Will the UK ever rejoin the EU?
Politics Weekly UK
The Guardian
4.0 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is The Guardian. |
| 0:02.0 | This is the Guardian. |
| 0:03.0 | Bonjour, this is Julia Bradbury, and I've just been uncovering Normandy's hidden gems with Brittany Ferries. |
| 0:16.0 | After one bite of the fresh French-themed cuisine on board, my holiday had started. |
| 0:23.5 | On land, there were retro sidecar tours, |
| 0:25.8 | barefoot hikes across shifting quicksands, |
| 0:27.9 | and even a visit to a bee farm. |
| 0:30.2 | So with adventures like these waiting, |
| 0:32.2 | why settle for any old holiday? |
| 0:35.0 | Uncover the Uncommon with Brittany Ferries. Now discover more at Guardian.com forward slash uncommon holidays. |
| 0:39.0 | This message was paid for by Brittany Ferries. |
| 0:45.6 | Hello. |
| 0:48.6 | Today we have a special episode of Politics Weekly for you |
| 0:52.1 | because earlier this week we had the chance |
| 0:54.4 | to sit down with Nick Thomas Simmons, who is the Labour MP for Torvain and a Cabinet |
| 0:59.0 | Office Minister and interestingly the Minister for EU relations. We spoke to him about a whole |
| 1:04.1 | range of issues including the UK's relationship with the European Union and the fallout from Brexit, |
| 1:09.9 | Kyr Starmer's leadership and how Labour should take on Nigel Farage and the fallout from Brexit, Kier Stama's leadership, |
| 1:11.4 | and how Labour should take on Nigel Farage and the rise of reform. |
| 1:15.1 | So, here's that interview now. |
| 1:20.0 | I'd like to be here with Nick Thomas Simmons in his very grand Cabinet office office. |
| 1:26.7 | Can I ask about your day job? Most of your job is taken up with dealing with Europe. |
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