How Do We Get Brexit Done?
The Briefing Room
BBC
4.8 • 731 Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2019
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
'Get Brexit Done' was the slogan that helped lead the Tories to an election victory - but how will that be achieved?
It's the pressing task now facing government, but what might Brexit actually look like and how long could it take?
David Aaronovitch considers the political and economic pros and cons of the different kinds of trading arrangements the UK and EU might end up with.
Are the UK and EU both clear about their priorities and what might cause them to shift? And if we do sort out a trade deal, will Brexit be done or is there more to come?
Contributors:
Jill Rutter, UK in a Changing Europe
Mujtaba Rahman, Eurasia Group
David Henig, UK Trade Policy Project
Katya Adler, BBC Europe Editor
Peter Foster, Europe Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Producer: Rosamund Jones Editor: Jasper Corbett
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:06.9 | Welcome to the briefing room with me, David Aronovich. |
| 0:10.0 | The briefing room is the mind chamber, where in 28 minutes you and I get to understand a big issue |
| 0:15.4 | with the help of the top experts on the subject. |
| 0:18.8 | This week's seemingly simple assignment is to discover, now he's |
| 0:22.4 | won his election victory, what Boris Johnson's slogan, Get Brexit Done, will actually mean, |
| 0:29.2 | and when it will be done. And if you enjoy this podcast, you may find other episodes interesting, |
| 0:34.6 | including ones on the dangers of vaping, the cost of meat eating, and the vaccination crisis. |
| 0:40.1 | You can find them all on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:46.3 | Let's get Brexit done. |
| 0:49.5 | They want Brexit done. |
| 0:52.3 | I want Brexit done. We're going to get Brexit done. I want Brexit done. |
| 0:55.1 | We're going to get Brexit done. |
| 0:59.0 | Let's get Brexit done. |
| 1:01.7 | But first, my friends, let's get breakfast done. |
| 1:09.3 | It was a triumph. |
| 1:15.6 | One slogan cut through the election campaign like no other, get Brexit done. |
| 1:21.4 | Now its authors have an 80-odd majority and can pretty much get what they like passed in Parliament. |
| 1:32.1 | So is it a case of bish-bash-bosh, a bit of elbow grease, all shoulders to the wheel and then the broad highway to the sunlit uplands, or is it all a bit more complicated than that? |
| 1:39.1 | In the briefing room today, I want to know what getting Brexit done actually means and when we can expect to have done it. |
| 1:46.5 | Tomorrow, the withdrawal agreement bill will have its second reading in the Commons. |
| 1:50.7 | So that means that we are definitely on the road to a Brexit world. |
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