Welcome to FT Politics, a weekly discussion on what's happening in Westminster from the Financial Times.

I'm Sebastian Payne.

What an extraordinarily bonkers week in British politics.

We'll be discussing Theresa May second defeat on her Brexit deal, all of the parliamentary votes, and where this leaves

our beleaguered Prime Minister.

Plus, we'll be deying into whether there are any more legal mechanisms to win over

Eurosceptic Conservative MPs and the DUP.

I'm delighted by our political editor George Parker, Brussels Bureau Chief Alex Barker,

columnist Robert Shrimsley, Deputy Opinion Editor Miranda Green and Whitehall editor James Blitz.

Thank you all for joining.

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What a whirlwind of a week! Things began with a bang on Monday when Theresa May dashed off to

Strasbourg to sign off a packages of tweaks and legal

assurances and changes to her Brexit deal. It was then put to another so-called

meaningful vote in the House of Commons on Tuesday which the Prime Minister lost heavily.

MPs then voted on whether they wanted to leave the EU without a deal, they didn't, and

then they voted on whether they wanted a short extension, which they did.

And lest we forget, unless nothing changes, Brexit is

still due to happen two weeks today. So George Parker, the week began when Theresa

May made a mad dash to Strasbourg on Monday and this was to sign off a package of

tweaks to her deal that had been negotiated by Geoffrey Cox, the Attorney General and

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