🎧 Brexit in the Age of Covid

Episode summary: We have passed the deadline for any extension to the Brexit trade negotiations - now it’s 31 December or bust. We catch up with three of our resident experts to explore what this means, what the chances are of getting a deal and where the sticking points might be. Plus we asses the impact of the Covid crisis on the fate of Brexit and its implications for what might happen later this year. With Anand Menon, Catherine Barnard and Helen Thompson. Talking Points: The formal legal position is that it’s not possible to seek an extension of the Brexit transition period. - Perhaps the most likely thing is that—if there is a trade deal before the end of the year—it has a longer transition period built into the front of it. A second COVID spike in the autumn could make no deal more likely. - Are there things in the law that politics can’t fix? - The COVID crisis has made the gulf between the two sides over the issue of state aid bigger than it already was, which reduces the space for fudging. - You also have to deal…