and finally, howzat! is the telegraph's congratulatory note to ben stokes for winning sports personality of the year. almost every front page has been celebrating the world cup winning cricketer. with me is david buik, who's a market commentator at core spreads. let's get stuck in, i want to get to and stokes, i know you are a cricket fan. financial times, the and stokes, i know you are a cricket fan. financialtimes, the un and stokes, i know you are a cricket fan. financial times, the un climate stalemate is the headline, frustration and all sides? frustration, but also the wrong model. it was great when it was 2500, 5000 people rock up to madrid, absolutely desperate to do something about climate change, which is really important. foot soldiers are important but you want the film marshal and major general there.

u nless marshal and major general there. unless you have the united states of america, china and india in the front row, you're wasting your time. -- field front row, you're wasting your time. —— field marshal. these other guys who are transgressing, and these other guys who feel they will deal with the matter when they are good and ready. don't have time. i don't wa nt to and ready. don't have time. i don't want to throw a bucket of cold water on this meeting in madrid, but to be honest with you, it is a complete waste of time. people loved hearing greta thunberg... waste of time. people loved hearing greta thunberg. .. somewhat argue it is not a waste of time, some who represent the island who are already experiencing, they managed to get together and get some sort of agreement on specific issues with whatever they are and what they are facing, which is good news for them. but not as much as they hoped. they wa nted but not as much as they hoped. they wanted to go further. but not as much as they hoped. they wanted to go furtherlj but not as much as they hoped. they wanted to go further. i think they are shouting in a padded cell. this is what i am so frustrated for them, i think the rest of the world is. the format, without draining out about it, was wrong. -- droning about it, was wrong. -- droning about it. the next meeting is in

glasgow next year, and there is a lot of measure kato we are leading. iagree, lot of measure kato we are leading. i agree, but they have to had the big hitters there. even if mr trump, mrmodi and xijinping big hitters there. even if mr trump, mr modi and xijinping are not there, they should send the presenters. because if they are not there it is an uphill struggle. as you say, you need to have the key players in order to see serious projects in terms of what countries do in terms of the climate change policy, what they will do, but even next year, 2020, we have the meeting in glasgow, in the us they have an election at the end of 2020. so that is where the focus on the attention will be in the us. this year with madrid we had the uk election, it is very tricky... if donald trump can't put in his diary, mike pence has got to. who has clout, otherwise our

wasting our time. it was a big opportunity, and you can sense the frustration, the un secretary general antonia gutierrez speaking about it, he is frustrated on the pa rt about it, he is frustrated on the part of those who were there. —— guterres. the time has spread about what the new government will be delivering in terms of its agenda, johnson pledges to spread the prosperity across the country. when you look at blyth, sedgefield, stoke, grimsby, this is not conservative territory, and how fantastic that they should have been won around, and how amazing that the labour party could see this heartland of theirs disappear. and the whole culture of politics seems to have changed, the blue—collar workers have gone tory and what i would describe as the intellectual middle—class, which is basically london, dominates membership of the labour party. borisjohnson i think

understands this, and he realises that he has got to devolve business away from the capital. do you think his time as mayor of london has kind of helped him prepare for this? because of course london is very labour, and yet he became the mayor and at the time, he recognised the fa ct and at the time, he recognised the fact that "i am not a natural choice and yet i will try and deliver what is right for the capital city. and yet i will try and deliver what is right for the capital cityi people felt that he was approachable, and you could get to tower hamlets, walk down the street, hi boris, he would walk across the street and say hello. he has this ability to get the people. one thing that i think he should do, but some have been promoting for some time, is devolving government, getting parliament may be moved to birmingham, to get a lot of departments moved other parts of country, so the rest of the country feels part of the united kingdom. so he has got to deliver. he has to

deliver. big time. and we talk about the united kingdom, scotland is a big part of that, and that will be a big part of that, and that will be a big issue for this current government. but if we look at what the independent is discussing, as are many other papers, is who will ta ke are many other papers, is who will take over from jeremy corbyn, and they have a list of contenders there, faces, four —— four women, one man. it will be interesting. very. i will be blunt and controversial... we expected to be and controversial, go for it. keir starmer, emily thornbury, no way. they are in the elite establishment of london, and that is the problem jeremy corbyn and john mcdonald had. they only had them wrapped up. it was the rest of the country, so they have to have a candidate that appeals right across the spectrum. they need their new tony blair, is that what you suggest. necessarily

because i cannot believe the way jeremy corbyn and donna donald had done it, is at the left—wing emphasis of the labour party, that won't go away. you have to have somebody who will pull the country together. whether rebecca long bailey or others can do that... angela rayner... whether they are in a position to do it, i doubt it. i would like to see if that cooper, i think she ticks all the boxes and i think she ticks all the boxes and i think she ticks all the boxes and i think she is a conciliatory character and it has to be someone like that, who has general appeal across the spectrum. —— yvette cooper. away from politics, though this is a political story. the guardian, the chinese state broadcaster arsenal versus man city match, because of a tweet a tweet from a player who was pro— the dozen week in it, this is china showing that —— the uighur minority. week in it, this is china showing that -- the uighur minority. you know, china have tried to get into football and they have a number of clu bs football and they have a number of clubs that they invest in over

here... they are huge audiences in mainland china. they have everton and southampton, so this has to be listened to. you have to have some sympathy with mesut ozil, he is a turkish muslim who plays for germany, and he is outraged by the treatment of uighur muslims, and you can understand that. but if you go very public on these things, in an area where it is very sensitive, this is the problem, and it happened in the united states, in american football, and people keep going on and they will react. it is a highly charged political statement. and they will react. it is a highly charged political statementm and they will react. it is a highly charged political statement. it is really interesting to have this match pulled from the television as you mentioned, the national football league et cetera, there has been a lot going on, even some very popular tiktok influences who have said things about this in the us, their sites have been closed down. and the hong kong situation, if you start

mouthing off and saying you won't like it... now was ben stokes the right winner of sports personality of the year? the two lady athletes we re of the year? the two lady athletes were superb, lewis hamilton amazing, but that's your man. whoever can forget that 135 not out, and also that final 30 minutes at lords for the world cup final. were you there? i was at the breakfast table, i never moved from nine o'clock until seven, except to do what old gentleman have to do every now and then, but it was electric. this guy is the most deserving member of the... it is the first time a cricketer has won it for a while.“ anybody saw the programme last night, the scottish forward who has this terrible debility disease, dotty weir. it was a wonderful evening, beautifully done by the bbc. but that is your man, king of

sport. —— doddie weir. bbc. but that is your man, king of sport. -- doddie weir. and the cricket, uk cricket... coming back to the bbc! wow! but what is the year ahead. we have a tour of south africa and the west indies and pakistan over here, and then all the boys will be preparing for another four years to keep hold of that trophy, which we are so incredibly proud of. thank you so much, david for joining proud of. thank you so much, david forjoining us this morning. we won't see you until i guess 2020, so merry christmas. and to you too. and a happy new year. thank you for your comments about what you are cooking this christmas. some of you are admitting you are getting a pizza. #bbcthebriefing is the place to look, i will see you soon, have a good day.

hello there. after some heavy overnight showers and plunging temperatures as well, we go into the new week on a bit of a wintry note for some of you. but gradually through this week, we are set to see temperatures rise a bit more widely across the uk, but the pay—off, during the second half of the week, is wetter and windier weather is set to return once again. but let's kick off with what's happening on monday morning. a chilly start, as i said, some showers through the night, that left a covering of snow. and anywhere from wales, the midlands, northwards, temperatures will be low enough for some slippery conditions on roads and pavements, particularly northern england and central and southern scotland, where there could still be some wintry showers, giving a coating of snow over the hills. through the day, western scotland, northern ireland, the showers become more frequent than saw during sunday, with stronger winds. further south, well, a few showers around. one or two will continue towards the south—east, and around some eastern coasts and hill through the day. but overall, a drier afternoon, bright afternoon, and less windy one. temperatures, though, will be the same as we've seen through the weekend, around 4—10 degrees.

and the second the sun sets, they will plummet away. it's going to be another chilly night. a few things continuing, though, through monday night. showers in western scotland, northern ireland, giving further covering of snow across the grampians and the highlands, but something cloudier and wetter spreading in through the channel islands, towards east anglia and the south—east, keeping temperatures up here. away from that, though, a risk of frost, some ice and a greater chance of some fog patches into the tuesday morning rush hour. so, a few things for tuesday to consider. cloud and outbreaks of rain in that south—east corner could continue all day long, eventually easing. there'll be fog to begin with elsewhere. that will gradually clear. a few showers dotted around in the north and the west, more especially towards shetland. many, though, having a drier day, but quite a chilly one. after that cold start, temperatures only around 4—8 degrees during the afternoon. and a cold night will follow with widespread frost and the return of some fog patches. this little bump here is a ridge of high pressure keeping things dry to take us into the start of wednesday. if you avoid the fog patches on wednesday, then you've got a lovely bright, crisp, sunny start to the day with light winds. but through the day, the breeze will be picking up in the west. northern ireland, wales, south—west england will gradually turn windier and wetter. temperatures will be on the rise

into double figures by the end of the day. but much of scotland, northern eastern england, a chilly day with some sunny spells. here, though, we'll see the rain arrive as we go through wednesday night and with a big driving area of low pressure out towards the west of us, southerly winds will keep temperatures up. no frost to take us into thursday morning but we could see a spell of snow before that turns back to rain across the grampians and the highlands. some blizzard conditions for a time. that clears its way northwards. thursday then, a story of sunshine and heavy and thundery showers. quite a breezy day as it will be on friday with more rain for many of you. but as i said, temperatures will be on the up.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: back to business for borisjohnson‘s government. with a new mandate and majority it promises to repay voters by focussing on brexit and the nhs. the fallout from labour's defeat continues. the party says its top team is to meet early in the new year to agree the timetable for replacing jeremy corbyn. health chiefs in england urge parents to vaccinate their children against flu or ‘face a christmas to forget‘. cutting the cost of water. the regulator will decide this

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