Deal or no deal?
The Briefing Room
BBC
4.8 • 731 Ratings
🗓️ 29 November 2018
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Theresa May is urging her MPs to accept the deal she has struck with Brussels on the UK's withdrawal from the EU. The trouble is that few in Westminster believe this is a vote she can win and Brussels has said no further negotiations are possible. With the vote due on December the 11th the Prime Minister has less than two weeks to get MPs to change their minds. If Parliament does reject the deal, does that mean a no-deal in March next year? If not, how can no-deal be avoided.
Contributors:
Tim Durrant, Senior Researcher at The Institute for Government Alex Barker, Brussels Bureau Chief of The Financial Times Patrick Smyth, Europe Editor of The Irish Times Professor Meg Russell, Director of the Constitution Unit at University College London
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the briefing room with me, David Aronovich. |
| 0:07.8 | Inside our virtual space, you and I get briefed together on the big questions of the day |
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| 0:29.2 | My thanks to Dave Atferney, RWJ63 and John A. Owen, who've all reviewed us recently. |
| 0:35.7 | This week, we're talking about Brexit. |
| 0:38.0 | Theresa May says it's her deal |
| 0:39.6 | or a danger of no deal. |
| 0:41.6 | But is she right? |
| 0:42.9 | And if you enjoyed this podcast, |
| 0:44.4 | you might enjoy other editions of the briefing room, |
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| 1:06.1 | Music On June the 23rd, 2016, Britain voted to leave the EU. |
| 1:15.4 | On March the 29th, 2017, Britain invoked the famous Article 50, setting a deadline at the 29th of March 2019 for leaving. |
| 1:26.7 | On December 11th, nearly two and a half years after the referendum and 15 weeks and three days before departure, Parliament will vote on the terms of the withdrawal. |
| 1:34.3 | What happens if Parliament votes the Prime Minister's deal down? Would there be a no-deal departure? |
| 1:37.3 | And what might that mean? |
| 1:39.3 | Step into the briefing room where we'll try to find out. |
| 1:46.0 | Crashing out. disorderly exit. |
| 1:48.0 | Whatever we call it, for some, it's a scary prospect. |
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