Welcome to F.T. politics, a weekly discussion on what's happening in Westminster from the Financial Times.

I'm Sebastian Payne. In this episode happening in Westminster from the Financial Times.

I'm Sebastian Payne.

In this episode, we'll be reflecting on the surprise

resignations of ministers David Davis and Boris Johnson,

as well as the release of the big Brexit White Paper.

Plus we'll be looking at Donald Trump's Brexit intervention

and the state of that good old special relationship.

I'm delighted be joined by our chief political correspondent Jim Picard,

Deputy Opinion Editor Miranda Green, economics commentator

Martin Wolf and World Affairs commentator Gideon Ratman.

Thank you all for joining.

And as ever if you like this episode of FT politics, don't forget to subscribe through the usual

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Where to begin, it's certainly been a very long week in Westminster.

Things kicked off with a bang thanks to the surprise quitting of

David Davis, the Brexit Secretary. He simply said he couldn't stomach the Prime Minister's

vision for leaving the EU. He was swiftly followed the next day by Boris Johnson, the Foreign Secretary, who claimed

that the Brexit dream is dying. A couple more junior ministers followed, but the government stumbled

on. It released its white paper outlining the Checker Strategy with lots of detail about

its vision for the future relationship between the UK and the EU.

Jim Picard, that Monday when David Davis was I, seems quite a long time ago by one recording now,

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