we will hear what the house of lords had to say about the brexit judgment. now, mps have been told that the government's refusal to confirm reports of a failed trident missile test may be due to pressure by the united states. defence secretary sur michael fallon refuses to discuss any details of a test reportedly carried out in june. he told mps that the government had absolute confidence in the uk's nuclear weapons system. appearing before the defence committee, an expert suggested there had been a problem with the missile‘s guidance system. american sources only now reporting in the american press on cnn that the missile, quote "had to be diverted into the ocean to self—destruct", which suggests that it may have been heading for land if it had to be diverted into the ocean, if that statement is technically correct. so it does suggest, if that is true, that there was a fairly major telemetry failure that the missile may have notjust been uncertain in its flight but may have...

of quite perverse incentives. a conservative said poland had one of the best education systems in the eu and received eu funds. we have the absurd situation in which we are paying money to the polish people to educate to a high level their students in order for a lot of them, the high skilled ones, to then leave poland in a brain drain and come to the uk, where, by and large, they are employed below their skill level. that may be good for us, although having somebody picking turnips in norfolk with a phd. is a huge waste of human skills, but it is a net detriment, surely, to poland? so free movements of labour from poland, surely this is completely unsustainable for that country? i think what you've described is pretty accurate.