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Matt Jolly a new year has broken has it not and what a year 2019 is set to be. On March 29th

Britain will officially leave the European Union we think we'll discuss that

I'm sure plus what does the year hold for Theresa May,

Jeremy Corbyn and the other inhabitants of the

Westminster Village?

Joining me of three of the village's biggest gossips to look ahead to what 2019 might have

installed.

Tim Shippman is political editor of the Sunday Times.

Esther Weber is our Red Box reporter and Katie Perrier.

His Theresa May's former director of communications in number 10 and now chairwoman of

in-house PR.

Welcome to you all.

Before we look ahead, let's look back just briefly where we ended up at the end of 2018.

In fact, Tim, I went back and listened to last year's New Year podcast, which you were on.

Among your predictions of possible coups and plots,

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