Parliamentary pandemonium - Politics Weekly podcast
Jessica Elgot is joined by Rafael Behr, Grace Blakeley and Henry Newman to discuss the fallout from this week’s calamitous Brexit vote. Plus: Tony Blair – hero or villain?
Theresa May tried everything. She announced £1.6bn for poorer towns to win over Labour MPs, made new promises on workers’ rights and made a last-minute dash to Strasbourg for negotiations on the Irish backstop.
But none of it worked. May’s deal was defeated, parliament went into meltdown and now May is, incredibly, talking about bringing back her deal for a third time.
Joining Jessica Elgot to discuss are Rafael Behr from the Guardian; New Statesman economics commentator Grace Blakeley, and Henry Newman, the director of Open Europe and former adviser to Michael Gove.
Also this week: Tony Blair left office 12 years ago and remains as divisive a figure as ever. As a new book Heroes or Villains?: The Blair Government Reconsidered is released, we consider his legacy.
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