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?No Adam, you?re not seeing my passport photo you idiot?

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BBC

Politics, News

4.46.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Oh no! The gang are stuck in a cupboard at yet another EU summit. Warning: This podcast features Abba.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, Brexitcasters. Hope you're well. This is our second installment of the week because it's been a massive week for Brexit, although it gets even bigger next week because you know what it is, don't you? It's a year to go until Brexit Day on the 29th of March 2019. And of course you'll know we are celebrating that with a Brexit cast sort of live show coming from the

0:22.8

famous BBC radio theatre at Broadcasting House in London.

0:26.5

Loads of you have been tweeting to say that you've had a text saying you've got a ticket.

0:30.7

So congratulations if you've got a ticket.

0:32.8

We're looking forward to seeing you.

0:34.6

Commiserations, if we couldn't fit you in.

0:36.2

I'm really, really, really sorry,

0:37.7

but you will still be with us in spirit, won't you, when we record Brexit cast sort of live.

0:42.7

Anyway, here is your normal EU summit, Brexit cast. Brexit cast. From BBC 5 Live and BBC News.

0:52.0

Brexit means Brexit. Breaking up is hard. The people voted and they have to get on with it.

0:59.0

A process which I cannot describe as a dog's Brexit. Brexit means Brexit. But what does Brexit mean?

1:05.7

So Chris Mason has been unavoidably detained, which means it's Adam Fleming here in Brussels with

1:10.8

Katya Adler. Can we just all say all together now? We're in Brussels. But Laura, you're in a

1:20.3

different building in Brussels because you're still at the summit and me and Katja are in the office.

1:24.4

That's right. I'm in the basement of the summit and it's that point of a summit where people have like

1:28.5

pulled all the plugs out of the walls.

1:30.6

It's like one little sad set of headphones left in the place.

1:35.1

My wonderful team are sitting with me just sending our piece of the six o'clock news in.

1:38.6

We are surrounded by crisp packets.

1:41.5

Empty, empty ones, right?

1:43.1

And the cafe is closed. Two custard tart less. The cafe was open. pockets, empty ones, to chocolate wrappers.

1:44.4

And the cafe's closed.

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