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Political Fix

May delays Brexit again - but how long can she hang on?

Political Fix

Financial Times

Politics, News, News & Politics

4.21.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The UK did not leave the EU (again) this week. Instead, exit day has been pushed back until the end of October. Where does this leave Brexit? Is the process moving any closer to a resolution? Plus, we discuss how the Conservative party can broaden its appeal and what its next leader must do to win over younger voters. Presented by Sebastian Payne, with George Parker, Alex Barker, Miranda Green and Robert Shrimsley. Produced by Anna Dedhar and Elliott Kime.

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0:00.0

Welcome to FT Politics, a weekly discussion on what's happening in Westminster from the Financial Times.

0:14.6

I'm Sebastian Payne.

0:16.2

This week we'll be discussing the latest emergency Brexit summit in Brussels,

0:21.0

the semi-long delay till October and where this leaves the Prime Minister.

0:25.4

Plus, we'll be digging into how and if the Tory Party can appeal to younger people,

0:30.5

eye those under 50.

0:32.3

I'm delighted to be joined by our political editor George

0:34.7

Parker, Brussels Bureau Chief Alex Barker, columnist Robert Shrimsley, and Deputy Opinion

0:40.0

Editor Green. Thank you all for joining and if you find yourself liking

0:44.0

this episode of FT Politics then do subscribe through all the usual channels to

0:48.2

receive it every Saturday morning. We also do like a good positive review.

0:53.0

While Brexit remained stalemate in Westminster, Theresa May hopped on the Euro staff for yet another summit,

1:00.0

and she came back with yet another extension.

1:03.2

The Prime Minister wanted to delay Brexit until the end of June,

1:06.9

while some EU leaders wanted it to be over a year.

1:10.1

In the end, the delay came out as October 31st.

1:13.8

So the new crunch date for Brexit is Halloween.

1:16.6

Meanwhile, where has this left the state of talks?

1:19.3

What Brexit going to look like and what is going to happen next.

1:23.4

So George Park let's begin with the summit.

1:26.0

You were there, as was Alex who's joining us on the line from Brussels.

1:29.6

This was a summit that was called as a result the fact Theresa May could not get her

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