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Hello, welcome to the new European podcast. My name's Richard Porritt. I'm joined by Steve Anglesey.

Hello. A little bit later, so we're going to be chatting to Jerry Scott. She's been on a jolly holiday to the Costa del Brexit.

Brilliant.

Yeah, I know.

So that should be fun.

And then we'll crown a Brexiteer of the week.

But first, let's talk about the news.

It's been a sort of fairly dark week, isn't it?

Is that just my mood?

It has been, no, I think it has been a dark week. I mean, it's a sort of a Mexican standoff now, isn't it?

Between the EU and the UK, each demanding that the other side move without really any potential for movement on either side.

I think what we have noticed as well is that the Brexiteers are clearly beginning to wake up to the consequences of this.

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