May's Brexit Dilemma
The Briefing Room
BBC
4.8 • 731 Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2017
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
The different factions piling Brexit pressure on Theresa May.
Following the failure to reach a deal on the first stage of Brexit earlier this week, David Aaronovitch asks experts why Theresa May seems to have fallen foul of her own side.
He'll examine the Brexit demands of different groups in Westminster, Brussels, Edinburgh, Belfast and Dublin and ask which of them has the most influence.
Joining the discussion are:
Katy Balls, Political Correspondent for The Spectator
Adam Fleming, BBC Brussels Correspondent
Mark Devenport, BBC Northern Ireland Political Editor
Sarah Smith, BBC Scotland Editor
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is the BBC. |
| 0:03.6 | Welcome to the briefing room with me, David Aronovich. |
| 0:06.2 | We're in a room and we get briefed. |
| 0:08.3 | If you really want to know what's going on in the world, |
| 0:10.9 | then do listen to this podcast. |
| 0:12.7 | And please let us know what you think, |
| 0:14.4 | by writing a review or rating us on iTunes or your podcast provider. |
| 0:18.6 | If you're minded to do so, please recommend us to, well, just about anyone, really. |
| 0:23.3 | This week, I'm trying to understand why Theresa May is getting such a hard time from her own side in negotiating Brexit. |
| 0:31.4 | And if you're interested in Brexit or just feel obliged to know about it for the sake of your children, |
| 0:36.3 | then you might like another BBC podcast called Brexit cast, |
| 0:39.8 | which features some genuinely interesting new insights on Brexit. |
| 0:51.7 | Despite our best efforts, it was not possible to reach a complete agreement today. |
| 0:59.0 | We will reconvene before the end of the week, and I am also confident that we will conclude this positively. |
| 1:06.0 | We will not accept any form of regulatory divergence which separates Northern Ireland economically |
| 1:13.6 | or politically from the rest of the UK. |
| 1:16.6 | Before my right honourable friend next goes to Brussels, will she apply a new coat of paint to her red lines |
| 1:24.6 | because I fear on Monday they were beginning to look a little bit pink. |
| 1:29.0 | I am surprised and disappointed that the British government now appears not to be in a position |
| 1:34.1 | to conclude what was agreed earlier today. |
| 1:37.3 | What an embarrassment. |
| 1:42.8 | What a week it's been. On Monday, a deal between Britain and the EU that would have allowed negotiations to proceed to a second stage |
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