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 discussing the failed leadership coup against Theresa May

and where the Prime Minister's Brexit strategy is heading next.

I'm delighted to be joined by our political editor George Parker, who's in Brussels,

our Brussels Bureau Chief Alex Barker, Deputy Opinion Editor Miranda Green, and columnist Robert Shrimsley.

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So it was a tumultuous week for Theresa May.

On Monday she decided to delay the meaningful vote

without her Brexit deal, seeing that she was on course for a big defeat in the House of Commons.

That was then followed by the crucial 48 letters going in against her leadership and a vote

on Wednesday evening against her position.

And once again, the Prime Minister survives, she staggers on, and to coin a phrase she

will always be remembered for, nothing has really changed.

So George Parker, let's just begin with the meaningful vote on Monday this week.

So this was long rumored the point at which Theresa May was going to face down MPs in the

House of Commons, and yet in Downing Street they decided rather at the

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