Laura Kuenssberg: will politics stop for Christmas?
Beyond Today
BBC
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2018
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
First there was going to be a meaningful vote, and then there wasn’t. Then Theresa May was facing a leadership challenge, and then she wasn’t. And now Europe’s leaders are in Brussels, trying again to make the Brexit deal work. It’s been one of the most eventful weeks in British politics since… the week before. The BBC’s Political Editor managed to find time in her incredibly busy schedule to talk to us about Brexit, journalism, and why she’s looking forward to Christmas.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Hi, I'm Tina Deheelie. |
| 0:07.0 | This is Beyond Today from BBC Radio 4, |
| 0:10.0 | a space to ask one big question about one big story every day. |
| 0:19.2 | Today we're speaking to Laura Coonsburg and we're asking her will politics stop for Christmas. |
| 0:26.0 | This week has been one of the most eventful weeks in British politics since, well, the Brexit drama the week before. I can barely keep up. |
| 0:42.0 | Well, the person who's job it is to keep across every single |
| 0:45.9 | twist and turn on the road to Britain supposedly leaving the EU at the end of March |
| 0:50.4 | is Laura Koonsburg, the BBC's political editor who must be one of the most |
| 0:56.3 | hard-working people in this building. We emailed her earlier this week to see if she'd be up for |
| 1:02.0 | speaking to us but when it will |
| 1:04.0 | really kicked off with the vote of no confidence in Theresa May we thought Laura |
| 1:08.0 | would be way too busy but she did somehow make time for us and I spoke to Laura yesterday down the line from |
| 1:16.0 | Brussels. |
| 1:17.0 | Hello? |
| 1:21.0 | Hi yep, you're looking for Laura Coonsburg? |
| 1:23.0 | Yeah, yeah, we are. |
| 1:25.0 | Okay, I'll be to put across the circuit. |
| 1:27.0 | Be with you. |
| 1:28.0 | Oh, this one works. |
| 1:30.0 | Hello. |
| 1:31.0 | Hello. |
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