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I'm Sebastian Payne.

In this episode, we'll be reviewing the Conservative Party's conference in Birmingham and

looking at the state of Brexit as those talks

enter a crucial two weeks. I'm delighted to be joined by our political editor

George Parker, political correspondent Laura Hughes, Brussels Bureau Chief

Alex Barker and DeputyEzer Miranda Green.

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The tour is gathered in Birmingham for that annual conference this week,

which turned out to be somewhat uneventful.

The set didn't fall down around Theresa May and she surprisingly delivered one of the best speeches of her career.

Boris Johnson's efforts to derail the Prime Minister Agenda didn't go to plan either and the party just about managed to contain its divisions over Brexit.

Sir Mrs May made it through and bought herself some more time but just how much.

George Parker, Birmingham, another delightful event of politics.

What did you make of it?

Well, I thought it was quite an interesting conference.

You're right, that probably wasn't the most eventful conference, but I thought in terms of the

political dynamics of where we are at the

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