alpesh patel is joining us again to discuss.riving there as well. snowstorms arriving there as well. get into work, particularly now many people just don't travel? people just don't travel? about business angle when lives are being lost. being lost. hospital staff staying overnight in hospitals and so on. hospitals and so on. extraordinary and uplifting from that angle. that angle. perspective it will have to hit sales soon. sales soon. has taken and i feel sorry for those non—online retailers. has taken and i feel sorry for those non-online retailers. non-online retailers. had to cross—country skiing to work in the past. in the past. driving with caution and allowing more driving time. more driving time. and you have a three—day—old baby that was born in the snow. that was born in the snow. he was born in cyberjust down the road. born in cyberjust down the road. thank the midwives who stayed behind. behind. midwife carol in particular at the portland. thank you. that's it from business live today. web page and on world business

with me is alpesh patel, ceo of praefinium partners.ly ever have the daily mirror, we thought we would look at the tabloid headlines because it is the tabloid headlines because it is the kind of story that they love. the headlines, the big splash on the front page. russian mi6 spy poisoned. the newspapers are brave journalist two, they are already starting to blame the russian. can they make it clear, vladimir putin, sally and i are wearing red in solidarity, we are being forced to do this story. i look at russia today, how are they going to defend this? are they even talking about it? they talked about it and said maybe they were taking some drugs, this couple who are now in hospital, because that is where you take your opioids. another reason they had was why would you kill a non— threat? it obviously has nothing to do with russia, things like revenge are on russian. we don't know if they are involved, we could be imagining it like election interference, it could just be somebody who decided to help vladimir putin. the broader questio

with me is alpesh patel, ceo of praefinium partners.

we have alpesh patel in west london, who voted to remain in the eu but now wants to leave.nk you all for speaking to us. i am interested what you make of these reports this morning that there will be five tests that theresa may says any deal will have to meter. dami, do you think that is a sensible step forward ? do you think that is a sensible step forward? it makes sense in the context of a negotiation, you need to have a deal that meet certain standards before you proceed with it for the country. my concern is about the wasted 20 months we have had since the referendum. the government has not been able to come up with an actual consensus of what it was trying to achieve during that time. i concern is about the wasted time we have had over that period. —— my concern is. it has been unclear what the government wanted and it does not make sense for people to say it is clear what they want in terms of an exit negotiation. alpesh, what do you make of the five tests ? alpesh, what do you make of the five tests? do you think we have been given enough information? the fifth elem