alistair (with accent): he's fit to mind mice at a crossroads. (with accent): he fit to mind mice at a crossroads. well, i have to go down to the station and give some files back to marcus. keep up with the accent. you never know when you're gonna have to go undercover in derry. hey, have you seen marcus around? no, he's probably, uh, grabbing coffee. hey, i just got a call from holding that we got a guy that's sick or something. i know you're not a doctor anymore, but, uh... i can take a look. we've already called for a bus. he was moaning and then nothing. is name? apollo mercer. he's a known pickpocket. i caught him working union square this morning. apollo, my name is joan. are you okay? no pulse. he's dead. oh, he was fine a few hours ago. gregson: get me the desk officer. i want to know what went on in here this morning. you should quarantine the prisoners and anyone else who's been in contact with him to a different location. what's going on? i won't know for sure until the m.e. runs a few tests, but that fluid draining from his mouth is a

alistair: even if the u.k.es it is important to stay in the single market, which i agree with, you have to face the fact we don't know their position. what i think is urgently required is a statement from the u.k. government as to where it stands, which ought to be debated in the house of commons, but i think the second thing we need to have is -- i know there is an eel -- and ill feeling where we were taken aback, but we need to have a grown-up conversation between the united kingdom and with the european union and with other member states as to how we resolve this. how do we take account of what thereitish voted for, but was an awful lot in our relationship that needs to be preserved and built upon because millions of jobs depend on it. david: that is a former checker. he spoke with tom keene and we are happy to have tom keene with us, now will stop it strikes the -- now. it strikes me that there is a lot that alistair darling is pointing to. tom: let's frame what we have. minister may, the conservative party

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chancellor alistair darling on bloomberg surveillance.he bankhe of england announces its latest policy decision tomorrow. the central bank is expected to keep its benchmark rate at a record low and raise its growth and inflation forecast. large issues loom for the economy, including sterling's dramatic dive last month and speculation of a hard brexit. the to talk about challenges and what boe can do about them is dan. seeare expecting a wait and with those buyers tomorrow? dan: absolutely. we think the bank of england will hold tomorrow, and the main reason for that is the better than expected gdp growth data. the economy is holding up better than the bank of england expected in august. you have a .5 number for q3. they were expecting zero so that is a huge upside surprise. the dovish price point comes back to the fact that we think the bank will forecast the economy's slowing into next year. they want to keep the possibility of easy on the table. they do not want to wipe that off the table at the first chance. nejra: the bank of england

alistair darling on a weaker pound-sterling. and new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: good morning, everyone. what one from london and new york, guy johnson and tom keene. this is "bloomberg surveillance." someone i have been wanting to speak to, the former chancellor of the exchequer and from england and his scotland, lord alastair darling. wonderful to have you with us. where will sterling head -- i want a point estimate to you on pound sterling. there was sterling stability under alastair darling. we do not have that now, do we? lord darling: the problem is that we do not yet know what the negotiating position will be, either from the u.k. government or indeed from the 27 other member states of the european union. what you are going to see over the next few months, and maybe a long toe after that, -- a long period of uncertainty -- i think at the moment, we are likely to uncertainty because we simply do not know what the position is. tom: do you need to see a more cogent message from the new government in the united kingdom? d

chancellor of the exchequer, alistair darling, today at 10:30 a.m. london time.d toward november 27 and the autumn statement. bank of england meeting this week. than a years less until germany's next federal election, and the issue of the migration of turkey is likely to remain high on the agenda. in an interview with bloomberg, the coleader of the green party says turkey is a long way from joining the e.u. >> it is not realistic to expect turkey to join the europeans. i do not expect that turkey is moving toward europe. turkey is moving far away from europe. we are discussing the death penalty, cracking down on newspapers. opposition politicians -- just elected mayors, they lose their jobs because thereupon it does not like them. this is not democracy. the: let's talk about eurozone, about europe, and about that economy. population growth one way to drive growth. headlineing at the from our colleagues at bloomberg intelligence that says the euro area economy is showing growth, but not fast enough for the ecb. it is just sluggish at the moment, isn't it? lena: ab

tom: alistair darling, i am confused about this. prime minister may runs parliament. runs parliament, right? rob: her party runs the government. she has the majority in parliament. they are trying to do is avoid a parliamentary vote on article 50 because they do not want to discuss their negotiating position with the e.u. in parliament. the government is trying to push this through by executive order. this is what the court case is about, trying to prevent that from happening. francine: the difference is that if you look at party politics, there is a faction in the tory party that love theresa may at pro-brexit,hat was but the majority are not necessarily for a brexit. that will be the distinction. is: i think another issue where parliamentarian stood before the referendum and where they stand now. parliament might well have supported remain before the referendum but the people have spoken with this result, and that has brought a lot of members of parliament behind the idea that this needs to be respected, the decision. you cannot ask people to vote in a referendum an