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The Spectator Podcast: why May’s Brexit deal is hard to stomach, but the alternative is worse

As Theresa May prepares to unveil her Brexit deal, we ask: just how bad is it, and what happened to ‘no deal is better than a bad deal’? In the American midterms, the Blue Wave didn’t happen, but Democrats did take control of the House of Representatives – what next for Trump’s presidency? And last, as we approach Remembrance Sunday, who are the lives we are remembering, and is it time to move on?

First, Theresa May is serving up two unpalatable options on Brexit – her deal or no deal. If we take her deal, Britain risks being tied to the EU forever through the customs union; but if there is no deal, the country will face a period of instability and disruption that we are simply not prepared for. James Forsyth argues in this week’s magazine that she is serving up an impossible choice.

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