Brexit: Has The Arithmetic Changed? / US Government Shutdown

The Irish Times World View Podcast

Denis Staunton from London as Westminster braces for a vote, finally, on Theresa May's Brexit deal. Has anything changed over Christmas? Suzanne Lynch from Washington on the continuing US government shutdown over President Trump's demand for border wall funding, which is about to be felt in a serious way as pay checks and food stamps fail to arrive. Neither Democrats nor Republicans have felt the political heat yet, but that may be about to change.