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🗓️ 17 January 2019
⏱️ 34 minutes
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It’s another crazy week in Westminster, and the question on everyone’s minds – what happens next? We talk to Paul Mason, Henry Newman, and Katy Balls (00:50). Plus, should councils turf out the social housing tenants whose circumstances improve (23:45)?
With Paul Mason, Henry Newman, Katy Balls, Mark Piggott, and Luke Doonan.
Presented by Isabel Hardman.
Produced by Cindy Yu and Alastair Thomas.
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0:31.1 | Hello and welcome to The Spectator Podcast. I'm Isabel Hardman. It's another crazy week in |
0:36.7 | Westminster and the question on everyone's mind is what happens next. |
0:41.2 | I talk to three people in the know. Plus, should councils turf out the social housing tenants whose circumstances improve? |
0:49.3 | So first up, what happens now with Brexit? |
0:52.8 | James Forsyth writes in this week's cover article that one of three things must happen by March 29th, |
0:58.1 | yet none of the possible options look likely. |
1:01.4 | Joining me to discuss this is Katie Balls, our deputy political editor, |
1:05.4 | left-wing journalist Paul Mason and Henry Newman, Director of Open Europe. |
1:10.3 | So Katie, we've seen this week the rejection of |
1:13.6 | Theresa May's deal in the meaningful vote. What are the different options that are now being discussed? |
1:18.6 | Well, in theory, there's lots of options, but when you start to look at the numbers, the options aren't actually that wide-ranging. |
1:25.6 | Because Theresa May suffered such a historic defeat, losing by |
1:29.2 | over 200 votes, it's very hard to argue that her Brexit deal has legs, that it has a way forward. |
1:35.8 | And now I think what has probably changed, and James documents us in this piece, is that we are |
1:41.5 | seeing an increased effort from those in parliament he want to either |
1:45.8 | stop Brexit completely or take the UK to one of the softest forms of Brexit possible. |
1:51.9 | So when you look at those options, one option which is being pushed is to stay in a permanent |
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