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31 Jan, 2019 09:13

The ides of May

After another week of House of Commons farrago, the Alex Salmond Show looks at the underlying strain that Brexit is applying to political parties beyond the parliamentary process. Alex asks leading commentator Peter Oborne whether this week's ceasefire in the ruling Conservative Party will hold? Alternatively, whether a fragmentation will inevitably follow the failure to reconcile a policy which carries the parliamentary party with a Brexit deal that can be negotiated with the rest of the EU.

Also on rt.com Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn clash over Irish backstop 'alternatives' at PMQs
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