Cod Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2020
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
1,645 days after the UK voted to leave the EU and 328 days after we actually departed, a post-Brexit trade deal between the UK and EU has finally been agreed. Adam, Laura, Chris and Katya gather on the night before Christmas to talk through how the months of disagreements over fishing rights and future business rules ended.
By the way… there’s still so much we don’t know. We’ll be back. Merry Brexmas!
Studio Director: Mike Regaard Assistant Editor: Sam Bonham Editor: Dino Sofos
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Chris, we thought the Christmas special was me having Shelby's banter with Nijela. |
| 0:08.0 | Turns out it's actually this. |
| 0:10.6 | Yeah, yeah, it's Christmas Eve. It's what, nearly half past four. |
| 0:14.5 | T'was the night before Christmas went all through the house, Brexit casters were stirring, |
| 0:19.0 | and even the mice. |
| 0:20.4 | Yeah, so there is now... There is now a trade deal negotiated between the UK and the EU. |
| 0:26.1 | It's not in place yet and we're gradually learning the details, which means we need a festive |
| 0:31.0 | but also Brexit style title for this episode? |
| 0:34.7 | Yes, what about, what about Deal sprouts in Brussels? |
| 0:40.9 | Very good. How about a David Frosty morning? |
| 0:44.0 | Ooh, it's pretty good. |
| 0:46.0 | I'm, you can picture the Christmas card, yeah, yeah. |
| 0:48.0 | Cod Rest G. |
| 0:50.0 | Merry gentleman. |
| 0:51.0 | Oh, very man. What is the one that Dino's come up with? Deal they know it's Brexit? That is, yeah, also, so bad it's good. |
| 1:02.0 | This is like the world's worst Christmas crackers being opened. |
| 1:05.8 | Anyway, we'll come up with something when you listen to the music and of course Chris, |
| 1:09.8 | there's something we've not heard for a while and we may never hear again the |
| 1:13.3 | klaxen but Christmas-ified welcome to newscast Brexit cast. |
| 1:17.2 | Brexit cast. No one's got to include what Brexit is |
| 1:23.8 | Brexit is |
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