Crunch time | Michael Gove, John McDonnell, Amber Rudd & Nigel Farage

Sophy Ridge On Sunday

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Politics, News, News Commentary, Government

4.2 • 157 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Michael Gove tells Sophy the UK will leave the EU on 31 October, despite the Prime Minister requesting an extension. He also reveals which Cabinet minister he's made a Brexit bet with. John McDonnell explains what Labour wants to see. Amber Rudd confirms she will vote for the PM's deal. And Nigel Farage offers Boris Johnson an electoral pact. Editor Toby Sculthorp and producer Matt Lavender join Sophy for analysis.

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0:43.7	After the Prime Minister negotiated a Brexit deal and then MPs decided they weren't ready to vote on it yet,
0:49.1	we had a stellar line-up to react to it all.
0:51.5	We were joined by the man in charge of no-deal preparations, Michael Gove the shadow chancellor, John Macdonnell, the former Home Secretary, Amber Rudd,
0:59.0	and the leader of the Brexit party, Nigel Farage.
1:05.0	Well, it's been a roller coaster of a week, starting in Brussels where they finally got the deal that no one thought that they would actually be able to pull off in the time.
1:17.6	Then everyone jetted straight back to Westminster for Super Saturday that seemed to become superfluous Saturday after the vote.
1:24.4	Supine Saturday.
1:25.4	Got pulled.
1:26.3	Yeah, waste of time Saturday.
1:27.9	It was a really strange week, I think,
1:29.8	because we had the Prime Minister getting a Brexit deal,
1:33.9	which sort of no one thought was going to be possible.
1:36.9	And then we had what we thought was going to be this crunch vote on it,
1:41.1	which then actually didn't happen.
1:43.0	And we're sort of back in a position where we're actually not sure what's going on.
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