Hello and welcome to rock and roll politics, the weekly podcast with me, Steve Richards.

And for those, no doubt millions of you who are waiting for the podcast to arrive in your box or phone or whatever on Monday night

or Tuesday morning when it normally arrives. Well, there has been a delay this week. I thought

I would delay it to watch the parliamentary Brexit drama unfold in order to cast light

on what will happen as a result. What a complete waste of

time that was in terms of casting light. I have to say I spoke to a very senior cabinet minister

on the evening of the first night of votes in the House of Commons, these Brexit votes.

And this minister, who is a sharp reader of the political rhythms,

I said to him, can you see how this ends, this Brexit saga ends?

And without hesitation, he said to me, there are a potential 100 different endings. This Brexit drum,

for those who are fed up with it and bored with it, it's actually a thriller. It's like a

Netflix box set where no one knows the ending, including all the leading players. However, having said all of that, it is always worth watching

parliamentary debates. They are the most overlooked part of the whole political repertoire of

outlets, you know, BBC programmes, Sky, News 24, quite often you learn a lot from

Parliament. The first thing I think I'm now sure of is that whatever the shenanigans, the

intrigues, the rival assertions of strength over a meaningful vote on the Brexit deal.

I can exclusively reveal to all podcast subscribers, the meaningful vote will be meaningful.

Imagine if Theresa May, after a summer and early autumn of frantic negotiations,

comes to the House of Commons with the deal,

the most important proposition to put to the House of Commons,

probably since 1945.

She will have staked huge amounts on getting this deal.

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