we are brexitcast. we are particularly reliant. the doubters, the doom and gloom, they are going to get it wrong again. from manors and levers, that's going to end well. just been told to sit up as well. we are only ten seconds in. you will make adam at westminster, but normally in brussels. trying to set up normally in brussels. trying to set up as straight as i can. we do not normally have to do this, we are just a podcast. it is nice of us to hang out instead ofjust speaking

through the airwaves. we should have the go to see what we try to do for the go to see what we try to do for the people seeing this for the first time on the tv and have not tripped across us time on the tv and have not tripped across us and podcast land. here we are, four people sitting in a box of headphones on and it is not the usual thing of television in suits and auto cues and that sort of thing. that is obvious. and not the usual personae oi'i thing. that is obvious. and not the usual personae on television, because vcs on the ten o'clock news or if you hear us on the radio, the suddenly got much more serious. —— if you see us. here, we're going into detail and we go behind—the—scenes a lot as well about the news of the day. but we should not be scared of the details. lam not should not be scared of the details. i am not scared of details. that is

i carry the stuff around me. adam and his binders. you have a few pages. very strict rules on luggage these days. we are in brussels and you guys are here while this massive story is unfolding at a really good way of understanding what is going on is hearing what is happening there, and us getting together and talking about it. you talk to people in parliament around the european institutions and they whisper stuff in ourears. institutions and they whisper stuff in our ears. that sounds quite romantic, i am in our ears. that sounds quite romantic, lam not in our ears. that sounds quite romantic, i am not sure in our ears. that sounds quite romantic, lam not sure if in our ears. that sounds quite romantic, i am not sure if that is how it happens. but the thing i like about the brexitcast, i was going to say something really rude, it has beena say something really rude, it has been a journey with other people, because, if you're listening to this for the first time tonight, brexitcast, you have been with us for a long time, we know who you

are. andl for a long time, we know who you are. and i with her nails. she paints the brexit story on her nails. thank you very much. no deal, bloom, brexit cast and that is the irish border. what does the irish border look like in a manicure? someone very important in the british virgin islands, the lordship, if you're listening should ibe lordship, if you're listening should i be pleased that my sun is listening to the brexitcast while cleaning his room? is that a tiny bedroom for a kid? will be cannot see the floor and the floor that counts. let's talk about our tidy or untidy constitution. this whole

suspension of parliament, prorogation is it legal or illegal, when will we know? rope, should i get a judges robe? and i, it will be transformational. i am sure we can deploy it. it was lovely to have you, but you did not get them to leave behind any, and i am really disappointed for that. a couple of days ago, the scottish court, yesterday said that boris johnson's suspension of parliament was illegal and that he had misled the queen and in constitutional terms, that is kind of as big as it gets, that is a big problem. but last week, the high

court in london did not say that it was illegal, they said it was none of our business and it was a political decision and not a legal one. so what happens now? the uk supreme court has to give the final verdict on it and they will start judging that on tuesday. so by this time next week, we will know what the ruling is. in the meantime, there has been some caper scenes as those who went home on monday and tuesday night, those that did not necessarily come in, they started to come back and back with their cases and a group of them protested outside and they were outraged. this it was down to the government as to whether or not parliament would reconvene in this period between the hearing in scotland in the hearing next week and the government saying that we will wait to see what the supreme court is saying. 0h that we will wait to see what the supreme court is saying. oh and all of this news is category news, and

the scottish court, it did not seem as dramatic as some of the events last week and you're like, wow, isn't it extraordinary! saying that about a british prime minister and the british prime minister being askedif the british prime minister being asked if you like to the queen. and he was standing on the deck of a battleship. here is what it was like. did you lie to the queen when you advised her to do prorogation and suspend prominent? absolutely not and as i say, the england court agrees with us but the supreme court will have to decide. this is not normal, he has not been in office for two months yet and we are already a devcon five where he is being asked questions like that, fighting conventional over the place and just for people wondering, this

is notjust because scottish law in english law is different, although i have enjoyed explaining that the people, it is because the scottish court gave greater weight to the idea that the suspension happened because downing street was trying to avoid scrutiny. they did it and claim stain means. not so much as i understand it in the legal opinion in this whole area, it is so untested is like at the moment, we are on untested is like at the moment, we are on this big map without any liens on it i feel sorry for boris johnson because this idea today, we are not going to talk about yellow hammer, though i would talk about that in the moment. by talk about battle ships and be grand. we spent a lot of time on brexitcast talking but to what extent this might or

might not be following the plan. borisjohnson, dominic might not be following the plan. boris johnson, dominic cummings might not be following the plan. borisjohnson, dominic cummings plan but here's the interesting thing about it. although the events of the past couple of weeks have been i am sure, really shocking to lots of people, we have seen people in the streets, we should not give the impression that somehow a million people on the streets, it has been very dramatic. it was always in his team and we got that message from people, the total awareness that they were going to go down a provocative route, that he was likely to put this confrontation on hyperspeed to force this thing to a conclusion. because brexitcast, we have all been talking about this grinding, grinding process that is gone on and on, borisjohnson poss 's priority is to stick to that

deadline of halloween and that means forcing the confrontation, and that is what we are going to do. for a political point of view, it is not surprising but it is a funny thing to explain away. we saw a bit of that way in brussels, because he would speak to politicians, diplomat officials and they would say this prorogation, that's been undemocratic, isn't it? may be this isa undemocratic, isn't it? may be this is a good strategic tactic, because it forces the opposition into a one week period, before they go into parliament on holiday, and then that means jv european council for boris johnson will speak to his leaders, maybe one of them is texting us now. i hope. in that we have a two—week period after the summit in the middle of october we can have another confrontation between the many different sides of westminster and there is a way of focus that.

but if that were the theory, oh, thatis but if that were the theory, oh, that is fancy. that is more posh than me. if that had been the plan, then the idea of shutting parliament down with supposedly, the attention will be on borisjohnson and he could do what he likes, he could talk about battleships, the nhs, education and he is unfazed by mps talking about the new brexit preparation and he wanted to control the narrative. that is in controlling the narrative completely. but, he has not been able to control the narrative in the theory doing the rounds in brussels is that he tripped up surely. he has

technically speaking, he has lost people in parliament, lost its majority by booting people out of the party, he lost a major case in court saying that he broke the law, so court saying that he broke the law, so this is all really serious stuff. but, there is a but coming, and people found this quite outrageous but look at what is happening. dividing lines have been around politics forever. divide and conquer, politics forever. divide and conquer, here we go. it is clear as day and it always has been since the moment the 24th of the 25th ofjuly that he moved in, but borisjohnson and the tories and their strategy in the next election, when it comes, will be re—want to get on with our lives, we know you want to get on with their lives, the us and them, them, they want to keep talking about brexit forever. so all of these events in a way, pushing the rules, pushing the boundaries, they

could even be helpful in that narrative and this also happens on the brexit test,. so the government is saying that may be, a big part of me thinks something of this magnitude may be the inevitable level of pay trying to keep all of the factions together is what killed trees may's career. so trying to keep you were together, we push them apart. and then in that context, they can be actors of the establishment. but i think this is having some kind of resolution, you are not going to write a letter, they're just going to dig their heels in. they have tripped up lots of times they have not gotten the

election that they wanted they have mistakes. sorry, come up this is a very clear question though. what happens if the supreme court say the scottish court was right and the government was wrong? it depends on the day that judgement government was wrong? it depends on the day thatjudgement comes, theoretically, could mean that mps could get back on the trans—impact there many cases in parliament since again, whether the interesting things they stopped short of ordering the government to do that, so ordering the government to do that, so it was almost as if they knew that the next move would be censured by the uk court and that is what it was perfectly possible that they might be ordered to appear in parliament again, although i have to say, the expectation is that won't

happen but obviously legal opinion, this is all intestate stuff and after seeing the discussion about judiciaries being independent or not. and again, stuart gave an interview on the programmee not. and again, stuart gave an interview on the programme a former conservative mp. this normally happens in other countries, he said, i have to say there are a few eye brows i have to say there are a few eyebrows raised about that kind of, what exactly is trying to say, but this is phenomenal. questioning the independence of the judiciary, lying to the queen, the way brexit cast is written in big letters, extraordinary, and in every since the word and somehow, you get so lost and all of these big events that they almost cancel each other

out sometimes. we talk to them about yellowhammer. yellowhammer the government's prepared effort for getting ready, care homes, hospitals. the worst case scenario, base case scenario. which of these, please. just really bad? this is what the government published last night and response to the vet comments vote earlier and the majesty possible as governor, was case planning assumptions but to address the point, this was something very close to it, it was a couple weeks ago that the reporter in question said hang on a minute, is very much the same thing apart from the top, base scenario which is

the middle of the doom thermometer. they somewhere in the middle where it was a reasonable worst case scenario, putting the other to an end. i don't know what conversations you've been having with various people, but when i put this to some last night, the implication was that there are lots of documents that circulate around westminster and it is possible that there could be two that are circulating are slightly different times are different titles to them. so how's of the impression that this was not as is been interpreted in social media, but it came out and it was as crude as some would suggest. i think the first sniff we had of this was almost 12 months ago one of the best in

westminster, we allowed to do name checks that we are on television. the legendary snapper. caught a minister carrying that under his arm and he said operation yellowhammer, civil contingencies act. and that is when the mystery started and it has taken 12 months for the government to publish it. but is really threatening, the government has been doing its best to say to reassure that this is the worst case scenario. this is the beginning of august. and i think this administration with the five people inside and out or saying they have really stepped up the pressure in the effort for no deal, that is genuine. but we know that actually, they can't make sure that everyone will be ready that businesses are all doing the right thing. do not

ta ke all doing the right thing. do not take anything. imac those left it was a leftover bucket of paint. just trying to make sure that yellowhammer never become something is to get a deal. a huge amount, so many whispers and it is a bit of optimism in the air. publicly, talking a lot more about the deal this week, the trip to the island when she was meeting the prime minister. one and million chance of no deal. he has done the yo-yo all over the place and the optimism is here. the optimism is not in the eu. the eu since we will never stop trying, will never stop listening because it is expensive, but they

had to show to their own public that we are trying, cf. angela merkel, the german chancellor saying that she is going to work to the last minute and there could be a chance of them being a deal because she has to say that because germany stands to say that because germany stands to lose so manyjobs to this, so her vote rs to lose so manyjobs to this, so her voters seem to see that she is going to be opening up until the last minute, but exhibit a. the response to the parliament will be resent in french, but i think i know the situation for brexit will be. they said they have no cause to be optimistic right now, we need to look at what is actually happening. the prime minister's europe adviser,

he was not pleased. but. you may as well talk to adam now otherwise he is going to follow you and you have to speak to an. know what it is like being followed by me, michel barnier himself the chief brexit negotiator andl himself the chief brexit negotiator and i finally wore him down and got into be super nice to us. my back yet spend an eternity chasing them around, having you? lam very i am very impressed. hello. good to see you. brexitcast tv tonight? will you be watching? always. that is the

high point, adam. if katy perry had said that to me, that would be the best day. but just, said that to me, that would be the best day. butjust, to make you less about me, he has not been that super positive to the brits this week, has he? because you know he was presenting these ideas of the irish border, some old ideas that were presented in the theresa may era that were rejected by the eu, so this is the idea of one of our favourite words of brexit cast the most. keeping the border of the island of ireland open. that was ditched because they did not like it

and it seems to be that it is back in the ether is a conversation again, isn't it? it is but not the island of ireland backs up as we knew it. they said absolutely no to the northern ireland backstop. but what is a daily diversion because this is notjust about keeping the border for the eu, this this is notjust about keeping the borderforthe eu, this is this is notjust about keeping the border for the eu, this is notjust by keeping the border open, it is notjust by keeping the border open, it is not just about suggestions from the uk alternative arrangements, that does not cut it either, it is by keeping the economy going, keeping that infrastructure on the border and it is not protecting the single market for the eu as well as protecting northern ireland with the process. and when you check list ideas from the uk and they said it is not a proposal, but there are ideas being thrown around and that

is the criteria of which they will ta ke is the criteria of which they will take it on. so if it is a take on no infrastructure, that is not enough, it'sjust to protect infrastructure, that is not enough, it's just to protect the single market and be perceived to protect the peace process and all of those reasons why it is so hard to find an agreement and that is the real conundrum of the centre with so much to talk about. three years on and for the foreseeable future, so i'm very brief thing. there is a whisper of positivity. on the side that a lease conversations are starting to flow and a chance... a chance that the prime minister will be here and there will only be here if there's something to talk about, which will

give us something us to talk about. apartment and tuesday and maybe wednesday. maybe borisjohnson will see him there is theresa may did. apart from talks, i am just speaking on the rules that are made to be broken. my father—in—law says, promises are only real in the ears of those who hear them. surely, we must leave it there. we could be here for years. if you have been listening on bbc south because you are not going to bother with newfangled talent and you'll find that they have led us back on. goodbye everybody.

hello there. thursday's weather was dominated by an area of low pressure that contained the remnants of tropical storm gabrielle. friday however looks to be dominated by high—pressure, bring plenty of dry weather, but that cold front clearing towards the southeast will see fresher air that will have a more humid air mass pushed towards the southeast. so a fresher feel to things on friday, plenty of dry weather around, plenty of sunshine as well, perhaps a little bit of early cloud on the first thing for the southern counties of england, but that will clear quickly. there risk of wanted to showers for northern and western scotland there risk of one or two showers for northern and western scotland with temperatures touch fresher on the south, the maximum run 21 celsius. friday night is looking fairly cool

under clear skies for many across england and wales and the prone parts you could see a touch of frost. tending to increase across the north of some patchy outbreaks of rain, and the far northwest of scotland into the early hours. the weekend is looking set to be mostly dry but with plenty of sunshine and temperatures across the south tending to pick up as well. here's how it is looking on sunday with an outbreak of ran across northern parts of scotland that is pushing to northern ireland later with the risk of some gales for the far north of scotland, but generally quite breezy across the northern half of the uk. the southern half of the uk with later when some plenty of sunshine and highs of 23 celsius. saturday into sunday, the court front slips the cold front slips a little further south. behind it will see brighter skies across scotland though feel a touch fresher with some sunny spells and the risk of owner to showers here and cloudy skies across the central side of the uk with some are bricks of rain, but for england and wales it is looking mostly drove some sunny spells and heiser and 25

sunny spells and highs of around 25 and perhaps 26 celsius somewhere in the south and the east. as you move into monday, that quote from continues to edge its way with that little bit further south, not a great deal of rainfall on it by the time we get into monday, but it pushes out that milder air mass. so as we move into monday, we're looking at a fresher feel to things. it will be a good deal of dry weather up, perhaps a few showers across the northern half of the uk. some good spells of sunshine around though and the temperatures at a maximum of around 19 celsius in the south, 11 to 15 in the northern half of the uk. high—pressure still dominating as he moved to tuesday and we hold onto that northwesterly wind, so tuesday will feel chillier still. there will be some good spells of sunshine in areas of cloud again, doesn't mostly dry, small chance of seeing wanted to showers does look mostly dry, small chance of seeing of seeing one

or two showers across the northwest and scotland and with that northwesterly breeze it will feel noticeably fresher with temperatures in the south perhaps reaching highs of around 70 celsius and the north, highs between 11 and 111 celsius. as he moved through next week, far to the north of the uk, areas of low pressure also along high—pressure to dominate and build across the uk. the positioning of this high—pressure and temperatures that will be a good deal of dry weather as we move into the midweek, it looks like you'll be a bit further towards the east and with that, more in way of warmth. so looking further ahead, plenty of dry weather with the chance of something a bit wet in the front of the scotland. lots of sunny spells is supposed to come and feeling warm in the sunshine and increasingly humid as the week wears on for the chance of seeing some overnight fog.

tonight at ten... the brutality of the war in syria, as hospitals are deliberately targeted in rebel held areas. blown up by syrian government forces — a deadly campaign against medical facilities for victims of the eight—year conflict. this was a hospital, until a few months ago. it's one of a0 that have been attacked since april this year. now medical staff have been forced to go underground, to secret hospitals, to try to save their patients. also on the programme tonight... the prime minister insists he didn't mislead the queen over his reasons for suspending parliament. did you lie to the queen when you advised her to her prorogue, to suspend parliament? absolutely not.

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