— decade to attend the british irish council that brought together the leaders _ council thatinister and continue — with the new first minister and continue to try and find ways to work— continue to try and find ways to work together, freeports being a good _ work together, freeports being a good example of that, whilst acknowledging it is not that we are going _ acknowledging it is not that we are going to _ acknowledging it is not that we are going to agree on everything. that is a very lengthy — going to agree on everything. trust is a very lengthy response but the uk government routinely ignores the scottish government and the uk can legislate in devolved areas. you have the option of a section 35 being used for the first time and scottish ministers are being reprimanded for saying that brexit is bad for scotland when meeting foreign delegations, do you think this muscular unionism is working for you? this muscular unionism is working for ou? .. ., , , ., for you? there are examples of the uk government _ for you? there are examples of the uk government and _ for you? ther

scotland but of wales i was also the first prime minister i think in over a decade to attend the british irish councilhat brought together the leaders from across the united kingdom and the republic of ireland that was born and received i met with first ministers in my role and have done with the new first minister and continue to try and find ways to work collaboratively together for freeports being a good example of that whilst acknowledging with it's clearly not that we're going to agree on everything but it's good to have very lengthy and important we now have a situation for the uk would routinely ignores scottish parliament legislative consent motions the uk can now legislate and evolved areas nuclear option of a section 35 being used for the first time the scottish government ministers are even being recommended for saying brexit is bad for scotland when meeting foreign delegations do you think this muscular unionism is actually working for you. >> no as i said i think there are examples of the scottish government uk government working together particularly to deliver things like freeports um b

i was also the first prime minister i think in over a decade to attend the british-irish council thatught together the leader some across the united kingdom and the republic of ireland. i met with first ministers in my role and have done with the new first minister, and continue to try and find way to work collaboratively together for free ports being a good example of that whilst indulging its clued enough that we're going to agree on everything but it's good to have a dialogue. >> very lengthy and important, we now have a situation -- the uk cannot legislate -- your option of a section of 35 being used for the first time the scottish government ministers i can be recommended for saying brexit is bad for scotland when many foreign delegations. do you think this muscular unionism is actually working? >> i think there examples of the scottish government and you can come working together particularly to deliver things like freeport but you imagine the section 35. without that in the past. it was clear there were concerns about the operation of that law on uk wide, uk wide competencies i

council. let's talk mercury prize awards. this celebrates the best british and irish albums of the year. fred again are leading the shortlist. the full ceremony will be in september. time for ten seconds of sea lion chaos. this is the moment sea lions were charging at people to chase them away on a beach in san diego. trust me, i'd have legged out of the quick time. that is my worst nightmare. you are all caught up now. see you later. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm marc edwards. here's what's coming up on our programme. australia agony, nigeria ecstasy. big shock at the world cup with the co—hosts facing early elimination. better news on the cricket, though — ashes advantage for australia, who edge the first day of the final test. a new runner in the race to sign rasmus. paris st germain hunting hojlund, submitting a take it or leave it bid for the atalanta star striker. hello and thanks for joining us on our show. we begin at the women's world cup, where the first major shock of the tournament has occurred. co—hosts australia, ranked 10th in the world, were considered competition d