Summary
We’re back and Nigel Farage says he’s come round to the idea of a second Brexit referendum. The gang discuss what he’s up to. Plus Adam gets top astrologer Russell Grant to tell us how the Brexit negotiations might play out by analysing Barnier and Davis’ star signs. We’re proper journalists don’t you know...
Producer: Dino Sofos
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| 0:00.0 | Now clearly, on January the 11th, it is far too late to say happy new year, |
| 0:03.6 | but we've only just got round to reassembling, so let me say it anyway. Welcome to Brexitcast. |
| 0:08.4 | Brexitcast. Brexitcast. |
| 0:10.3 | From BBC Five Life and BBC News. Brexit means Brexit. |
| 0:16.0 | Breaking up is hard. The people voted and they have to get on with it. |
| 0:20.8 | A process which I cannot describe as a dog's Brexit. Brexit means Brexit. |
| 0:25.9 | But what does Brexit mean? |
| 0:28.2 | It means Brexitcast is back for another year. I'm Chris Mason at Five Life HQ in |
| 0:33.2 | Sulfid this week. I'm Adam Fleming and Brussels still not quite |
| 0:37.0 | getting my head round the new jingle I have to say. |
| 0:39.6 | Doctor Adler here takes me a long time to get around anything and then I analyze it for you. |
| 0:44.6 | And it's Laura here in Westminster. I'm thinking the new jingle makes us sound very serious. |
| 0:48.8 | It sounds now like a serious news programme. Which we are. Which we are. |
| 0:52.0 | What? Who told me? Yes! Yeah. |
| 0:54.8 | We're a serious news programme with nail varnish and cake. |
| 0:58.8 | Nail varnish. Okay, cake on the nail varnish. |
| 1:01.9 | No, no, no. We actually... Adam loves nail varnish. |
| 1:04.9 | Yeah. And we're now the UK's number 131st podcast. |
| 1:09.1 | And proud. |
| 1:10.8 | But we were in the Sunday Times top 50 podcasts. |
| 1:14.4 | So how far have we dropped then since Christmas? What is that about? |
| 1:17.0 | Like 18 places. |
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