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Political Fix

Out goes May, Johnson and the kipper and Brexit and the new EU top team

Political Fix

Financial Times

News, Politics, News & Politics

4.21.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Theresa May's last days in No 10 - is she going with a bang or a whimper? And who will be the next prime minister, and what do we know about him? Plus, the new top team in Brussels, the balance of power in Europe and what it will mean for Brexit. Presented by George Parker, with Jim Pickard, Miranda Green, Ben Hall and Alex Barker. Produced by Anna Dedhar and Salome Pkhaladze.

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Welcome to F.T. politics, a weekly discussion of what's happening in Westminster from the Financial Times.

0:44.0

I'm George Parker standing in for Sebastian Payne, who is getting married in Italy this weekend.

0:50.0

In this episode, we'll be discussing Theresa May's final full week in power, which included

0:55.3

Plusa Change, a House of Commons defeat, and we'll also be looking at the small question

1:00.3

of who's going to be our Prime Minister next week.

1:03.3

Plus, the changing of the Guard in Brussels

1:06.2

were the new President of the European Commission confirmed.

1:09.2

What does it tell us about the balance of power in Europe

1:12.2

and what might it mean for Brexit.

1:15.0

I'm delighted to be joined by Jim Picard, our chief political correspondent and Miranda Green,

1:20.2

our deputy comment editor, as Alex Barker soon to depart from Brussels

1:27.0

after an eight-year stint in the European Union capital.

1:30.4

Thank you all for joining us and if you find yourself liking this episode of

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FT politics do subscribe through the usual channels to receive it every Saturday

1:39.1

morning. We also love positive reviews too. So this week Theresa May went out, she started ready, she

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