Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you

slide by on track to your

there,

to care in the world as you simply lean back.

And before you know it, you're there.

This is how travels should feel,

and on our trains it does.

Avanti West Coast feel good travel. Hello and welcome to the Red Fox Politics Podcast on the Times I'm Matt

Surely it's a year to go until Britain sort of leaves the EU. March the 29th, 2019 is the official

exit date after we triggered Article 50 in March last year.

So what is going to happen over the next year and what have been the highlights so far

joining me on the panel this week. Times economist Alice Thompson who wrote recently in the Times as a former

remain supporter she was trying to be positive about Brexit and our two in-house Brexit experts Oliver Wright and Henry Zeffman who, amongst other things, produce the excellent Times Brexit briefing every Thursday, which happens to coincide perfectly with the year to go until we

officially leave. So let's begin, let's be positive, let's talk about our highlights of Brexit so far.

Let's start with you, Ollie. What's particularly tickled your fancy?

I'm not sure this is a highlight, but I can't look beyond the outrage over the contract to print the new British blue passport going to a foreign company.

I mean we've been told time and time again that the one brilliant thing about Brexit

is that it will allow us to be a buckering free trading nation.

Therefore it is a little ironic that when we as a buckering free trading nation hand the

contract to a slightly cheaper company which happens to be both abroad we suddenly cry protectionism.

We have to choose either we want to be a buckingering free trading country or we want to be Little England protectionist.

And one of the really striking things with this story

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