boris johnson wa nts to relationship begins.a tough position because he needs to at some point make some compromises. we saw him when he was negotiating the withdrawal agreement making compromises and ultimately breached some of his own redlines over the border and irish sea in particular to get out of that deal. he was prepared to ship then, it would not be surprising if he was prepared to ship now. equipped were not nigel farage and his flag? waving a flag in the european parliament in brussels, this was the final official duties yesterday for him and other british meps. a lot of meps and other british meps. a lot of meps currently out of a job but for some like nigel farage, this is what they want, and a happier time to finish... because this is what the campaign for. all the specs of party candidates said that they were voting in protest of the fact that the european parliament would still be there when they thought the uk should have already left. i think this is actually a very happy moment for all of these people and i th

and in terms of the geopolitics of it, boris johnson infrastructure.f the geopolitics of it, borisjohnson is walking this tight rope where donald trump has made clear that the us would deal with huawei and he is unimpressed by allies, he would consider doing so. mike pompeo secretary of state arriving tomorrow but so far the signs are that downing street has managed to play this one 0k downing street has managed to play this one ok with trump, that boris johnson has reassured him and donald trump who is known to take to twitter with great fury when he is riled, has been notably placid today so riled, has been notably placid today so far. you take us to the front page of the telegraph on this because this too is leading on this story. noting that trump assignments. a slightly different take. on the one hand, the i is talking about the uk defined us but in the telegraph is saying that johnson is promising the us that this is only temporary and will end the reliance on huawei. the premise arei the reliance on huawei. the premise are i think is trying to w

boris johnson the british prime minister said that he wants to complete trade negotiations with. within a year is a possible. no i think it is extremely unlikely and we have to remember that a comprehensive trade agreement kind of the for example took over 10 years to complete now boris johnson effectively has less than 8 months because the deal would have to be ratified that is virtually impossible what he may be aiming for is some form of piecemeal solution i think that is not going to be realistic that will not be acceptable to the e.u. member states who have very clearly said that we need to have an in or out solution with regards to the customs union and the single market we conscious cherrypick unless we have an extension of the transition period i think it is very likely that in some of this year we will end up in the same situation that we had end of october last year which is at the edge of a no deal apis thank you for joining us on the fees a member of the european parliament. well even though the u.k. leaves the e.u. tonight they will as you've just heard still be an 1

voted for brics it the prime minister boris johnson says it will be a moment of national renewal government buildings in the capital have been lit up in red white and blue of the union flag a countdown clock will soon be projected at number 10 downing street. and set the clock that you are seeing just the outside downing street and now let's take you to parliament square a celebration party is being held it's been a day of jubilation for many and sadness for all those. reports on the events so far. never before has the e.u. had to do this it hopes it never will have to again experience only an expansion now the e.u. is taking down a member's flag because it is leaving. and looking prepared to leave the e.u. a small party thrown in central london by handful of bricks its most ardent supporters really great to have that that had been smiling about the fact that we can do no good to a future hopefully this country will prosper you know that we have a chain around all that. much of the country is more muted yes this is a moments of huge national significance but little actually changes until th

boris johnson became her successor the bracks champion from the very outset. but even he failed several times at 1st because of opposition in parliament and the bracks a date had to be postponed once more the prime minister made a gamble early elections his strategy worked. boris johnson's conservatives won an absolute majority with this by this majority we will at last be able to do what the pay attention. now after years of political tug of war nothing else stands in the way of britain's departure from the european union. happens in just under 3 minutes so with us to cover tonight slice of european history we have to correspondent barbara faisal in london matches in brussels and he with minister you are a breakfast analyst alex forrest whiting welcome all will starts with you barbara in london nearly midnight in brussels almost 11 in the u.k. bring us the mood that. london just give us an idea of the mood. yes. out of the mood it's quite exuberant because i met rex at central on palm and square this is where a lot of direct cheers people really want to see e

do you trust boris johnson to deliver the kind of brexit that you want? to deliver the kind of brexit that you want? i am going to put my trust in borisjohnson at brexit that you want? i am going to put my trust in boris johnson at the moment, for the minute. put my trust in boris johnson at the moment, forthe minute. that's put my trust in boris johnson at the moment, for the minute. that's all i'm saying. i believe what he says andi i'm saying. i believe what he says and i believe he wants to do the right thing but when he does it or not is going to be a different story. what have you felt about the atmosphere here tonight?m story. what have you felt about the atmosphere here tonight? it has been atmosphere here tonight? it has been a great atmosphere. everyone just wants to have fun and get along. and obviously some people, you know, they just. .. obviously some people, you know, theyjust... theyjust don't like that we've left, but... they are just going to have to get over it. if you look ahead to the next couple of years, what will brexit success loo

prime minister boris johnson's hunt for new trade partners has turned to africa but his past comments on the continent as well as double standards when it comes to commerce there are raising fresh questions shouting at once daschle reports. prime minister boris johnson is on his latest charm offensive in an attempt to re-establish and boost post threats at business relations and his efforts to woo he's hosted the u.k. african summit right here in london addressing several african leaders though interestingly it was on a much smaller scale conducted his counterparts in russia and india china boris johnson's affair was slightly more intimate hosting just $21.00 of the nation's representatives though in his pitch the prime minister did acknowledge there were various competitors when it comes to investing in africa's economy but said that britain in fact would lead the way and nobody could match britain's quote breadth and depth of expertise and while presenting the u.k. as one of the finest partners for africa boris johnson also mentioned the change of the immigration system within the u

well that was a prime minister boris johnson he said we're going to turn the situation into a stunning opportunity what do you think where those 2 points would make it should be for the 1st one to talk to talk talk about leveling up the country and investing the north and so on aren't totally thought but actually been done without direction but that's not the pens of berkshire that could be done by previous governments and should have been done by previous governments but the point i wanted to make a bridge was this one of your. particular bomb a hog without being interviewed by journalists because he has been refusing to go on the b.b.c. i just stopped as ministers going on the b.b.c. we talked about trust in politics a moment ago he will be properly interviewed we saw that today election campaign but he refused to do under the new york and that's good to diminish trust in politicians if if you want face up to the heart arguments from german was done you were highly critical of trees a mayor your thoughts and on boris johnson i think the point where boris scored his goal charisma and

i think knowing boris johnson, look forward to that. 'd be quite glad to note johnson—ism knowing borisjohnson, he'd be quite glad to notejohnson—ism exists. knowing borisjohnson, he'd be quite glad to note johnson—ism existslj was glad to note johnson—ism exists.” was the man who invented johnson—ism. there'll be some a nswe rs johnson—ism. there'll be some answers on a to that. our trade correspondent dharshini david is here, we were talking about pressures on the union, and i know this is chris's favourite subject. but boris johnson is very clear that we will have some customs checks for those things that will go to northern ireland into the rest of the european union. but apart from that, there will be very little friction. what is a trade—off on that?m there will be very little friction. what is a trade-off on that? it is one of those things where you think it sounds good, but is that the reality? probably not. there will be more trades, there will be far more checks and we have at the moment. and even if you look at what's going on

boris johnson and his cabinet marked the occasion in southend early, the first place to declare for brexit the 2016 referendum. mr. johnson is due to make a speech tonight but aside from that, no official events are organized. it was very different in brussels, where members of the european parliament have been celebrating. correspondent: tomorrow, there will be one fewer. the british flag will no longer fly at the european parliament. brexit mps staged a special departure from the building. they have achieved their political goal. >> this s is happening. the wars over. there is n now a battle for the shape of our relationship with the euroropean union, our r role with the rest of the world, but this is the moment. it is done. correspondent: european leaders acknowledge the relationship with the u.k. will be different. >> we are sending a message that is extremely clear, simple and strong. we, the european union, hope and want to keep the closest possible relationship with the united kingdom, but we must be clear on the subject. the more the u.k. decides to divert from european standards,

misled the queen we ask what is boris johnson is that the public on the man who was his top advisor tells us johnson shot to britain's responsibilities in the fight against climate change all the more coming up in today's going on to grab a 1st straight to why the european union has been forced to announce it will start printing tens of billions of euros from the vendor joining me is research head of university college london the institute for innovation and public purpose thanks for coming on how bad are things above after 11 years after the bailouts of the financial crash the e.c.b. has to do this that's previously pretty 2.6 trillion between 20152018 yeah i mean we are now i think in sort of a japan type situation where you know it's been over a decade since the financial crisis we've had these massive monetary stimulus in the u.k. in the us europe the e.c.b. in japan we still haven't got anywhere near the levels of growth. that we had pre-crisis the output gap between to protect what could have the growth we should have had and more we do have remains very long yet we were in a b

no i think boris johnson and the government keenly aware that their big victory in december came at a big cost to this country in terms of divided communities in terms of damaged and undermined institutions as he scrambles almost immediately to prove the great benefit of britain for the whole country he obviously would like to see the whole country behind it he doesn't want to be doing anything now to deepen those wounds and he said just an hour or so ago that his big priority one of them would be reconciliation and an enormous challenge that will be as we hit now i think the stroke of 11 pm thank you. daryn. or are.

boris johnson, so far, seems to be indicating he will not gndnt another re. >> boris johnson's positions untenable. scotland, we won 45% of the vote, 80% of the seats in scotland. boris johnson only 143% of the seats in the u.k.. he cannot see that he has a mandate for brexit with only 43% of the vote if he says we don't have a mandate for independence ferendum with 45% of the vote. is keee are going to d trying to move people toward independence, keep talking about the benefits of it, and if you seen the outcome of that, polling for the first time sinc 2017 showing that yes is ahead, peopleant scotland to be an independent country. christian: what she also said was that scotland needs to be part of the european union because he needs to be a modern, progressive, open, tolerant country. you can be all of those things with a separate political system to the e.u. >> but the problem is, we have a political system that means we are joined to the u.k. joed to the u.k., we don't have freedom of access to movement, freedom li immigration that we would like. i have seen tfi cultural be as well

and boris johnson will have to find a way to outline what he actually wants.on last yearin i think we learned the lesson last year in terms of the process. and the steps that have to happen before something is agreed. the eu was already saying that their mandate before anything starts, talking large. so you get a feeling of what actually the reality of it is. as you said, we don't have enough negotiators but the eu, this is what they do. they know, there are processes for this. staying with the telegraph, on the other side of the front page, violent offenders avoiding prosecution through the further prosecution. what does that mean exactly? very interesting story this. they are saying that basically far lower level offences, the telegraph story cites things like criminal damage, afraid, drug possession, low—level drug dealing, offenders will be allowed to escape prosecution if they agree to rehabilitation as part of a deferred charge scheme that is already been ruled out with a number of police forces. the uphill there is that you can really cut cost, you can

we thought a theresa may or boris johnson dealwould do.resa may or boris johnson deal would do. in your own plan you are trying to have it both ways and that failed. we were trying to bring together both sides, whether they voted leave or remain but i think the idea that brexit was the only issue in this election or even that in our heartlands it was the determining factor because if you look at what has happened in our heartlands, we have been losing votes for a long time over the period. but the point is not about either of the policies or any of the policies individually — you were pa rt policies individually — you were part of the top team that has just taken labour to part of the top team that has just ta ken labour to another part of the top team that has just taken labour to another historic defeat. how can you be the person to turn the page? because we need to restore the trust and understand what has happened. i do not meet anybody on the election trail who said everything is fine, i don't wa nt said everything is fine, i don't wa

there is talk of having boris johnson addressing serious statesman.isjohnson addressing both houses of congress. clearly it is likely he will abandon the aggressive behaviour because he wants to have a deal to show because then he can show off his statement ship. maybe if we hold our nerve long enough he will cave? yes, just like the first days of brexit! we can't finish without making reference to terryjones, the monty python star who has died at the age of 77 and this is a lovely picture on the front of the independent from a smiling terryjones in his younger days. wonderful. i'm far too young to have experienced it at the time but i love monty python growing up because it is one of those things that passes down the generations. we all watch life of brian and appreciate his genius. i remember him being very political, very outspoken about things, torture in the us and wars, he did not hold back from talking about political opinions. so nice to hear about him beyond the perform at he was clearly a real polymath. —— and. beyond the perform at he was c

boris johnson will urge the country to come together as they leave the european union. t is not an end but a beginning. the u.k. has an 11 month transition period to work out its relationship with the e.u. shares of amazon soaring, coming out results that crushed wall street estimates. amazon has 150 million subscribers to its prime service, up 50% from two years ago. global news 24 hours a day, on air and @quicktake on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. hurtado.ana this is bloomberg. tom: let me do a data check, one screen. i want to get to a chart on china and the virus affect. stability even with interest rates lower. u.s.d a 1.38 handle on the two year, dipping down lower in yield. francine: i wanted to show you what was happening in pound because this is the day the u.k. leaves the e.u. it did move a touch as we found out an hour ago but there are two cases of the virus in the u.k., briefly moved, and went back. rising,iser ring -- treasuries up a touch, and earnings a bit utter than expected. all the foot -- bett

that will be difficult for boris johnson.e of all the different national and supranational if you can use that word, epic economically and sexually, no offence to anybody, it's economically tiny. politically it's economically tiny. politically it's enormous. semi—different issues and kind of a patchwork of all sorts of different things that might explode on their own. the signs in the uk side that they do not want to do, and is agreed till everything is agreed, they want to do this piece by piece and may be that the only way that they can really get it done. because could you ever get all agreed? barnier who is staying on a chief negotiator said and went into bit more detail but what i got the impression from him that the deal the other stuff will be conditional on two other deals being done first, one the fisheries deal, which they wa nt to one the fisheries deal, which they want to have done and dusted by the summer, and also an arrangement and agreement on the so—called level playing field. how you manage economic competit

moammar gadhafi and how stable is restored all star power sharing in its recording of a money and boris johnson's vow to rule out prosecution of u.k. soldiers during the troubles we talked to the doobies ian paisley jr and shin feigns from seem a lot about putting irish before english all this more coming up in today's going on the ground a 1st you gave labor leader jeremy cool been defended his election manifesto against boris johnson the prime minister's questions on wednesday almost seeming unaware it has been rejected by the british people but while his party in fights over its pro israel leadership candidates the subject of democracy itself was raised by this scottish m.p. the prime minister said in the letter to the 1st minister of scotland. right of the people of scotland to have a choice over their own future mr speaker this was not a surprise the prime minister is a democracy prime minister boris johnson denied that allegation before later being asked arguably about defacto democracy in syria a country johnson voted to bomb my constituent resigned i came to the u.k.'s tells especially je

prime minister boris johnson's meeting in the past 48 hours with irish prime minister lee of erotica but kamerad could be trusted as johnson drives to extricate the u.k. from the european union revelations from one of his former cabinet colleagues alan shatter in his new book frenzy and betrayal the academy of a political assassination arguably suggests a lot of justice and defense minister. joins me now from naples in florida alan before we go to more pressing issues arguably about ireland and its place in the european union tell me about the book frenzy and betrayal the anatomy of a political assassination and why it may interest any politician or person in public life concerned with the truth well the book really has 2 different levels to it the main story is extraordinary and bizarre events that took place in ireland in our politics in the 2014 period i was central to those events i was minister for defense and minister for justice at the time and politics were really taken over by a variety of allegations all of which were false which are cast doubts both on my honesty and my cap

welcome back this week scotland's high school to rule boris johnson unlawfully shut down britain's parliament on tuesday the u.k. supreme court will scrutinize whether the new prime minister misled the queen will arguably johnson has previous when it comes to preventing scrutiny over nothing less than global catastrophe johnson's former advisor and u.k. special representative for climate change so david king joins me now so david welcome to going underground so i'm going to say surely just selwyn's i mean you've got a sense of a climate repaired in cambridge operating time just celebrate britain is the 1st country in the world to declare a climate emergency. does britain have reason to be proud about it self well i think britain has been playing a leadership role in action on climate change since the 2000 and. i believe it's fair to say without britain's actions the paris agreement in 2015 wouldn't have happened just to back that up. i was chief scientific adviser with blair from 2000 for 8 years and subsequently i was brought back into government by cameron during the coalition government pe

from what we know will fill the like you know what is not very high because boris johnson doesn't have anything to offer to the euro fills the friends of europe here and that is more or less half the population people who think britain would have been better off staying in the european union and to regret leaving and regret losing their rights to travel freely and work freely within the e.u. because he from what we hear once a rather hard practice it trades a simple trade agreement only with the e.u. and he wants to get away from european rules and regulations and the remainder is the people on the other side of the divide. right here the ones who are not here today at this party they would rather stay closer and sort of snuggle up to the to the bed as much to europe as they could under the circumstances that is not very likely to happen so they might be pretty frustrated in the end barbara hazel in london thank you. we'll get more on this now from database project on this to alex forrest whiting who's followed every twist and turn of the process for more than 3 years well alex so midn

boris johnson wants to affecting the special relationship. to hit various us firms like facebook, and google with a so—called tech tax and as well as this he doesn't want to be in the iranian nuclear deal and on top of that, he wants huawei involved in 56 provision in a limited point around the uk. the us does not agree on any of these and is threatened all sorts of reaction. the least controversial ironically is iran because borisjohnson has managed to almost sued the white house by suggesting the deal would be rebranded the trump deal. in the white house is tweeted saying, excellent. with davos, threats by contrast that they won't co—operate on intelligence sharing if they let huawei in, fears of chinese intervention and international security infrastructure. meanwhile, the us treasury secretary. steve mnuchin, says they might come back with tariffs on the us car ——uk car industry. in this post brexit era, the uk doesn't really want to be cheesy of the united states. at a time when the chancellor is saying there won't be such a close relati

boris johnson, priti tough on crime... shades of tony blair.'re going to on particularly violent offenders, early release and we are getting some indication of the measures they're going to take doing that. i do find it the inclusion of lie detector tests which have widely discredited repeatedly slightly strange. this is in exactly the super clever blue sky thinking dominic cummings was talk about because it was tried in the 90s. this weekend we had one of your fellow newspapers saying boris, where is the beef? how many weeks ago was it that we had a general election and of course we had christmas and new year, but this presumably is part of the beef... that was the mail on the sunday editorial. it was interesting because the point it was making we are quitea because the point it was making we are quite a few days into the first 100 days, 30 something days in and you would have expected announcements. i spoke to kyser cover the blair era as well and a penny back at that point, they were press releases announcing every week. and here instead, we

boris johnson looks to oppose. the 1st of a u.k. africa investment summit despite past comments about the continent that were far from glowing. a very warm welcome to you watching r.t. international with me. now the u.k. on to doping agency has said it's refusing to provide the global doping watchdog wada with case some polls from british run as a request for the materials came as part of an ongoing drugs investigation into the nike oregon project harvey discussed the issue with are. talking about a 4 time olympic gold champion a 6 time world champion in athletics a runner from great britain and he's one of the biggest athletes of the modern generation now there has been speculation for quite some time that such a success story may have been somehow tainted by the use of performance in hands and drugs of beauties as we know them but obviously that was speculation until last year one of the coaches of the former coach of alberto salazar of the oregon project was slapped with a 4 year by the u.s. and i don't. agency for allegedly dopi

president trump will come to blows with boris johnson. this is all about the sg with boris johnson.the 56 network and huawei. it is actually yes —— less than a year ago that we lost a defence secretary over the contracts in question over the security aspect. this story says the security aspect. this story says the borisjohnson the security aspect. this story says the boris johnson is the security aspect. this story says the borisjohnson is on course for a diplomatic war, understated as ever, with donald trump and if you wish cabinet row over plans to hand huawei access to the sg cabinet row over plans to hand huawei access to the 56 phone network. and this is about the ongoing view and concerns of us government that this would allow a trojan horse into the communications network, particularly between us and the americans. and their whole security apparatus. this and the most unlikely scenario is that donald trump has suggested that britain willed an alternative to huawei together with the us. if only it were that easy. and i think that has been dismissed as a little overambitious fu

of course this is down to break said british boris johnson thinks that quick trade deals can be made with african countries he may have another thing coming to him of course china is notable for its massive trade investment strategies in africa they've been going on for more than a decade actually they've been going on for centuries but of course in the new chinese error they have been continuing where the british companies with their colonial reputations with their reputations for linkages between themselves an arms deals and appalling mining mining scandals are regarding british companies is another matter similarly there are british troops in mali there is a strong british military presence so how the military presence the scandals over mining over the colonial inheritance how these all feature in a sudden easy quick fix to brics it problems as regards britain's trade deficit will have to wonder about that beyond the arguable bluster of today's meetings. iran is threatening to quit a global nuclear nonproliferation treaty and to preventing the spread of nuclear weapons and signed

boris johnson the prime minister is on his latest charm offensive in an attempt to restore bush post bricks at business relations in his attempt to will he's hosting the u.k. african summit right here in london and dressing several african nations but interestingly it was on a much smaller scale than that of his counterparts like that of russia and china this time around for a strong sense it's a much more intimate affair hosting just $21.00 african countries though in his pitch the prime minister did acknowledge the competition coming from various other nations when it comes to investing in africa's economy but insisted that no one can match britain's quote breath and depth of expertise and while presenting the u.k. as the best partner for africa he also mentioned the change to the immigration system which he hopes will attract africa's best talents we in the u.k. have a very to jordan continuing to convince people across the continent that we're not just a great friend and ally a reliable ally but also the people you should be doing business with you'll be pleased to hear my friend

own future mr speaker this was not a surprise the prime minister is a democracy prime minister boris johnson denied that allegation before later being asked arguably about defacto democracy in syria a country johnson voted to bomb my constituent resign that came to the u.k.'s toughest refugees fleeing persecution and human rights abuses committed by turkish backed places in syria have how many remain in the area and she is and daily fear for their life that there are multiple reports of human rights abuses against civilians in syria including every court said test forces used fice white phosphorus against children johnson said he has raised human rights with his nato partners we have brought raised our concerns about the operation in northern syria with the turkish government be present early on several times and. we should lead to poor any abuse of human rights but turkey is of course very much on britain's side in the country boned by his former etonian friend david cameron and tomorrow chancellor angela merkel hosts a conference following on from vladimir putin's in moscow to seek peace i

of course boris johnson's argument is european partnership.se borisjohnson's argument is he's letting his ministers do the talking, the masters... we wouldn't have seen theresa may do that. in any devil medic situation that she faced during her tenure, any devil medic situation that she faced during hertenure, she any devil medic situation that she faced during her tenure, she did not shy away from those big moments at the dispatch box. she could have easily dispatched gavin williamson at the time, but she didn't, she spent a lot of time at the dispatch box dealing with foreign affairs and very serious devil medic issues. you know much better than i do, that is not just the arithmetic know much better than i do, that is notjust the arithmetic but know much better than i do, that is not just the arithmetic but the atmospherics have completely changed, from having had theresa may and fora changed, from having had theresa may and for a few months, borisjohnson having had a very disputations, confrontational parliament with every vote on a knife's

so would you agree that boris johnson is on a bit of a dilemma?ister's questions of.|j think it is quite clear that he

is boris johnson the leader britain needs? george osborne, welcome to hardtalk. good to be here.to begin with a pithy quote, words from a p pa re ntly with a pithy quote, words from apparently delivered hours after the 2016 referendum when witnesses reliably informed us as you say, and i will paraphrase because you were using a rude work, and you said that, "dave is screwed, i am screwed and other countries are screwed. " do you now believe in retrospect that the country was and is screwed? i think leaving the eu was a bad decision for britain but... . the language was stronger than a bad decision for britain. i think brexit has an impact on the economy, makes people poorer than they would otherwise be in the country and diminishes britain‘s influence in the world but we have now is a country had two chances to have a say on that, one in the referendum and second in the general election, which happened just last month, and so now we which happened just last month, and so now we have to move on to make the best of it and i don‘t do so because i think, you know, brexit is a bonus t

it has taken a while to hear from boris johnson directlylj it has taken a while to hear from boris johnson that will surprise most people because it is now five days since the crisis first blew up and it has taken until the crisis first blew up and it has ta ken until today for the crisis first blew up and it has taken until today for boris johnson to make any public remarks and he only did so today merely because he had to as it was ministers questions and he was challenged in the house of commons about the crisis by the labour leaderjeremy corbyn. in part thatis labour leaderjeremy corbyn. in part that is because of a new approach from downing street and they are determined not to have the prime minister responding to event and every crisis and as they see it they wa nt to every crisis and as they see it they want to delegate more responsibility to other cabinet ministers. it also reflects the fact that in this post brexit world boris johnson reflects the fact that in this post brexit world borisjohnson is having to perform a very delicate balancing act on the one hand, staying on board

network something that was something the trump in pompei or urged boris johnson not to do there's now some tension all these problems all could either help or hurt these trade talks only time will tell though and trump author of his famous book the art of the deal could make things a little bit more tough with his pal boris johnson bill and kate from across the pond back to you. in washington thank you very much indeed well they're going to head forward we've looked at what could happen with the trade deals with looks at the consequences for the country but let's also look at the consequences for the for the e.u. itself when diane do you think that this could start a domino effect especially not the do you think it will help bring them closer together i think that there is a real fear that the domino effect could start happen and that's why certainly some of the key figure heads merkel at the moment macron also to some degree from the netherlands they are all talking about you know let's keep the club together we don't want any more you know people trying to flee the club and also the

boris johnson saying not at all. how do you see customs checks being carried out and what effect will they have on businesses on both sides of the border? janet: that's a very important question because the placing of our so-called -- something that has been one of the consequences of the deal that boris johnson signed, and so despite what he says, i am convinced there will checks. e some the checks will likely happen, going both ways, and so although some of the courts are equipped for carrying out some kind of checks, the volume of checks will be much greater because of the traffic that has been done nder e.u. regulations. businesses still aren't clear what kind of checks will be needed. peoplele will have to be traini in order to manage the paperwowk that manany of the small businesseses that have not been accusteded to thinkiking of thememselves as exportersrs wilw have to o get trained to deal wh the new requirements that will be put in front of them. so it's going to have quite a big impact on small businesses