere. |
| 0:44.1 | But here's the strange thing. |
| 0:45.4 | It's really difficult to open one in Ireland. |
| 0:57.6 | First up, though, |
| 1:02.3 | The chaos of Brexit has deepened. |
| 1:05.1 | Good morning, Mrs. May! |
| 1:09.3 | Every day that Parliament sits, an anti-Brexit protester starts early, |
| 1:12.5 | his meter-long megaphone trained on the House of Commons. |
| 1:15.7 | Stop Brexit! |
| 1:20.5 | Not going well is it! |
| 1:24.2 | And pro-Brexit supporters show up every day with their placards. |
| 1:26.9 | It says clean Brexit rules okay. |
| 1:31.8 | We've got 300 years of democracy behind us, and they cannot take it away. |
| 1:34.7 | Inside Parliament, it's been a week of high drama. |
| 1:36.8 | The House must calm itself. |
| 1:40.5 | Long time to go. |
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