brexitcast. brexitcast, from bbc 5live and bbc news. brexit means brexit. breaking up is hard. the people voted, and they have to get on with it. a process which i can only describe as a dog's brexit. brexit means brexit. but what does brexit mean? well, hello, it's chris in westminster. laura in westminster. kat here in brussels. and adam in brussels. 50, laura, chuffin heck, what a day! yeah, huge day. big day, enormous day. we brexitcasters have been talking for months and months about the crushing inevitability of theresa may having to go at some point. today, it's happening. and for any country, the day when their political leader says they're stepping down is a huge moment. i mean, forget about brexit, perish the thought, forget about brexit for a moment, we will now have, by the end ofjuly, someone else in charge

of running the country, making the decisions that affect all of our lives in all sorts of ways, and when it came this morning in downing street, it was quite a moment. i will shortly leave the job that it has been the honour of my life to hold. the second female prime minister, but certainly not the last. i do so with no ill will, but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love! at that point, she turns around and walks back through the door, and for all of that caricaturing as the maybot, a hugley human moment. absolutely, and you know some people were saying, "0h, at last she shows she's real and has real feelings. " i think, in funny way, it's a metaphorfor what's happened in the past couple of weeks. despite all the hard work and everything, the wrangling, the fighting,

the persistence, in the end, theresa may was overwhelmed by the challenge. but she was overwhelmed emotionally today, of course, as a human being you would be. but that is really what has happened. she has been overwhelmed by people in parliament not wanting to really give up their own pet unicorn, she's been overwhelmed by the divisions in her party and by the complexity of this project and the problems, mistakes that she made along the way that have built up. it's intriguing, i know we were saying the other day that she had made things worse with that speech that she gave, that feels like an eternity ago. yup. that was tuesday, today is friday. and that set in chain the events that have led to today, and, yes, for a while there's been an inevitability that this moment was going to come, but even so, if we rewound ten days, it wasn't certain that it was necessarily this imminent. people might have said, "would it be after the european election results? would it be later than that in earlyjune? after the visit with president trump? blah, blah, blah."

but, no, the moment has come. it did, and in a funny way, you know, covering politics, in the end, it's actually, it's always really quick and brutal. it suddenly comes, and that's really what's happened in, you know, a period of 48—72 hours. is it the men in grey suits? or the one man in a grey suit with a sealed envelope, or...? yeah, there were apparently lots of sealed envelopes, but there are backbenchers who had had enough, they made it clear they were going to force her out if she tried to carry on. but the real thing that's changed actually, since we were last chatting on tuesday night, was the cabinet's turned against her. and you can't go on then, however determined or resolute you are, and we've talked lots of times here, haven't we, about how, at what point does being resolute become stubborn? and then become being actually deluded and losing touch with reality? such a contrast, though, i mean i was thinking when she, you know, when she was so overwhelmed that she turned around and sort of fled back into number 10,

what a contrast to david cameron when he came out and then gave this... after this vote that devastated the country, devastated like from an impact, you know, some happy and some sad, but it was a massive, you know, moment for the country and then said he was off, and exactly this sort of sombre.. but sorry, sorry to be a pedant. adam is going to make the pedant‘s point here. having been there for all those moments all those years ago, on the day after the referendum result, at 8am in the morning, when cameron came out with sam by his side, his voice cracked on exactly the same point of his departure speech. it did. when he talked about the honour it was to serve the country. it did. the doo—doo—doo, right? it was actually several weeks later, when it had become clear that he was definitely going to be leaving much earlier. i stand corrected. still sticks in your mind though. i will always remember for that day, because that was the day he and i were dressed exactly the same. exactly the same!

so deep and meaningful. that is why it sticks in my mind. i will always remember. i always remember finding that on the tape. because we didn't hear that. we found it, we were in the edit suite, and this is, you know, niche, but may be interesting to people who like tearing down the fourth wall of her majesty's press. we found it on the tape, it was like, "what?" he's like humming, and, "off i go, well done me. aha. now i'm going to go on to the world to go surfing, or whatever," and i would admit we have to say we were struck. that might be something worth putting on the tele—box. despite adam's chronological clarification, i think the point that you make of the different personalities and the lack of likelihood, to put it mildly, that theresa may would do that in any circumstance, either now or later, kind of stands... the contrast is intense. what you have said so often, both of you, is however much criticism theresa may has come under

at home, and here in the eu as well. you have always said she is somebody who passionately loves her party, and passionately loves her country. the whole of the union, and that is something i think that you could not miss today. whether it was a mistake or not to cry, or you know, people will analyse it, i'm sure, from all sorts of angles. and also they will unfortunately, of course, just recommend to anyone who starts to go on about female politicians suddenly showing their emotion, when, you know, male politicians would never do such a thing, it's maybe not a great kind of thing to start on to me about, because it's really annoying, it's a total double standard. how did you feel about the suggestion that theresa may's husband took her in hand and told her to resign. well, what was interesting about the real controversy about that to be proper, was one of the papers, the metro splashed with that, saying something like,

"tell her, philip," and actually i think it's very widely known that theresa may really sees her husband, actually, as her closest political adviser. as, you know, as an equal like that, so i think that what he was meeting was really that he is the only person that she will listen to, not like, you know, "get back indoors, love." we should be specific before we go any further about the timeline. because there have been lots of things flashing on news channels talking about theresa may standing down, and the date in a couple of weeks on the 7th ofjune. that that is her tendering her resignation as the leader of the conservative party, and she carries on as prime minister for another best part of two months after that, whilst the contest runs its course until about 20—something ofjuly, we don't yet formally know. two more eu summits to come to. next tuesday, and then june end of terms summit. we will see her here twice. what will that be like? i kind of think she won't even do

a doorstep on the red carpet, because we all know she hated doing them anyway. i don't know what you mean. if she doesn't have to do them any more, because you fired yourself, then you wouldn't really do it. you wouldn't put yourself through it, would you? how many people are actually running, genuinely, or will we have to wait a little while to really know? jeremy hunt was at guilford station this morning, in which he was excited about a direct service to farnam opening up, friday, constituency day, foreign secretary talking about all things domestic, and then rolled up at the hazelmere festival. he did. told his local newspaper, that he is in the running. so he is a definite candidate, there are a lot of people talking by how they are, you know, considering, etc, etc, without definitively saying yes. he has declared, rory stewart has definitely declared, borisjohnson, who is in interlaken in switzerland, at a conference. interesting in his language, boris

johnson today, talking about... in swiss german. was he? no... it was a joke on language. you never know, he does speak lots of language, boris johnson. latin is the language of choice, is it? sorry about that. anyway, what i had to say was in english, thankfully, for my language—limited brain. but, he put straight back on the table, didn't he, the idea of deal or no deal. so addressing those who think it was a big mistake to ever talk about taking no deal off the table. and he got lots of people excited really quickly by saying well, "we are basically going to leave at the bed to back end of october, whatever happens," and that will be one of the big fault lines in the tory leadership contest, is who will say openly they are willing to leave without a deal, and who will say,

absolutely not a chance, or i will do every thing in my possible power, but you know, i think also people get in a froth about everything borisjohnson says, he can change. shall i just say that? you've got a marathon, haven't you? adam and chris, you have got to tell it, mind the times. that starts at 10am, uk time at 5live, 11am at radio four. midnight on the world service. i should say, theresa... you really have time on your hands. why not subscribe to a brexit informed podcast? i think she would really love that. you are not concentrating in the background there, we can hear gales of laughter. if you don't want to listen to the radio and instead watch the tele—box, kat will be on it as well. we will have another telly marathon and bits of brexitcast. we will be wearing our bowties, laura. you may guess, maybe, that's a good idea. goodbye, everyone.

hello. it's been a mixed picture across the uk today. showers or longer spells of rain for some. a rather grey, gloomy scene in huddersfield earlier on this afternoon. for others, hardly any showers and some good spells of sunshine. what a contrast in waterbeach in cambridgeshire around about the same time. but it's been scotland that's seen the lion's share of the rain today, all tied in with this frontal system which will continue to linger across scotland over the next 2a hours. through this evening and overnight, our band of rain does sink its way a little bit further southwards, turning dryer across the northern highlands, the northern isles, and that rain perhaps arriving into northern ireland, the far north of england by dawn. elsewhere, clear skies. cloud building across western fringes of england and wales later in the night. and a less muggy night, slightly fresher — nine to ii celsius, butjust five or six for northern scotland. our rain band doesn't go very far tomorrow. it lingers across the central belt, southern scotland, northern ireland, the far north of england. elsewhere, some spells of sunshine but also some fairly frequent showers blowing through on this

brisk west or northwesterly wind. east anglia, southeast england not seeing quite so many showers, but nowhere immune from a sharp shower. and a fresher feel, despite any sunshine. 13 to 17 celsius for most. just nine or ten for the far north of scotland. on into tuesday, the winds will use some of their strength but they're still coming from the north or the northwest, and we'll still be seeing some showers generated as well. but cooler air continuing to sink its way southwards. so, temperatures down a notch compared to bank holiday monday. certainly a cooler feel for many. still some showers around on tuesday. looks like they're going to be focused across central, eastern and southeastern areas. best chance of seeing some rain across east anglia and southeast england this week will be on tuesday from those showers. fewer showers the further west you are. temperatures typically 12 to 17 celsius. as we go into wednesday, keep an eye on this area of high—pressure starting to build from the southwest. so, it should be, for most, a mainly dry day. i say "for most", because it looks like northern ireland, western fringes of scotland

will still catch some showers. but elsewhere, aside from an isolated shower, it should be mainly dry. after a sunny start, the cloud just tending to build. but temperatures, for most, are going to be in the mid—, maybe the high teens, across east anglia and southeast england. so, looking ahead to the week, it's going to be cooler. there will be some rain for some, but not for all. bye— bye.

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