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15th Dec 2017: Rebel Alliance Strikes Brexit Blow
Eleven Conservative MPs rebelled against their own party on Wednesday night to force the government to give Parliament a final vote on any Brexit deal. This week we’re looking at what this means for the process of leaving the EU, but also what it says about the weakness of Theresa May. Plus we ask how much responsibility social media companies should have for removing offensive content, we look back on 2017, and we make some bold – in some cases very bold – predictions for 2018. It’s all coming up on the final Update The State podcast of the year!
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8th Dec 2017: Brexit talks reveal Theresa May’s weak position
DUP leader Arlene Foster threw a spanner in the works of Brexit negotiations on Monday by essentially vetoing the proposed deal on the Irish border. What does it say about Theresa May and the UK government that they can be so easily thwarted, and how can any of this end well for the prime minister? Plus we’re discussing the US policy change on the status of Jerusalem, the battle for the soul of the Labour Party, and Time Magazine’s choice for Person of the Year. All of that coming up on this week’s Update The State podcast.
(Please note that today’s episode was recorded on Thursday night, prior to Friday’s apparent breakthrough in Brexit talks – but we think many of the points discussed about Theresa May’s weak position and the dilemmas facing Britain as it negotiates its exit from the EU are still entirely relevant, so we’ve left the episode in its original form.)
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