Amendment success and back to Brussels for Theresa May
The prime minister staved off defeat in the House of Commons this week, but now faces the daunting challenge of finding compromise changes to the Irish border backstop that work for both the EU and he...
2 Feb 201931min
The end of no-deal Brexit and Labour's shifting stance
MPs are likely to demand an end to a no-deal Brexit next week, what does this mean for Theresa May's deal and the Brexit debate? The consequences in Westminster will be huge. Plus is the Labour party ...
26 Jan 201935min
May's Brexit deal dies, but the prime minister survives
Brexit was finally put to a meaningful vote in the House of Commons this week and MPs gave a resounding no to Theresa May's deal. But her government survived a confidence motion so the stalemate has t...
19 Jan 201933min
2018 in review special
We look back on a traumatic year in British politics for Brexit and the Conservative and Labour parties. Will the UK leave the EU in March? Does Theresa May's deal have any hope of surviving? Does she...
22 Dec 20181h 6min
Theresa May's worst week in politics - what happens next?
Theresa May endured one of the most difficult weeks of her leadership: delaying the meaningful vote on her Brexit strategy, facing and winning a confidence vote in her leadership and rebuffed by Bruss...
15 Dec 201830min
Brexit finally arrives in the Commons, legal advice is given
MPs began debating Theresa May’s Brexit deal in the Commons this week and there was little sign of a breakthrough for the prime minister. The government’s legal advice on the deal was also made public...
8 Dec 201830min
Labour edges towards a second referendum and can 'Norway Plus' fly?
John McDonnell tipped the Labour party towards supporting a second Brexit referendum this week. Does this make it any more likely to happen? And we dig into the "Norway Plus" model and discuss whether...
1 Dec 201834min
Theresa May struggles to sell her deal and what happens next
The UK prime minister has survived a failed coup, but her Brexit deal is going nowhere. Can she sell it to the nation above the heads of MPs? Plus we discuss what might happen if the House of Commons ...
24 Nov 201833min
