the first suggestion of which is "chuck chequers".ole bends it like beckham" says the mirror, after the famous footballer successfully fought an allegation of speeding on a technicality. the daily mail leads on a victory in the war on scammers, as they report that banks have pledged to introduce new alerts and checks to stop customers transferring their money to fraudsters. the heads of britain's leading independent schools have urged universities to stop making unconditional offers, which almost a quarter of students recieve, the times reports. and the express splash on what they call a "funding scandal", as more money is given to try to defeat cancer than dementia. let's ta ke let's take a quick look at some of oui’ let's take a quick look at some of our front let's take a quick look at some of ourfront pages. let's take a quick look at some of our front pages. lovely to have you wrote with us. we've been gripped by evans on capitol hill. let's dive straight in and start with the guardian —— events. the senate committee hearing. jen

, does he wa nt to the phrase chuck chequers, does he want to derail it and step into number ten anding it but connect the dots it's very hard to see how it would be politically sustainable for theresa may to change her political position and stay post with any credibility or authority. he seems to be using increasingly colourful language about brexit in particular. yes and we've all so seen him stepping it up, we have his weekly telegraph column, i think in about six hours we will get another dose of this and that has had the rhetoric having higher and higher and we've had things like a white flag fluttering and this seems to be a more extreme way of suggesting surrender and not being good for the country. he said chequers is a disaster. if you are ratcheting up this much the question is where is it going which is why i think a lot of people, everyone basically agrees that he has his eyes on the leadership, the question is when is that move and rather than ever and people are looking at the tory conference as a point we know he is going up, doing a conservative rally and that would

borisjohnson party to, as they put it, chuck chequers.s party to, as they put it, chuck chequers. borisjohnson is the poster boy for that flood and think we will see him walking back on that language any time soon. helen, thank you. there was high drama at the us open tennis last night. naomi osaka won the women's title, but that's a side story to what's happened on court. her opponent, serena williams, had a massive row on court with the umpire. the 23—time grand slam champion was warned for smashing her racquet, docked a point for a coaching violation, and then docked a game for calling the umpire a "thief." patrick geary has the details. you owe me an apology. you owe me an apology! i have never cheated in my life. i have a daughter, stand up for what is right for her... this was not the story tennis wanted or expected. serena williams furious at being warned for receiving coaching, then penalised again for verbal abuse of the umpire. all this in a match she hoped would take to grand slam 24. it truly overshadowed a sensational victory

number one, chuck chequers, scrap the irish backstop, negotiate a canadian style deal, prepare for no deal and start trade negotiations from around the world in april. quite a checklist for mrjohnson.. 4000 word essay, from mrjohnson, relatively temperate language. he describes this as a moral delineation and a democratic disaster, not going of the other horrible things he said. this is a seriously intellectual person, but the whole. .. seriously intellectual person, but the whole... really? but the whole brexit process has divided this country, and i think we are all sick to death of it. i have some sympathy with prime minister made. she can't give us an update on every day of what is going on —— prime minister theresa may. obviously what happened at chequers, there were huge elements that borisjohnson and david davis did not like apple, and they should have come out then. as i understand it the word on the street is sirtim understand it the word on the street is sir tim barrow and ollie robbins knew that they had very little chance of delivering chequers to michel barnier. i don't l

borisjohnson sets out his own plan for brexit — arguing that the uk should "chuck chequers" and negotiateree trade deal instead. around 1,000 headteachers march on downing street to deliver a letter requesting more funding for schools. europe complete a sweep in the foursomes, for the first time in ryder cup history — they lead by two points, on the opening day in france. this is not some great, big, fat joke. it's all real, breed. and glenn close and jonathan pryce star in ‘the wife' — we'll find out what mark kermode thought of that and the rest of this week's releases in the film review. it's 5pm. the political dispute about president trump's nominee for the us supreme court is continuing in washington. in the next couple of hours the senatejudiciary committee will vote on whether to move forward brett kavanaugh's nomination. some democratic senators walked out of the hearing, as the exchanges became increasingly bitter. it follows yesterday's dramatic testimony byjudge kavanaugh and professor christine blasey ford, who has accused him of sexual assault. he strongly denies the allegati

the chuck chequers is the wonder is jacob rees—mogg, the european research group.tory conference? clearly, this will be worrying number 10, surprising number10? i be worrying number 10, surprising number 10? i don't think so. let's turn independent. it looks according to the exclusive as though the eu came up with a possible answer to the question of what to do about the northern ireland border only for it to be rejected out of hand which makes you think, what hope is there any kind of compromise deal being done? wejust any kind of compromise deal being done? we just don't know what the compromise was from the european union. the original backstop was to keep northern ireland within the customs union and the single market and have a division down the irish sea, which is unacceptable to the british government. but the trouble is, day by day we get conflicting bits of advice coming in and out of brussels. one minute michel barnier says, we can do a deal and the next minute he says, it is rubbish. next minute he says, it is rubbish. next minute the talks are back on t

number one, chuck chequers, scrap the irish backstop, negotiate a canadian style deal, prepare for nol. quite a checklist for mrjohnson.. 4000 word essay,

and so why doesn't my right honourable friend accent his get out clause and chuck chequers now?ission and michel barnier have raised concerns around some aspects of the economic departure, he's right. equally, we had positive feedback from member states and we are confident that as we work through these proposals, they provide an enduring solution to the challenges we face and that the eu face, and that is what we are pursuing. and brexit plus labour's problems with anti—semitism came up the next day at prime minister's questions. we are continuing to do what we've always been doing, which is working to get a good deal with the european union for our future relationship once we have left the european union, but it is entirely right and proper that we should prepare for all eventualities because we haven't come to the end of the negotiations. i say to the prime minister quite simply this, she can't keep dancing round all the issues. a jibe at the prime minister's dancing during her recent african trip. mr corbyn wasn't finished. the prime minister has repeatedly said that no deal

to theresa may's eu exit plan by brexiteers, as supporters of a no—deal option launch their "chuck chequersek. michael gove, on the other hand, has urged tory rebels to back the chequers plan, with the metro reporting that the environment secretary says a future prime minister could renegotiate once britain has left the eu. and your daily aspirin could actually be damaging your health, if you are over 70, that's according to a study featured on the front of the daily express. shall we start with brexit? i wonder when i won't say that one night! the metro, michael gove, telling ribose, possibly surprisingly, that they should get behind the plan because it can be dealt with later if necessary. it's quite difficult because as we know, we voted for brexit so we'd better get a move on. and we knew it was coming up soon. we had all these people and lots of money going into how to sort it and now we're saying, it's really sorted, so we'll do this thing where we have everything as it was before but we won't have anything like any of the perks but we'll go out and then get divorced. it's like shippi

tory rebels warn she must chuck chequers now or risk a humiliating defeat.shots have been fired? if you make the wrong choice, the consequences can be unpleasant. they'd be unwise to test support for the chequers plan? they'd be foolish, because chequers would find it had very little support. jacob rees—mogg says that if you put it to the vote, that's your dirty harry moment. "come on, punk, make my day," he says. this is, look, every member of parliament, when it comes to that vote, i'm sure will recognise the significance of that vote. do we really think that if the european union, we've been through this negotiation, we get to the point where we've agreed a deal, that if parliament was to say no, go back and get a better one, do you really think the european union is going to give a better deal at that point? i want to be clear whether you are saying, i think you are, "my deal or no deal." i think that the alternative to that will be not having a deal, because i don't think there will be, a, i don't think the negotiations would have that deal, and, b, we'

they want her to shark checkers —— chuck chequers.e like this, have cap and said they would not vote for a snap general election or do anything that might risk putting jeremy corbyn in power and that is the real nub of this. the tories are wondering, can they live with themselves? one party that does want a general election is of course the observer but a lot of pressure on the party now to back another referendum on brexit and the 0bserver has a front—page saying, we must back members and new banks or third, watson tells corbyn. a lot of labour party members want this. lot of labour mps want that but the real unknown is what is happening, because i am not clear where momentum is in relation to established left—wingers in the party, which relates to this story, people like john mcdonnell aware of where they are sitting because it does look very metropolitan, this argument for a second referendum but we will come onto that when we discussjeremy corbyn we will come onto that when we discuss jeremy corbyn because we will come onto that w

chuck chequers. compromise plan, where parts of the economy stay under eu rule. but a blast at the continent from the platform from the foreign secretary — take britain's proposal seriously or rue the day. if you turn the eu club into a prison, the desire to get out of it won't diminish. it will grow, and we won't be the only prisoner that will want to escape. applause. 0n the edges, here, a full throated cry for a brexit very difficult to what the government is agonising over. this is not the queue to see a serving minister speak from the platform. this is the queue right around this conference centre to hear disgruntled brexiteers explain why the prime minister has to ditch her chequers plan. it is not only a dying duck in a thunderstorm, it is the deadest of dying ducks in any thunderstorm in recent history. applause. agony over europe has been the talk of tory conferences for years. agony this week will be over exactly how we leave, but the negotiations are, remember, in the closing stages. priva

borisjohnson sets out his own plan for brexit, arguing that the uk should "chuck chequers" and negotiate canada—style free—trade deal instead. also this hour: a jet crashes in a lagoon off a remote island in micronesia in the western pacific. it's thought the plane just missed the runway as it attempted to land. all 47 people on board were rescued. hundreds of head teachers from england and wales protest against what they say is the chronic under—funding of schools. and the ryder cup is under way in paris. it's evenly poised so far, as europe attempt to wrestle back the trophy from the us. good morning. it's friday 28th september, i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the coroner at the inquest of a girl who died after eating a sandwich from pret a manger has said the compa ny‘s labelling is still inadequate two years after her death. the coroner said 15—year—old natasha ednan—laperouse — who had a severe allergy to sesame — had been reassured by the lack of information on the packaging. the coroner — who recorded a narrative conclusion at west london coroner's court — said h

he coined the phrase chuck chequers.en step in and take control at number ten? if you connect the dots, it's ha rd to ten? if you connect the dots, it's hard to see how it would be politically sustainable for theresa may to change the plan and stay in place with any authority. he seems to be a fan of using colourful language when it comes to brexit. he is stepping it up. he has the weekly telegraph column so i think weekly telegraph column so i think we will get another dose of this. that rhetoric has been getting higher and he has been talking about a white flag fluttering. this seems more extreme way of talking about surrender. he has described chequers isa surrender. he has described chequers is a disaster. if you are ratcheting it up this much the question is where is this going? everyone agrees now that he has his eyes on the leadership but the question is when is that move. when, rather than if. people looking at the tory conference. he is doing a rally. perhaps we will see him make bolder moves. there are some rum

it is not about changing prime minister, he says, it is about chucking chequers. how pleased he was with that rhyme. 0stensibly he is suggesting that they want to ditch the planned but not the prime minister, which would bea not the prime minister, which would be a plausible styles if he hadn't been throwing verbal rocks at her for the last... how many months? years? ijust for the last... how many months? years? i just don't for the last... how many months? years? ijust don't buy it. why can't you just take him at his word, natalie? laughter . i know, so many people always say that. of course, it is absolute nonsense. it might as well be dracula saying he doesn't really like blood. it isjust implausible. borisjohnson yearns to like blood. it isjust implausible. boris johnson yearns to be prime minister, he goes to bed thinking about it. i don't want to think about it. i don't want to think about anything else in that sentence. of course he wants to be prime minister. what he might be waking up to is the fact that, almost inevitably and politics, the person who wie

i believe it's time to drop the deeply flawed chequers proposals, to chuck chequers and stand up forxit. if we don't deliver it, it will have huge repercussions for the country and the government and the future of the conservative party. is borisjohnson conservative party. is boris johnson preparing conservative party. is borisjohnson preparing for a leadership bid? i think boris johnson leadership bid? i think borisjohnson is doing what a lot of us are doing, trying to persuade the prime minister to drop the chequers agreement. at the end of the day, the chequers proposal is not the brexit we promised the british people. it doesn't take control of our borders or our money oi’ control of our borders or our money or laws. it will keep this as a battle state, and we will be a law taker and battle state, and we will be a law takerand a battle state, and we will be a law taker and a captive market for overpriced eu goods going forward and unable to enjoy signing up free trade deals with growing parts of the world economy. that is the main economic benefit of brexit. if the prime minister

"chuck chequers" — that's the message from the group of tory euro—sceptics whose opposition to theresas been increasingly vocal. but whether or not their call is loud enough to spark a leadership contest is still not clear. members of the european research group met last night. it's reported they did discuss ousting theresa may — but how much support they have, and who they would support to take her on... well they're not there yet, it seems. today, the erg has unveiled what it says is a solution to the irish border question. downing street has reiterated that chequers is "the only serious, credible and negotiable plan which is on the table' leila nathoo reports from westminster. brexiteers walking tall in westminster this morning with one purpose, to try to prove they have an alternative vision for how britain's departure from the eu would work. but what of talk that some of their colleagues on the tory backbenches are now openly discussing a challenge to the person in charge? does brexit mean new leadership? the prime minister is worthy of support, she is extremely dutiful in attendi

that idea of chucking chequers, she has made quite clear thatis chequers, she has made quite clear thatt she has to put forward. she it is the only plan of the table. that is right to some extent. the other one number ten has put forward but there are people that say there are alternatives. and that the uk could pursue a free—trade agreement. other schools of thoughts that the uk could stay in the single market and customs union by membership of the economic error oi’ customs union by membership of the economic error or similar, so i think what theresa may critics will hope is that by increasingly the number of voices saying the plan is not workable including now the yvon sanquer leigh eu she may be forced to pursue one of those other options but at the moment she certainly is not going down that path because both options are equally politically fraught, whichever way she turns he is facing a roadblock. i think the backstage of this is to get to the tory party conference and then will be about trying to negotiate with brussels to overcome some of really difficult areas in the question o

one mp quoted — anonymously — "if she won‘t chuck chequers then i‘m afraid the party will chuck her".circular firing squad being depicted. let‘s bring in jonathan blake. it would be funny if it were not so important, but these are fraught times for the prime minister. they certainly are. the fa ct minister. they certainly are. the fact that there was that meeting last night where a large number of conservative mps were openly discussing the prospect of a leadership challenge, how and when they might go about that too best co—ordinate their efforts is undoubtedly significant. but you have to bear in mind that that talk was at this stage simplyjust talk. there were not any senior members of the european research group, which is heavily opposed to the government‘s land on brexit and once the prime minister to change tack completely. no senior members were there. today, today, have been very quick to dismiss that talk that the meeting last night. asjust frustration. people getting angry and fed up with the government‘s direct in and exploring the options of what to do about it. they say t

borisjohnson sets out his own plan for brexit, arguing that the uk should "chuck chequers" and negotiate

but if she will not chuck chequers, how long can it continue? firstly, don't put words in my mouth.th coverage on the bbc news channel, we will say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. from that point of view it is a verifiable proposal to get the attention of the government and the attention of the government and the attention of the union. the government chose to go with the variant of the newcastle partnership which the union itself says will not work. and if it don't work, it would have to work... that want to be a cce pta ble have to work... that want to be acceptable in the negotiations. we will end up in a different place, each reset after salzburg and there should be part of that. can i get clarity on why the prime minister did not go for this initially? was there too much negativity? you will have to ask her. my view was originally the proposal and issues of screen mining and facilitating customs and they are streamlined and facilitated elsewhere in the world, norway, sweden, whether it is the usa or canada, the trained of customs arrangements, or switzerland, the trend is toward

theresa may is resisting pressure to chuck the chequers plan.pproach which they believe would answer the irish question. 0wen patterson, who we will hear from later in the programme admits there is "absolutely nothing new" in the proposal. but they believe that with existing technology and systems already in place they could avoid that hard border with ireland. in brussels, the european commission president was laying out his plan in his final state of the union address. he wants the eu to be a bigger global player, with the euro rivalling the dollar. and there was just a bit of support for the pm's chequer‘s plan although he was careful not to say too much. 0ur brussels reporter adam fleming is in strasbourg and has been talking with the commission president. do you want the eu to be a superpower? i don't know what that really means. i want the eu to become a major player in the global scene. superpower? i don't like that expression. we have to be super but not a superpower. that was adam talking tojean—claude juncker. when it comes to what he

of all borisjohnson who went on the attack again yesterday in an article and said that chequers needs to be chuckedppen on brexit. theresa may never short of critics in terms of her chequers plan and a lot of people urging herto drop chequers plan and a lot of people urging her to drop it but the business secretary greg clark today saying it is still the deal they are pushing through and that negotiations are ongoing. the government defending chequers as a possibility but we have had another tory mp heidi who backed remain indyref friend who says she doesn't think chequers is workable because there aren't enough people who will voted who was aborted in parliament and therefore she thinks there might have to be a people's vote or another referendum, she has been speaking on the today programme. another referendum, she has been speaking on the today programmelj was speaking on the today programme.” was prepared to give chequers, as long as possible, i am not entirely surprised the eu have pushed back, i thought they would push back on goods and services and free movement of people which i would have

saw him at the back end of last week with this magnum opus of a work, 4500 words on why chequers should be chuckeddid an interview with my colleague laura kuenssberg, also putting the boot in and this morning, describing mrs may's plans as deranged and entirely preposterous. that was put to the party chairman brandon lewis, did he think it was acceptable to describe the plans in that way? boris has his own style of using language. the party is focused around being behind the prime minister to deliver a good deal for the uk as we leave the eu. but is it appropriate? you will have to ask boris what he thinks of the language we are using. you are his german. and my focus is on making sure members have a good conference and work with the prime minister to make sure we are delivering on a domestic agenda, on the issues that matter to people and on brexit, making sure we get a good deal for the uk that leads us continuing to grow as an economy in the future. that was earlier on breakfast and we will hear a lot more answers like that in the next few days, it is a lwa ys that in the next few days, it is a

‘s very critical of the british government is a she‘s and her message is that you‘ve got to chuck the chequersn in person. so she wants to see more political engagement from politicians on the british side. an inquest into the death of a 15 year old girl who died after eating a sandwich from pret a manger — has been hearing from british airways cabin crew. who died after eating a sandwich from pret a manger has been hearing from british airways cabin crew. natasha ednan—laperouse who had a severe sesame allergy, collapsed during a flight from heathrow to nice, and died within hours in 2016. we can now talk to our correspondent, dan johnson, from outside west london coroner‘s court. what have the crew been telling the inquest about this tragic case? one of the crew on that flights from heathrow to nice has described how, 30 minutes from london, he was approached by natasha‘s father, saying that she was having an allergic reaction and that he needed to give heran allergic reaction and that he needed to give her an eppy pen injection. now, the witness says, as that was being done by herfather, he

we found that we are in considerable degree of agreement that chequers is rubbish and we should chuckave a free—trade deal. should chuck it and we should have a free-trade deal. add to that, many former remainers share that opinion. the biggest problem is how people see this, the chequers deal is now more unpopular with the british people than the poll tax. was. and thatis people than the poll tax. was. and that is why it is untenable to take forward. we are more than two years into this process, it is far from over, activists pushing for another vote sends things may go their way, and for labour, the discontent in the tory party is more evidence of the tory party is more evidence of the government's struggle. there has to bea the government's struggle. there has to be a trade agreement with europe and their customs deal with the european union to protect those jobs, nobly voted to lose their jobs. if the government is incapable of negotiating with the eu, they should move over and let someone else do it seriously. despite the lack of love for the chequers plan in parliament, the prim

and he and i found we were in a considerable degree of agreement, that chequers is absolutely rubbish and we should chuckand what we should have is a canada—style free—trade deal. the debate is heating up in the week mps return to westminster, as the brexit clock is ticking. we'll have the latest from brussels and from westminster. the other main stories on bbc news at five... a warning to tech firms, from the home secretary, saying they must make a bigger effort to tackle child sexual abuse online. the met office confirms that this summer in england was the hottest on record and the joint hottest for the whole of the uk. it is a useful show. it can do many great things and i am sure it will continue to do that. the broadcaster chris evans announces he's leaving radio 2 after 13 years to take the helm at virgin radio's breakfast show. and england's highest test—scorer alastair cook announces he will retire from international cricket after this week's final test against india. it's five o'clock. and our main story... in the week parliament is set to reassemble at westminster, the debate around the brexit

we found that we are in a considerable degree of agreement that chequers is absolute rubbish, and that we should chuckshould have is a canada—style free trade deal. add to that, many former remainers share that opinion. the biggest problem for me is how people see this. the chequers deal is now more unpopular with the british people than the poll tax was. and that is why it is untenable to take forward. we are more than two years into this process, but it is far from over. activists pushing for another vote sense things may go their way, and for labour, the discontent in the tory party is more evidence of the government's struggle. there has to be a trade agreement with europe and a customs union with the european union to protect those jobs. nobody voted to lose theirjobs. if the government is incapable of negotiating with the eu, they should move over and let someone else do it seriously. despite the lack of love for the chequers plan in parliament, the prime minister has no intention of budging from her position. the view in number ten — compromise might not be popular, but they believe they have p

we found that we are in a considerable degree of agreement that chequers is absolute rubbish, and that we should chuckt what we should have is a canada—style free trade deal. add to that, many former remainers share that view. the biggest problem for me is how people see this. the chequers deal is now more unpopular with the british people than the poll tax was. and that is why it is untenable to take forward. we are more than two years into this process, but it is far from over. activists pushing for another vote sense things may go their way, and for labour, the discontent in the tory party is more evidence of the government's struggle. there has to be a trade agreement with europe and a customs union with the european union to protect those jobs. nobody voted to lose theirjobs. if the government is incapable of negotiating with the eu, they should move over and let someone else do it seriously. despite the lack of love for the chequers plan in parliament, the prime minister has no intention of budging from her position. the view in number ten — compromise might not be popular, but they believe they

she has to sell the chequers deal to them at this dinner and they chuck out the next morning, debatedongst themselves and come up with some sort of verdict. it's one thing being difficult and another annoying people, isn't it? craig zach orr. she has people around her, her own cabinet, fighting like cats in a sack and there is all this stuff about philip hammond and, in fact, in other papers there's stories that we know. priti patel and steve baker have been accusing downing street of leaking the briefing by mark carney, the governor of the bank of england, his briefing he gave to cabinet earlier this week. also going back to the sunday times, this interview with theresa may. there is a huge rebellion in the cabinet against philip hammond, the chancellor, who seems to be speaking perfect sense to me, but i am not in the cabinet. let's look at the sunday times. sajid javid, tax cuts would help the uk to help with a no—deal brexit. wilby brexiteers like this as an idea? say it won't be necessary because it will be fine? javid is quite curious. this is part of his pitch to become the lea

they can start chucking around ultimatums in a few weeks, he is not disappointed, coming out with this ultimatum of voting against the chequers wants a customs union and the ha rd you wants a customs union and the hard border, he wants conditions for workers and consumer standards all protected. it's all played very well to everyone in the hall, and eve ryo ne to everyone in the hall, and everyone enjoyed it. he has that thing where he does not quite say what he wants brexit wise, so eve ryo ne what he wants brexit wise, so everyone pins their hopes on him. the remainders think that he might still want to remain, he might give us still want to remain, he might give usa still want to remain, he might give us a vote, he never comes out and says it's a belief that hanging in the air, and everyone makes up their mind about what he might be thinking so everyone mind about what he might be thinking so everyone is happy. it's supposed to be clearer, it and it's clear until the end of the speech, where he said it was all still to play for. i love the bit where he said to theresa may that we will go with you provided that you proud ——

and he and i found we were in a considerable degree of agreement, that chequers is absolutely rubbish and we should chuckk that was the way forward and has published charts showing that. so, interestingly, eurosceptics and mr barnier are in greater agreement than eurosceptics and the government, or mr barnier and the government. it was very encouraging. in case you're counting — it's 207 days until brexit happens. and roughly two months from when a deal needs to be done. it will be needed to be signed off by all the national parliaments within the eu. but still the conservatives can't agree on what they should ask for — let alone asking for something the eu agrees to. this is helpful from laura kuennsberg. here's ben wright in westminster. i feel like we have talked about this before, the tories are not agreeing that they have got to agree soon because the deadline is coming up soon because the deadline is coming up but surely they do have to agree very soon? it is remarkable that we are seven months away from the date when we leave the eu and the conservative party is more split than ever about the basi

and he and i found we were in a considerable degree of agreement, that chequers is absolutely rubbish and we should chuckve is a canada—style free—trade deal. i mean, he seemed to think that was the way forward and has published charts showing that. so, interestingly, eurosceptics and mr barnier are in greater agreement than eurosceptics and the government, or mr barnier and the government. it was very encouraging. it is very clear from the reported remarks of michel barnier in the german newspapers this morning that the government's proposal for the facilitated customs arrangement and the common rule book are not acceptable to the european union and it is clear, therefore, that what is on offer is either a deal like canada, which would not give us what we need, or, my view is, remaining in a customs union with the european union. hilary benn, the chair of the european select committee. we can talk to katy balls, political correspondent for the spectator, who is in westminster. and anne mcelvoy, who is senior editor at the economist — she is in our paris bureau. katy balls, let me start with you. i sense

and he and i found we were in a considerable degree of agreement, that chequers is absolutely rubbish and we should chuck