Conor Pope and Matthew Doyle go through the likely amendments for the return of the big Brexit vote next week, as well as the proposed partnership between Northern Ireland’s SDLP and the Republic of Ireland’s Fianna Fail, and the early frontrunners in the race for the Democratic presidential nominee in America.

Further reading:

*Explained: All the ‘plan B’ Brexit amendments MPs could get a vote on

*Fianna Fail and SDLP announce joint partnership

*Could this 36 year old Indiana mayor topple Trumpism?

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What does Keir Starmer’s speech mean for Labour’s Brexit position? Does Theresa May secretly want no deal to be blocked? And what will parliament do for the next week before the big Brexit vote? Conor Pope, Alison McGovern and Stephanie Lloyd discuss, while Jess Phillips explains why the Brexit conversation needs to be taken out of Westminster.

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Theresa May suffered the biggest government defeat of all time, then her Tory backbenchers kept her in office – while the campaign for Labour to lead a pro-European referendum campaign steps up a gear.

Conor Pope discusses what next for Brexit with Alison McGovern, Stephanie Lloyd and guest Alastair Campbell.

ALSO: Find out what happened when Alison and Alastair had a run-in with Boris Johnson on the way to recording.

WRITE TO YOUR MP: The LabourSay campaign for Labour to lead a pro-EU campaign: laboursay.eu

Further reading:

*Alastair Campbell: A fine mess with no easy way out

*Alison McGovern: How should the future of Britain, and Brexit, be decided

*Stephanie Lloyd: Time for action – Labour should lead the campaign for Europe

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Alison McGovern and Stephanie Lloyd reveal how the night of Theresa May’s big vote will unfold, while Conor Pope speaks to Hope Not Hate’s Matthew McGregor about the growing harassment outside parliament by a small cabal of rightwing thugs – does this relate to wider growth of a far right ecosystem?

Further reading:

*Support the Hope Not Hate Action Fund

*Who are ‘they’? Rosie Carter on how a backlash against undefined external powers could hurt Labour

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Next week sees Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement finally come before the House of Commons. With the government already suffering two Brexit defeats this week, it is unlikely to pass – but what will Labour’s response be? Conor Pope and Stephanie Lloyd discuss which way things are likely to go, and how much time there is to call a general election.

Further reading:

*Theresa May calls the unions

*Paul Mason: Lexit is a political fantasy

*Sign up to the LabourSay Brexit alert service

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This week, MPs return to parliament ahead of next week's big vote on Theresa May's withdrawal agreement. Initially scheduled for last month, the vote was postponed under concern that it would fail to pass. 

But is the agreement any different now? Have any MPs changed their mind? And what role will Labour members now play in shaping the course of Brexit.

Stephanie Lloyd and Alison McGovern discuss the mood in parliament this week, while Conor Pope chats to Tim Bale about new research he has led into Labour members' views on Brexit.

Further reading:

*Most Labour members believe Corbyn should back second Brexit vote

*Tell the Labour party to back a People's Vote

*Five Year Mission – the story of Ed Miliband's leadership

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Conor Pope and Stephanie Lloyd look at the political cynicism the Tories have approached the recent refugee story with, and discuss what the implications of the latest polling of Labour members might be.

Further reading:

*Sign up to the LabourSay WhatsApp

*Corbyn rejects Labour members’ calls for a second EU vote

*Politicians could ease refugee suffering, but instead they stoke fear

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Conor Pope, Alison McGovern and Stephanie Lloyd discuss some of the progressive successes of 2018.

Further reading:

*209 Women exhibition free tickets

*209 Women project – see some of the pictures

*Conor Pope: LabourSay – on the winning side

Further listening:

*Parenting and politics with Darren Jones

*Seni’s Law, with Steve Reed

*Labour’s antisemitism problem, with Marlon Solomon

*Repealing the eighth, with Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin

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Alison McGovern and Stella Creasy go head-to-head in the Progressive Britain quiz of 2018 – including Ukip leaders, reality television and who will replace Theresa May in 2019.

Further watching:

*Jonathan Dimbleby Show debate on Europe, 1996

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Conor Pope and Matthew Doyle discuss whether Theresa May’s new deadline is really a new deadline, what happened with the no confidence vote that wasn’t, and whether parliament should be forced to sit over Christmas.

Further reading:

*Donate to Streetlink in memory of Gyula Remes

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