Eleven Conservative MPs rebelled against their own party on Wednesday night to force the government to give Parliament a final vote on any Brexit deal. This week we’re looking at what this means for the process of leaving the EU, but also what it says about the weakness of Theresa May. Plus we ask how much responsibility social media companies should have for removing offensive content, we look back on 2017, and we make some bold – in some cases very bold – predictions for 2018. It’s all coming up on the final Update The State podcast of the year!

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