Anybody else listening to the BBC's Mark Mardell's podcasts under this title?
The first series looked at our relationship with EC/EU etc from before De Gaulle's veto up to the referendum.
Second series are described as 'a post mortem while patient is still in surgery'.
Latest episode, number 15, looks at role of May's (then) Chief's of Staff, Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill and her speech to 2016 Conservative Conference.
Conclusion seems to be that because it was a party political event the speech was written to appeal to the faithful and without benefit of advice on full consequences of what she offered. In particular that red line about jurisdiction of ECJ effectively closed door on remaining in the free market and customs union.
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