EMERGENCY BREXITCAST: About last night…
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BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 15 October 2018
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Dominque dashed to Brussels and ruined Adam’s weekend with Pete. SOUND THE KLAXON! Also, lots of Brexitcasters have been asking us to explain what the Irish backstop actually is. So we have. You’re welcome.
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| 0:00.0 | So, Adam, it's time to sound the claxon to talk about the Royal Baby. |
| 0:05.1 | Royal Baby News, my favourite kind of news after Brexit news, jointly with Brexit news. |
| 0:09.5 | Yeah, I mean, it could be called Backstop. |
| 0:12.0 | How about that? |
| 0:12.5 | I wonder what odd you could get on Baby Backstop. |
| 0:14.4 | There's a name. |
| 0:14.9 | I would love to know if there's any Brexitcasters out there or friends of Brexit |
| 0:19.3 | casters who are going to have a baby on Brexit |
| 0:21.6 | day the 29th of March. That's a good idea, isn't it? Amazing. We will come live to your birth. |
| 0:26.6 | That is the new twist on that little, you know, the local newspaper stunt of the first baby |
| 0:33.5 | born in the new year at the local hospital. The Brexit twist. But you know the first day of |
| 0:38.6 | the future relationship talks after Brexit may be on the second of April, which is my birthday. |
| 0:44.1 | And Mrs. M and I are having a baby, but in mid-February, so it doesn't quite count about six weeks. |
| 0:48.4 | I didn't know you were having another baby. Yeah, yeah, we are. I was reassuring the bosses the |
| 0:53.5 | other day that even if little one is two weeks late |
| 0:56.4 | and comes at the beginning of March |
| 0:57.6 | and then I have a fortnight off of paternity leave, |
| 0:59.7 | I will be back for Brexit Day. |
| 1:01.9 | Oh, congratulations, Chris. |
| 1:03.3 | Well, thank you very much. |
| 1:04.0 | Lovely. |
| 1:04.6 | Anyway. |
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