lawrence gosling is joining us again to discuss. this is double—edged.ld like to be forever more! and at the same time as he is saying that, we have got this extraordinary, the most senior military figure in the uk saying we have got to look after our internet cables, communications cables on the sea bed, because the russians will be out to cut them. putin is at the start of his election process and said he would not start an arms race again with america. and the guardian is reporting the student peach, the chief of the british defence staff, saying it is not so much about arms but cutting the cables that give the connective world we live in. and if you go back to 2013 when russia annexed crimea, one of the first things it did was cut the cable so that part of the world was disconnected from the west. that part of the world was disconnected from the westm that part of the world was disconnected from the west. it is a big statement to say they will do it. that is essentially what he has said. yes, and there is plenty of evidence and sir stuart peach taugh

with me is lawrence gosling, editor—in—chief of investment week. welcome back, lawrence. thank you. the british press is very accessible with what happened, and some would say for good reason, the first major loss for theresa may in terms of defeat in parliament when it comes to brexit, how significant is this? probably not that significant, when you think one of the whole issues around brexit for the whole issues around brexit for the uk has been this issue of who controls our own destiny. a lot of parliament has been very upset with the way the government has been running negotiations and they felt they haven't had enough said so it was inevitable that she would lose this boat —— say. it's about the mps saying you negotiate, we would like to debate the final outcome because we are the elected representatives for the country —— vote. we are the elected representatives for the country -- vote. the government are at pains to say they will get to vote on the final outcome, that's something that's been agreed, but the issue is whether they would have a decent length of time to look at

enshrined in law under president 0bama in 2015 — but under the trump administration it looks doomed lawrence goslingember it well because we covered it is a big story in 2015. the arguments for and against? the argument for is that the internet is open to everybody, in effect the argument against is partly a round of fa ke argument against is partly a round of fake news issue, that is part of the discussion as well, it also part of the fact that you can see the pipes that take the internet is being a public utility like an electricity grid. for the trump administration and physically sick —— plastic situation of the regular isolation. —— deregulation. —— plastic situation of the regular isolation. -- deregulation. service and have been lobbying for this to be changed, the argument is that if you be changed, the argument is that if y°u pay be changed, the argument is that if you pay more because you are a business or an individual that needs faster speed and more broadband rings, as it were, if you pay more you get more. whereas there may be a household or individual that does not need that, so why s

lawrence gosling, thank you. change when britain leaves. the home office has announced that the covers will revert to blue from 2019. the new design won't carry the eu insignia and for some brexit campaigners the colour blue has become a symbol of independence. earlier i spoke to the journalist and editor of standpoint magazine, danieljohnson, and ash sarkar, senior editor at novara media, to hear their views on the announcement. it will be a modern, high—tech passport with biometrics and all that stuff. we have not yet been told what the wording will be, whether it will still be her britannic majesty and all that, i imagine it will say citizens rather than subject these days. to see this as going back is perhaps not quite the right way to do it, this is not about nostalgia, this is about britain being proudly independent, reasserting its sovereignty, its independence and values. i think that cannot be bad. how on earth could we continue to have the old burgundy passport when we are no longer part of the eu? ash,