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Hello and welcome to The Spectator podcast. I'm Lara Prendergast. This week, May and Corbyn were

dragged reluctantly to new positions on Brexit. So have they lost control of their parties?

And what does this all mean for a timely Brexit or indeed Brexit at all?

I also talk to our literary editor, Sam Leith, about the joys of video gaming.

What's driving the success of Britain's £4 billion industry?

First up, Brexit.

Earlier this week, pundits were surprised by drastic changes in the Brexit positions of May and Corbyn. May has effectively

given a green light to extend Article 50 and Corbyn has finally come out in support of a

second referendum. James Forsyth writes in this week's cover article that their Brexit gambles

risk the chances of a timely Brexit and indeed the prospect of leaving at all. Our deputy political editor, Katie Balls, spoke to

James, the MP Nick Bowles and Sienna Rogers, editor of Labour List a little earlier. James,

in your cover piece in The Spectator this week, you write that both party leaders, Jeremy Corby and

Theresa May, having dragged to new positions for fear of party splits.

What do you mean by that?

Well, I think it's no secret that Jeremy Corbyn doesn't want a second referendum.

That is not his personal preference.

I think he would quite like Brexit to happen, but not to get the blame for it.

But in the last few days, he has been essentially pushed into saying that he would that labor

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