with me is lawrence gosling, who's editor—in—chief of what investment. talk about this story on the front page of the daily telegraph. we heard from the little piece we had five minutes ago, this is quite a coup, isn't it, a diplomatic coup for theresa may to get this international backing? it is, and so much of uk politics at the moment is about brexit and how unpopular her brexit plan is. here, she almost has unilateral support for the uk government's views on russia. she has the us on russia —— the us on one hand, and all the major european partners supporting her. the daily telegraph now reporting that the head of the uk's secret services is talking about, essentially, retaliation from the uk government. it isa retaliation from the uk government. it is a piece of good political news that the prime minister needs currently. the uk is pushing for new sanctions on russia. there are already pretty stringent controls and sanctions around russia. do you think it is going to be successful in pushing forfurther think it is going to be successful in pushing f

lawrence gosling, editor—in—chief of what investment joins me now. where do you stand on this?s it somewhere in betweeni think it is somewhere in betweeni think it is somewhere in betweeni think it is somewhere in between. —— is it a scam. we are seeing these currencies being issued nearly every day, they have become mainstream. they nearly ten yea rs have become mainstream. they nearly ten years old now, so that says something about the credibility. at the same time, they are also outside the same time, they are also outside the traditional banking system. the traditional banking system is expensive in the current world, and if you think about the way we have all got used to the likes of paypal or apple pay, other ways of paying for things that are cheaper, quicker, that is where cryptocurrency is coming in and the traditional banking system is under some kind of threat and challenge. what is the situation here, because we've got a currency or a whole basket of currencies are not being regulated? that basket of currencies are not being regulated ? that sounds basket of currenc