Brexit: is there really "a good deal to be done"? And Anne McElvoy on Nigella Lawson's love of provoking foodies
While Boris Johnson insists there's still a Brexit deal emerging, the Evening Standard's Jack Kessler looks at why the negotiations have been so hard. Geography, politics and even personalities have been among the unexpected issues conspiring...
The Standard · Rachelle Abbott
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Show Notes
While Boris Johnson insists there's still a Brexit deal emerging, the Evening Standard's Jack Kessler looks at why the negotiations have been so hard. Geography, politics and even personalities have been among the unexpected issues conspiring to cause a deadlock. And we look at why it could be said Brussels has already got what it wanted: what other country would want to leave the EU after all this?
And, Nigella Lawson's been winding up her TV show audiences with her pronunciation of "microwave". It follows previous outrage when she made double-buttered toast. Our columnist Anne McElvoy's interviewed Nigella for the Economist Asks podcast, and she tells us why the chef still considers herself a journalist first and foremost, which is why she enjoys provoking people so much.
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