the headlines at 3.00 — the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, urges european leaders to "step back fromhe abyss," a day after theresa may demanded more respect from brussels in the brexit talks. jeremy corbyn arrives in liverpool ahead of his party's annual conference. in a speech to labour's women's conference, he told delegates his is the party of equality. our party, and our movement, will always have the very highest standards so that everyone is safe and secure in our movement, and sexual harassment has no place whatsoever in our movement. the battle for sky. rupert murdoch's 21st century fox and the media giant comcast put in their final bids to take over the broadcaster. tribute are being paid to chas hodges, one half of the musical duel chas and dave, who has died. the singer passed away peacefully in his sleep in the early hours of this morning. he was 7a. and coming up at 3.30, the click live show goes on the road to india, meeting the ceo of india's first billion dollar company. good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. the foreign secretary has urged eu leaders to "step back from

, the brexit secratary, jeremy hunt, sajidjavid, they dominic raab, the brexit secratary, jeremy huntr promise to force a no deal. they don't want a prime minister to stick toa don't want a prime minister to stick to a promise, ministers think that isa to a promise, ministers think that is a bad thing! whatever you think... if she is saying we will go to no deal... she needs that in her armoury, whatever you think about this, she needs to say to the eu, no deal and walk away. they don't think she should say it any more. she's a lwa ys she should say it any more. she's always been stuck, as any leader would be, she's got the two audiences, she has to have a position to the eu but she has to say to her party i'm in this bit and that bit, so many people to keep happy and so many messages to channel to the right people. happy and so many messages to channelto the right people. her party is as late as this country was on brexit, and the same with the labour party, and they will carry on being split hash as split. i don't now how you get through this mess and come out on the other side. she

step back from the abyss — the foreign secretary jeremy hunt's warning to european leaders following labour's women's conference that his is a party of equality. sport and for a full roundup, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly. good evening. liverpool are top of the premier league after making it wins out of six, this time a 3—0 win at home to southampton. all the goals came in the first half, mo salah scoring their third. that makes it seven wins in a row in all competitions, following the midweek win against psg in the champions league, and that's a club record. to be honest, i was not interested in the history before the game. a few tried to do it already, the seventh time. now, unlike hit. to be honest, i like it. so that is cool. but we will try to carry on on that path, the challenges get tougher and tougher. there was also a big win for manchester city. 5—0 at cardiff, aguero, bernardo silva, ilkay gundowan all scored in the first half and riyad mahrez got two after the break, his first goals for the club. city are up to second. sir alex ferguson was at old trafford today,

the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, criticises the way eu leaders treated the prime minister in salzburg, and has urged them to "step back from the abyss" of a no—deal brexit. brexit is set to be a key issue at the labour party conference, jeremy corbyn says a general election should be called if the government can't deliver. iranian leaders accuse us—backed gulf states of being behind an attack on a military parade. 29 people are killed and dozens more injured. and at 10:30pm and again at 11:30pm, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, martin bentham, the home affairs editor for the london evening standard, and martin lipton, who's deputy head of sport at the sun. comcast has outbid 21st century fox for control of sky, in a dramatic bidding battle, after months of boardroom rangling. the auction, ran by the uk's takeover regulator took place this evening, and went to the maximum three rounds. comcast‘s bids of £17.28 a share, beat the smaller bid of £15.67 a share from 21st century fox. the deal values sky atjust over £30 billion. sky shareholders will still

jeremy hunt said they had not given a detailed response to theresa may's proposals.he so—called chequers plan was largely dismissed by eu leaders at the salzburg summit on thursday. last night the european council president donald tusk said the british had already known about the eu's objections, however a brexit deal was still possible. our political correspondent matt cole reports. she was feeling the heat in salzburg, but by friday, theresa may was fighting back. i have treated the eu with nothing but respect. the uk expects the same. this social media post from the man who chaired the salzburg summit, donald tusk, hasn't helped matter, mocking mrs may for what he says he tried to trade pick the best bits of single market. but with increasingly bad blood over negotiations, what next for negotiations? if the eu's view is just saying no to every proposal by the united kingdom and we will capitulate and end up with the norway option of staying in the eu, if that is their view, they have profoundly misjudged the british people. the man who chaired the eu summit said t

the headlines at 11am: the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, urges european leaders to "step back from the abyss," after theresa may demanded more respect from brussels in the brexit talks. on the eve of his party conference — the shadow chancellor says labour would completely renationalise the railways. supermarket chain co—op is to scrap plastic carrier bags — replacing them with an environmentally—friendly version. the battle for sky. rupert murdoch's 21st century fox and rival media giant comcast‘s bidding war for the broadcaster draws to a close tonight. also coming up this hour: a shake—up for army training. press ups and eight mile marches are out — and exercises replicating the battlefield are in — new physical tests for the british army. she's entered this exam and she's done well and she claims her rightful prize. she single—handedly has sent the rhs into a bit of a tailspin. the search for miss harrison — the royal horticultral society appeals for help in solving the one—hundred—and— twenty—year old mystery of a woman refused a scholarship because of her gender. and coming u

this morning the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt has urged european leaders to "step back from the abyssnt leila nathoo reports. eu leaders had turned on theresa may at a summit this week, giving her brexit proposals the cold shoulder, bluntly saying they wouldn't work. and so, on her return to london, the prime minister sought to get back on the front foot, striking a defiant tone in a televised statement, saying talks were now at an impasse. at this late stage in the negotiations, it is not acceptable to simply reject the other side's proposals without a detailed explanation and counterproposals. so we now need to hear from the eu what the real issues are, and what their alternative is, so that we can discuss them. until we do, we cannot make progress. it's the plans agreed by the cabinet at the prime minister's country residence of chequers injuly that theresa may is determined to stick with, but she's yet to convince her own party of their merits, let alone brussels. chequers is neither acceptable to the european union, nor actually to parliament, therefore we need to get on as fast

the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, urges european leaders to "step back from the abyss", a day aftersa may demanded more respect from brussels in the brexit talks. a future labour government could renationalise the rail industry within five years, according to the shadow chancellor. and supermarket chain the co—op vows to scrap plastic carrier bags and replace them with an environmentally—friendly version. now on bbc news, it's time for the travel show. hello and welcome to the travel show with me, christa larwood, coming to you this week from the sunny thames riverside. this is the perfect place to watch the world go by. also a great place to catch up on some of our recent adventures here on the travel show. here's a of what's coming up. blows whistle. i'm actually scared! it's incredible. let's kick off with just some of those trips. in a moment we will see mike in bulgaria, getting an exclusive look inside one of the most famous abandoned buildings in the world. and then we will head tojohannesburg with lucy to explore a once neglected and crime—ridden skyscraper that has been reb

jeremy hunt course near the front of the park coming up on the roof. so that's the current foreign secretary but he was formally the health secretary and he's seen as a bit of a political survivor despite the fact that he presided over the junior doctors scandal here so he's not likely to have many fans amongst the medical profession but as the list goes on to point out he is a real dark horse in this potential race to succeed to resume a there's a reminder next term as well saying that actually when john major won the conservative leadership back in one thousand nine hundred ninety he wasn't the favorite or even the second favorite so jeremy hunt is one to watch out for it looks like and then last but not least we have the current defense secretary take a look at what the list says about him. going to move. in full campaign mode but very reliant on controlling her own departure point. so yet gavin williamson is very much three's mates favorite but the likelihood of her having a say in who succeeds succeeds isn't seen as very big to me i have to say th

the headlines at five: the foreign secretaryjeremy the headlines at five: the foreign secretary jeremy hunthunt urges european leaders to step back from the abyss, day after theresa may demanded more respect from brussels and the brexit talks. lewis grabban‘s penalty. gelling to stab their salah plummeting. nottingham forest extend jeremy corbyn tells labour's women's conferences of the party of equality. our party and our movement will always have the very highest candids so that everyone is safe and secure in our candids so that everyone is safe and secure in oui’ movement candids so that everyone is safe and secure in our movement and sexual harassment has no lace whatsoever in oui’ harassment has no lace whatsoever in our movement. the bidding warfor sky draws our movement. the bidding war for sky draws to a close as rupert murdoch's 21st century fox and the media giant comcast submit their final bids to ta ke comcast submit their final bids to take over the broadcaster. tributes have been paid to

in why did jeremy hunt he had no time you were dancing and hugging mr power putting and why you did that you knew that he is a partner of syrian dictator assert both have blood on their hands you didn't have a guilty conscience no i dance with such a man who is also suppressing his own population is but excuse me. then in that case shall we shake hands with the chinese government shall we shake hands with a number of elements you see don't you think there is a difference between shaking hands and dancing are going on why most important price tag a single. hugging i understand in a different way than you might understand it i didn't how can we dance the s. and i have done so with seven men in the lottery last symbol i'm going to see a wedding what have the symbol for example for people who are suppressed and rush you know it was a private even the yes there is a difference and that's why i understand you have to dialogue guys you have to meet with the dancers but it is your wedding and you have dancing with dance with him exactly yes let me put in russia is also on the e.u. sanctions beca

jeremy hunt's first session was dominated by myanmar.dn't want to go to the country after a un report accused the military of genocide and possible war crimes. he spelt out the disturbing findings made by the un team. this report said that in rakhine state and catch in—state, as well as another, there were gang raping, assaults of children, villages were raised and in northern rakhine, there was mass extermination and deportations. this is the kind of issue where countries that believe in civilised countries have to make a stand. a year ago we began hearing first—hand a stand. a year ago we began hearing first— hand accounts of a stand. a year ago we began hearing first—hand accounts of the horrors in rakhine state. i travelled there asa in rakhine state. i travelled there as a doctor to the region and i'm still haunted by meeting mothers who had to choose between rescuing their children from fires or running with the ones still alive. and yet, the military has now focused its attention on the kachin in myanmar. can the secretary of stat

very good working relation with jeremy hunt and we have a lot of friction inside european union but wedo not have any friction when it comes to prick said highly creative put hugh john and michelle band he got the mandate according to the directives of march twenty seventh team to negotiate on behalf of the e.u. twenty seven and we support him here where we can. with the press it will be a cold bricks and we don't know yet eighty ninety percent of it was stronger cream and. agreed upon the remaining ten twenty percent deal with the question of ireland also ireland with the so-called backstops solution who will. take a customs control and this i myself i would go to ireland because i'm aware of the political dimension when it comes to the irish on both sides of the borders and i was thank you for being on conflict so it was a face. to a. ilk us to a. to go over. to. the old. thank. you thank you. thank you. the to. cut. cut. cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut. cut cut cut. cut cut cut. i'm. making a fashion splash at october for. this year the principal. has created the perfect dental. he

we already know that jeremy hunt shuffling away from it. view before the conference did not rule out the possibility of a canada not rule out the possibility of a ca na da style not rule out the possibility of a canada style trade deal. what is interesting if you get more members of the cabinet beginning to give house room to an alternative to chequers, then you can begin to see them trying to shuffle mrs may away from this unbending commitment to chequers and i think that will be the real thing to watch at this conference rather than, if you like, some of the headline grabbing antics of borisjohnson some of the headline grabbing antics of boris johnson and some of the headline grabbing antics of borisjohnson and so on. some of the headline grabbing antics of boris johnson and so on. some real headline acts later so we will be hearing much more from you throughout the day. in fact, at lipm, tea m throughout the day. in fact, at lipm, team back into us because we will bring you the latest updates from the conference throughout the day, from t

control of the british colony in one thousand nine hundred seventy britain's foreign secretary jeremy hunt has warned european leaders not to mistake british politeness for weakness in brakes in negotiations prime minister to resign may had accused them of failing to treat the u.k. with respect after they rejected her plan on thursday those are the headlines we're back in half an hour right now it's inside story. can trump protect the u.s. president's choice for supreme court judge is accused of sexual assault as well as allegations of death rats and smear campaigns and midterm elections due well the latest scandal affect voters this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. the high stakes standoff is underway in washington over the u.s. president's choice for supreme court judge bret's governors accused of sexual assault by a woman who says she's prepared to testify to congress patrick aligned with force from washington.

foreign secretary jeremy hunt's warning step back from the abyss.e eu leaders' meeting in salzburg. iranian leaders accuse us backed gulf states of being behind an attack on a military parade. 29 people are killed and dozens more injured. we're going to carry on and stay with that story. so iran's supreme leader has ordered security forces to find the criminals responsible for that attack on a military parade. the incident took place in the south—west of the country , near the iraqi border. gunmen opened fire near a stage set up for the parade. videos posted on social media show soldiers crawling on the ground and other people carrying the injured. alanjohnston has the story. a warning, though, you might find some of the images in his report distressing. fear and chaos among the gunfire. moments ago, these soldiers would have been in the parade, marching proudly. now, suddenly, they are under attack. they are desperate forcover, scrambling to survive. bullets whistle overhead, and there are dead and injured all around. then, in the thick of the dang

jeremy hunt was speaking at the conference, i think it was the last speaker. he told a few jokes.llery. he spoke to the party faithful. i think he is positioning himself if the top job becomes vacant. he has very much spoken of this possibility. this was a political speech for the party so they can stamp their feet and say hurrah. i expect a couple of the ex— secretaries would have condemned it roundly and said, oh, this isn't good enough. it makes me warm to him even more because i good enough. it makes me warm to him even more because i think it is time permanent secretaries or retired parliament secretaries should actually zip it. and i quote ruth davidson on boris. i can't understand why you can't see what a sorry state of affairs this is when you have a foreign secretary, i don't care if he is playing to the gallery, i resent the fact that we are supposed to have a sense of humour over someone are supposed to have a sense of humour over someone who is just making, it is an embarrassment. it is an embarrassing thing to say about the eu who are supposed to be our allies in any

the headlines at five: the foreign secretaryjeremy the headlines at five: the foreign secretary jeremy hunt urges the headlines at five: the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt urges european leaders to step back from the abyss, day after theresa may demanded more respect from brussels and the brexit talks. lewis grabban‘s penalty. gelling to stab their salah plummeting. nottingham forest extend jeremy corbyn tells labour's women's conferences of the party of equality. our party and our movement will always have the very highest candids so that everyone is safe and secure in our movement and sexual harassment has no lace whatsoever in oui’ harassment has no lace whatsoever in our movement. the bidding warfor sky draws our movement. the bidding war for sky draws to a close as rupert murdoch's 21st century fox and the media giant comcast submit their final bids to ta ke comcast submit their final bids to take over the broadcaster. tributes have been paid to chas hodges, one half of the musical duo chas and dave, who has died. rabbit, rabbit, rabbit. the singer passed away peacefully in his sleep in

next politician that is the current foreign secretary take a look at what the list said about him jeremy hunt course near the front of the pack coming up on the road so that's the current foreign secretary but he was formally the health secretary and he's seen as a bit of a political survival despite the fact that he presided over the junior dump. his scandal handsome and he's not likely to have many fans amongst the medical profession but as been witnessed to point out he is a real cool and this potential race to succeed to reason may and then last but not least we have a current chain of stores in the united states apparently there was a shooting now reports are indicating that three people are dead the hartford county sheriff's department is saying at this time they're not giving numbers they're saying multiple fatalities and multiple injuries now the shooter has been apprehended and the shooter is apparently a woman is not fitting with the normal profile of a young male that's the typical profile of a mass shooter it is apparently a woman and she has been apprehended and she is in critica

ministerjustine greening. and jeremy hunt talking about as well. well. party can move on to talk about other things. let's discuss this with justine greening. let's discuss this withjustine greening. withjustine greening. challenge given the brexit dominates everything. everything. what do you think the party should be doing? party should be doing? social mobility in nevada we are not counted as a lot of mobility. counted as a lot of mobility. they have got the chances they need for their family. for their family. you about the labour agenda, what jeremy corbyn is doing? jeremy corbyn is doing? them with my oddly appealing to me what a different way? what a different way? should be really concerned about what labour are selling. what labour are selling. in a labour heartland was a biasing all of this before. all of this before. simplistic, ultimately, the wrong answers to these problems. answers to these problems. a comment below that there would not have it. in the country today. up bit day—to—day agenda is being pushed to the second. pushed to the second. i do know want to happen. to

indoctrination and other awful abuses their religious beliefs are decimating britain's foreign secretary jeremy hunt has warned european leaders not to mistake british politeness for weakness in the brig's negotiations says people in the u.k. are content to leave the union without a divorce deal following a speech from prime minister to resign may on friday accusing e.u. leaders of a lack of respect after they rejected her break that plan they've baka reports from london. reeling from her bruising a huge summit to resume a delivered a defiant ultimatum to europe the e.u. should be clear i will not overturn the result of the referendum nor will i break up my country we need serious engagement on resolving the two big problems in the negotiations. and we stand ready she hoped for warm words from my counterparts at thursday's eve summit in salzburg she was instead met with an unequivocal rejection of her latest breaks it plan ever about the share the view that why positive elements in the checkers propose of. just a tremor for a comic corporation will not work. not least because the truth is underminin

a. issues this afternoon, jeremy hunt is speaking later. is speaking later.hat is the message from him? message from him? of the individuals that we need to watch at this conference. watch at this conference. rees—mogg, we know what they will say. say. but the cabinet ministers, who will swing the way? will swing the way? sajid javid falls into that category. falls into that category. sense that they will back away from chequers. chequers. the door at all to another strategy, on some sort of canada type deal. on some sort of canada type deal. interviewed last week and he left the door open to a cabinet option. the door open to a cabinet option. week, they did not quite close the door on a canada option. door on a canada option. maximum dangerfor mrs may and her chequers. —— chequers plan. -- chequers plan. appearance during the course of the week? week? have reached and passed peak johnson. johnson. wading in this morning and describing it as deranged. describing it as deranged. what more can he do? can he do? what more can he say that hasn't already been sai

sixteen the british pm has of course got her back covered by newly appointed foreign secretary jeremy hunt and that's exactly what he did following the tenth summit in salzburg what reason is saying is don't mistake british politeness for weakness if you put in a difficult corner we will stand our ground that's the kind of country we are how effective this so-called poll lightness will be is debatable but let me continue with the plot the effectively has thrown out may's proposed post decided to reinstate the russian anti doping agency as complying with the world anti-doping code. water had given russia a list of demands and a key requirement was that rosado miscreants full access to data and samples stored in its mosque a lab russia agreed to comply the main sticking points had been the reports by canadian dr richard mclaren which led to russian alleged russian run a state sponsored doping scheme the list called for it to acknowledge complicity and doping denies such a program every existed but in a letter to water russia's sports minister admitted that there were issues within the countr

is also interesting is the fact that jeremy hunt is in the article as well, going head—to—head with boris. this is the prime minister who is trying to do her best for britain. what everyone should be doing is actually uniting behind her." he then have a third part of this article which is about the so—called numberten article which is about the so—called number ten explosive dirtied dossier oi'i number ten explosive dirtied dossier on bojo. allegedly. allegedly. within westminster it is common knowledge that the whips have a bit of stuff on everyone. you have a fourth part also which basically says there was a chuck checkers proposal. so which basically... postponed. the thing is to chuck it completely but the document drawn up byjacob rees—mogg completely but the document drawn up by jacob rees—mogg is, completely but the document drawn up byjacob rees—mogg is, european research group, has been postponed. i want to move on and don't worry, there is plenty of opportunity to talk about brexit! it is the front page of the independent as well. while all of this is going on in the uk, apparen

sixteen the british pm has of course got her back covered by newly appointed foreign secretary jeremy hunt and that's exactly what he did following the tenth summit in salzburg what reason is saying is don't mistake british politeness for weakness if you put it in a difficult corner we will stand our ground that's the kind of country we are how effective this so-called power lightness will be is debatable but let me continue with the plot the e.u. effectively has thrown out may's proposed post economic partnership with the e.u. uncompromising and france's present micron is pretty scathing to. just its framework for economic cooperation. it must be clear that. we're. ready to compromise and. first of all this is. for fundamental freedoms. and. single market and this is the way we. remain skeptical and understood this part of the checkers proposal of at this late stage in the negotiations it is not acceptable to simply reject the other side's proposals without a detailed explanation and counterproposals you know teachers or something and i completely respect british sovereignty when i see th

leaders not to mistake british politeness for weakness in the brics at negotiations jeremy hunt says the british are content to leave without a divorce deal the president of the european council says he's convinced a compromise breck's a deal can be achieved after britain's prime minister accused e.u. leaders of a lack of respect in the barca reports now from london. reeling from her bruising east summit to resume a delivered a defiant ultimatum to europe the you should be clear i will not overturn the result of the referendum nor will i break up my country we need serious engagement on resolving the two big problems in the negotiations and we stand ready she hoped for warm words from her counterparts at thursday's e.u. summit in salzburg she was instead met with an unequivocal rejection of her latest breaks it plan every mother's share the view of the positive elements in the checkers propose of death adjusted framework for a comic operation will not work. not least because the truth is undermining the single market the putdowns continued on tasks instagram account a piece of cake w

next politician that is the current foreign secretary take a look at what the list said about him jeremy hunt course near the front of the park coming up on the right so that's the current foreign secretary but he was formally the health secretary and he's seen as a bit of a political survival despite the fact that he presided over the junior doctors scandal has so he's not likely to have many fans and amongst the medical profession but ask them which list goes on to point out he is a real dark horse in this potential race to succeed to reason may and then last but not least we have the current defense secretary take a look at what the list says about him govern move. in full campaign mode but very reliant on pm controlling her own departure point so yes getting williamson is very much treasonous favorite but the likelihood of her having a say in who succeed to succeed isn't seen. very big to me i have to say this all reads a bit like them burn books from the movie mean girls but the list is important because it appears to confirm that regardless of the mechanics of it and how it happens brit

the headlines at 3.00 — the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, urges european leaders to "step back frommore respect from brussels in the brexit talks. jeremy corbyn arrives in liverpool ahead of his party's annual conference. in a speech to labour's women's conference, he told delegates his is the party of equality. 0ur party, and our movement, will always have the very highest standards so that everyone is safe and secure in our movement, and sexual harassment has no place whatsoever in our movement. the battle for sky. rupert murdoch's 21st century fox and the media giant comcast put in their final bids to take over the broadcaster.

jeremy hunt is now summoning the spirit of dunkirk. we are not at war with the nazis. say, janet. but what i just want to say that the only people disrespecting theresa may are brexiters and they do it on a daily basis. there is the irish border question, which has to be resolved and there is only one solution, it is the norway minus because it means customs union and no hard brexit — no hard border anywhere. but stay with salzburg first. janet, did theresa may overplay her hand with this big my deal or no deal? nobody expected chequers to fly, that's not the issue. the issue is how it was treated by the eu figures who definitely overplayed their hand. they have now reinvigorated the credibility of her leadership to an extent that i never dreamed possible last week. macron's use of the word "liars" about a significant proportion of the political class in this country was extraordinary, that's the kind of language you use when you are about to declare war on another country, not in trade negotiations. they have not said anything different from the last two years, that i

agenda britain's foreign secretary boris johnson resigned quite recently a new person is now here jeremy hunt and he tweeted it was an honor to meet henry kissinger in a tweet it that in the past couple of weeks. still the echoes of september the eleventh i did seventy three in a tweet like that. of course and as it is relatively consistent consistent with the decision by the blair government and the new and the positions of a many people him lead the current government in britain and is consistent with sort of generalized western opinion when it comes to a people like kissinger and activities humans involved in september the eleventh because it was the the architect he's one that gave the green light is he in britain tomorrow mainstream media if it's going to cover the hemisphere you're in it he's the southern part of it it's going to be talking about venezuela a believer in revolution that sent me to conspiration from an salvador allende and in a way they've covered him and he's saying you see this is the kind of mess left wing governments get and that the american countries and central ame

the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, urged the country and the conservatives to get behind theresa mayve her the space to negotiate a deal with brussels, that people should have faith in her. it does not seem that will happen. we are at the start of a very important party conference season the start of a very important party conference season and both leaders are wrestling with deep, internal divisions in their parties. in sweden the nationalist anti—immigration sweden democrats have made significant gains in the general election, with the main centre—right and centre—left blocs running neck and neck. our correspondentjenny hill is in stockholm for us. this is an historic night for swedish politics. i am with supporters of the ruling centre—left party. exit polls suggest they have won this election, but a far right party is expected to come third, perhaps even second. for sweden, a country with a long, liberal tradition, that really is an astonishing result. this is their night. the far right just meet swedish political history. the sweden democrats do not like the eu, or migrants, and

let us turn to the daily telegraph and jeremy hunt, the last speaker at the conference.the speech? i did not see the whole speech. we are going to see it. a treat in store. it was fascinating. the eu behaving like the soviet union. rachel. this is outrageous. for a foreign secretary to say. it is embarrassing. they are just damaging the reputation of britain in the world. it is incredibly insensitive. no sense of humour. i do not know what to say to that. what he said was, if the eu punishes britain for a living, other countries will want to escape. i think that probably will happen and we will get punished for leaving, but which other countries want to escape? i cannot think of one. look at the euro barometer surveys and they do not seem to suggest any at all but i think this is not really about what he said, this is about indications of where his particular career might go. another leadership position? you said it! can we make clear about the eu? britain decided to leave, the eu is not punishing britain and secondly, obviously they will give preferential treatment to m