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Political Fix

The joys of English football and the pains of Brexit

Political Fix

Financial Times

News, Politics, News & Politics

4.21.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2018

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

We're gearing up for Saturday's World Cup match against Sweden and the announcements coming out of Theresa May's Cabinet meeting at Chequers. Will Britain be able to find its identity, now and after Brexit? Presented by Miranda Green. With the Financial Times' George Parker, Robert Shrimsley and Jonathan Derbyshire, and Sunder Katwala of the think tank British Future. Produced by Anna Dedhar and Molly Mintz

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0:00.0

When you get a little bit of transparency, the nitrous to want more.

0:05.0

The number one biggest shift is that basically everyone realized we got to zero fast.

0:10.0

Transparency is the key defense against dreamwashing risk.

0:15.0

Listen to sound progress and Axa Investment Managers podcast to hear what our experts have to say on the subject of transparency. This is not financial advice and when

0:27.5

investing capital is at risk. Hello and welcome to the FT's weekly Politics Podcast with me, Miranda Green.

0:44.0

I'm joined this week by George Parker, our political editor,

0:47.3

Robert Shrimsley, political commentator, Jonathan Derbyshire,

0:50.5

the executive opinion editor and Sunda Katweller of British future.

0:55.0

Our themes are joy and pain in the form of football's ability this summer to recast a

1:00.4

happier version of Englishness. And yes, Brexit. We will reward

1:05.2

steadfast listeners with joy a little bit later. But first for the pain, I'm joined

1:10.2

by Robert and George. As we speak the the cabinet is gathered at Chequers, the Prime Minister's weekend

1:15.5

residence in Buckinghamshire for what may be the least fun day out in British political

1:19.8

history, a crunch meeting to thrash out the UK government's common position on what we want out of Brexit.

1:26.0

We're discussing this on Friday while they're still closeted in there, phones confiscated and

1:31.0

with a warning that anyone who resigns will not have a ministerial

1:34.0

car to get them home again. George isn't the Prime Minister actually trying to

1:38.4

find a solution to a problem which has no solution because at some point

1:42.3

either the Brexitors or the

1:44.2

remainers are going to have to walk because there isn't a deal that satisfies

1:47.6

everyone. Yeah I mean that's the calculation she's made all along that at the end of

1:51.5

this process she has to present a deal which the

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