web01.fireside.fm Tue, 12 May 2026 06:52:00 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) CakeWatch - Episodes Tagged with “European Council” https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/tags/european%20council Wed, 19 Dec 2018 22:00:00 +0100 Steve - @guitarmoog - and Chris - @ottocrat - investigate cakeism: the philosophy of having your cake and eating it, as preached and practised by the British government in its approach to Brexit. Each week, we explore the latest developments as we head towards Brexit and spend time wading through the weeds from the perspective of two long-standing Brussels and UK government insiders. Our aim: to inform you, our listeners, about EU realities and so, hopefully, to equip you to spot lies and to thwart attempts to manipulate you. There may be swearing. We are regularly joined by guests and occasionally by special guest co-hosts. en-gb episodic otto and the moog's Great British CakeWatch Chris Kendall/Steve Bullock Steve - @guitarmoog - and Chris - @ottocrat - investigate cakeism: the philosophy of having your cake and eating it, as preached and practised by the British government in its approach to Brexit. Each week, we explore the latest developments as we head towards Brexit and spend time wading through the weeds from the perspective of two long-standing Brussels and UK government insiders. Our aim: to inform you, our listeners, about EU realities and so, hopefully, to equip you to spot lies and to thwart attempts to manipulate you. There may be swearing. We are regularly joined by guests and occasionally by special guest co-hosts. yes Brexit, UK politics, EU, EU politics, politics, referendum, European Union Chris Kendall/Steve Bullock contact@cakewat.ch Episode 36: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Brexit https://cakewatch.fireside.fm/36 feadcd77-7981-4cfb-bf71-82eaa108bb96 Wed, 19 Dec 2018 22:00:00 +0100 Chris Kendall/Steve Bullock full Chris Kendall/Steve Bullock Steve and Chris spend their last episode of the year (we hope!) picking over the previous week's debacle at the European Council and wondering at the UK's apparently irrepressible capacity for self-delusion. 1:27:12 yes <p>Theresa May's shocker at the European Council, and why it happened. Plus: Tony Blair, huh, what he isn't good for. And some home truths on what the Article 50 ruling means and what it doesn't mean. Finally, a few cracking Lies of the Week, and an absolute zinger as Tweet of the Year.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/ottocrat/status/1074610710464946178" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Chris' tweet about the Economist's Bagehot column</a><br> <a href="https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2018/12/13/full-speech-sir-ivan-rogers-on-brexit/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Ivan Rogers' speech</a><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/piris_jc/status/1074932615768092672" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">JC Piris' tweet of the century</a> </p> Brexit, politics, UK politics, EU, Europe, European Council, Peoples Vote, referendum Theresa May's shocker at the European Council, and why it happened. Plus: Tony Blair, huh, what he isn't good for. And some home truths on what the Article 50 ruling means and what it doesn't mean. Finally, a few cracking Lies of the Week, and an absolute zinger as Tweet of the Year.

Chris' tweet about the Economist's Bagehot column
Ivan Rogers' speech
JC Piris' tweet of the century

]]> Theresa May's shocker at the European Council, and why it happened. Plus: Tony Blair, huh, what he isn't good for. And some home truths on what the Article 50 ruling means and what it doesn't mean. Finally, a few cracking Lies of the Week, and an absolute zinger as Tweet of the Year.

Chris' tweet about the Economist's Bagehot column
Ivan Rogers' speech
JC Piris' tweet of the century

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