agree on those contentious issues of fishing rights and state competition, without breaking the red lionsether he can sell his deal at home, whether he can persuade those brexiteers who we re he can persuade those brexiteers who were so he can persuade those brexiteers who were so unhappy with the may but on board with his deal, that this deal matches the promises that he made at the general election, and thirdly, michel barnier has to think, can he sell this to all of the european nation states? france has been in some ways the bad cop through lots of these negotiations. it has made a lot of noise about things it is unhappy with. clearly, some of those are genuine concerns, but the hope is that if some sort of compromise can be found between the two sites, if they remain talking in london, it is easier to sell back to other european countries, to the european parliament, and for borisjohnson to sell in parliament at home, too. you will be back with us if you hear anything, thank you for now, nick, at westminster. we will stay with this. philip rycroft is a former permanent secretary at t