Summary
Chris and Adam have their first interview with an actual head of government! They?re also joined by Matthew Elliott - one of the architects of the Leave campaign. What does he think about the prospects for Brexit?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | From BBC Politics and BBC 5 live, this is Brexitcast, a story told week by week. |
| 0:11.7 | I'm Adam Fleming. |
| 0:13.9 | I'm not a politician or a diplomat. |
| 0:17.1 | I'm not even a Europe reporter. |
| 0:19.5 | Oh, wait, I actually am now. |
| 0:22.6 | Let's rewind. |
| 0:24.6 | It's March 29, Brussels. |
| 0:27.6 | A guy called Tim delivers a letter to a guy called Donald. |
| 0:31.6 | A dear Don letter. |
| 0:33.6 | Don? |
| 0:34.6 | We already miss you. |
| 0:35.6 | Thank you and goodbye. |
| 0:36.6 | He seems sad. |
| 0:38.5 | Turns out Tim is the British ambassador to the EU. |
| 0:42.0 | Donald is the president of the EU. |
| 0:44.5 | And the Brits, well, they've quit. |
| 0:48.7 | Back in London, I get a surprise call from a source. |
| 0:52.6 | A source will call Maybot. Maybot, what is it? What's up? |
| 0:57.0 | I have just chaired a meeting of the cabinet where we agreed that the government should call a general election. |
| 1:05.0 | Except she suffers from electile dysfunction, winning, but only just. Her crew starts squabbling over how they want to do this Brexit thing. |
| 1:13.6 | Is no deal better than a bad deal? |
| 1:16.6 | Yes. My view is that we want to concentrate on getting a very good deal |
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