Helen and Stephen discuss the coming autumn crunch over Brexit and how the parliamentary votes over the deal will go. Then, Helen talks to director Jude Christian about her upcoming production othellomacbeth and the ways in which we politicise Shakespeare. Finally, they tackle a listener question: should Vince Cable resign?

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Further reading:

—Helen's cover story on how Britain's political culture turned toxic

—Stephen's run down on the Labour Leavers in parliament

—The Graham Stringer deselection row explained

—Stephen's column on the Lib Dems

—More information and tickets for othellomacbeth