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Buckle up: it's going to be a bumpy ride between now and the end of October. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's cabinet purge and appointment of hard Brexiteers to key positions looks to be setting the UK up for a no-deal Brexit. To understand yesterday's unprecedented events in Westminster and what they mean for Ireland, Hugh talks to London editor Denis Staunton, The Guardian's Brexit correspondent Lisa O'Carroll in London and here in Dublin by Deputy Political Editor Fiach Kelly.
In this episode on the reporting of Brexit, we'll hear the thoughts and experiences of LEWIS GOODALL, political correspondent for Sky News; LISA O'CARROLL, Brexit correspondent for The Guardian; FERGUS HEWISON, political correspondent for BBC North East; and DR DARREN KELSEY, author of Media and Affective Mythologies Has the media done a better job on Brexit than our politicians? Have voters from around the country been fairly represented by news organisations? Has there been enough diversity of voices and opinions on Brexit? Have we heard the stories that matter? Or been fed too many myths? Listen to this podcast episode to hear what our panel of journalists and academics thinks.
Prime Minister Theresa May has failed spectacularly in her bid to pass a Brexit deal through the House of Commons. The Guardian's Brexit correspondent Lisa O'Carroll on the fallout in Westminster, the few paths forward and the 'atomisation' of conventional politics. Fintan O'Toole on the characteristics that have brought Theresa May and the nation she leads to this point of political breakdown. How much blame for Brexit is hers?
The withdrawal agreement Theresa May has negotiated with the European Union faces a crunch vote in the British House of Commons this week. The British Prime Minister has been speaking to Labour MPs and union leaders in a bid to try to get her deal through the Commons, where scores of her own Conservative MPs oppose it. Five days of debate are underway over the withdrawal agreement, but lawmakers have brought greater pressure on May to come up with a "Plan B" if she loses the vote, and the risks of a "no-deal Brexit" loom on the horizon. Providing analysis is Lisa O'Carroll, the Guardian's Brexit correspondent.