you spoke to john macdonald. i'm fascinated to hear what he had to say >> it's fascinating, ease rhe's relishing the idea on the confusion as to their policies, they'll struggle to get this speech through or without the dup, we heard from arlene foster and a flub of people saying a deal is not looking that straightforward. even damian green, the de facto deputy prime minister, the secretary of state saying this morning to the bbc that centsly he's not sure a deal will be possible john macdonald, i asked him a number of questions. the one interesting for the european audience is about the idea that philip hammond, his opposite number on the conservative front benches, has essentially been the one accused of pushing us off brexit we clearly heard that the idea of staying in the single market is off the table, according to david davis, staying in the customs union in the current form is off the table. philip hammond understood austerity was a problem for british voters i issed john m easked john macdd whether he tru