See you in Strasbourg

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4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2019

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

The EU has given Theresa May some 'legally binding' changes to the backstop. But will they be enough to convince her backbenchers?

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:06.0	Yo, Brexit Caster, it's Adam Fleming in the car in Strasbourg.
0:10.0	Well, today's been quite a day.
0:12.0	First of all, I spent loads of time with Michel Barnier,
0:15.0	shouting various things at him in various places, Brussels,
0:19.0	and then Strasbourg.
0:20.0	And we were in Strasbourg because Theresa May made a last-minute visit here.
0:24.0	She had two hours of talks with Jean-Claude Juncker
0:27.0	that culminated in a joint interpretive instrument,
0:31.0	a supplement to the political declaration
0:34.0	and a unilateral declaration from the UK,
0:37.0	plus a letter from Jean-Claude Juncker to Donald Tusk
0:40.0	and loads of other bits of paper.
0:42.0	And if that isn't a reason to make this noise, then what is?
0:46.0	Oh, and by the way, I was busy when they were recording this,
0:49.0	so this is the last you'll hear from me today.
0:52.0	Brexit Caster.
0:53.0	Brexit Caster.
0:54.0	It's from BBC Five Life and BBC News.
0:57.0	We still don't understand one of Brexit ways.
1:01.0	Brexit is a...
1:03.0	I've been wondering what that special place in hell looks like
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