Welcome to F.T. Politics, a weekly discussion on what's happening in Westminster from the Financial

Times. I'm Sebastian Payne. In this episode we'll be looking at the government's tight

votes on the Customs Union, the growing signs of big problems in the Tory Party, and Labour's dilemmas

over Brexit and anti-Semitism once again.

I'm delighted to be joined by our Whitehall editor James Blitz, Deputy opinion

Ed to Miranda Green, and our political commentator Robert Shrimsley.

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So Theresa May's government has survived another week,

but it was a close-run thing.

On Monday and Tuesday, the government faced an uprising

from the Brexit and remainder wings of the Conservative Party.

The Prime Minister had no choice but to accept amendments to the Crucial Customs

Bill from the Brexit aside when staving off a rebellion from the

Remainers on whether the UK should ultimately remain in the customs union.

By just a handful of vote Mrs May squeaked through, so her check-as plan lives to

die another day. Parliament is also pretty much finished for the summer

season. So the question now is can she get through the summer and are things finally

calming down?

James Blitz, let's begin with those votes earlier in the week, so this is the customs

be one of the key pieces of legislation to make Brexit a reality, and the government have

delayed bringing this in front of the House of Commons because they were so worried about amendments and

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