let's big to sir malcolm rifkind.ho voted for donald trump, he is doing what he promised. the executive order he signed was a foolish one, but we can't expect the fact that he is the president of the united states, elected by the american people, and this is something he said he would do. that does not mean we sit back and do nothing, it means we sit back and do nothing, it means we ex press we sit back and do nothing, it means we express our disapproval and secondly if we have the opportunity and the united kingdom is in a special position here, we can but in a polite and firm and robust way to make our representations to the president and those around him and toa president and those around him and to a significant degree that is what theresa may has been doing. we have had some progress as far as dual nationals are concerned. a lot more work needs to be done, but it can't be done by a megaphone diplomacy or cancelling state visits. it's a mature approach that we need to have these matters are dealt with. the megapho

so martin ripped conveyor, the former mp. —— sir malcolm rifkind.e uk — matthew barzun will be here. we were asking about his thoughts on what is going on in washington and new york. snow and strong winds are expected to cause disruption across much of the uk over the coming days as the met office warns the country will receive a ‘real taste of winter'. scotland and northern ireland are already seeing plenty of snow. schools have been closed and there's a warning about ferry services. heathrow airport has cancelled dozens of flights this afternoon, and engineers have been working to reconnect power to homes in the north of scotland as well as in cheshire, yorkshire and cumbria. daniel boettcher reports. heavy snow has already hit many parts of scotland, up to 20 centimetres in places. with warnings of more to come combined with high winds. eight polar air masses bringing freezing conditions. it has caused problems on roads and police say there have been minor accidents in the highlands, while in central scotland, the m71; was closed for a time and t

. —— sir malcolm rifkind. is sir tim barrow up to the job?former ambassador to russia, he is political director, one of the top london—based posts of the foreign office however his experience is not in detailed eu negotiations. he does not have the kind of experience that his predecessor had. he has the ability to carry out the same task but he will have to do a lot of reading between now and the end of march. but you're confident he can do that? yes, he is one of the top—notch diplomats, he has done eu work, on the political security side rather than the negotiations. one of the problems, and this is a correct point that ivan rogers made in the e—mail that has been published, how relatively few people we actually have in the united kingdom with experience of four example negotiations on trade matters. it's not a criticism, for a0 years, britain, france and germany have not done their national negotiations come it has been done by the eu on oui’ come it has been done by the eu on our behalf, so this is a big issue. if you were foreign secreta

that is the current foreign secretary, let's speak to the former conservative foreign secretary, malcolm rifkindell, i think it genuinely reflects the views of a large number of people in the united kingdom, but you cannot conduct international relations on the basis of the number of people who may or may not have signed a petition. but there is a general feeling that maybe the extension of a state visit was held out too early, was not something we could have held back? cull you seem to misunderstand the point of state visits. they are not meant to be a personal to the individual invited, nor a reward for treatment they have carried out. we had a state visit from the president of china a few months ago and china is not exactly a democratic country that respects human rights but it was crucial in order to advance the united kingdom was my interests and influence china in its behaviour. if that is true of china it is to be at least as true when you're dealing with someone who whatever we think of them, and i have no admirer of mr trump, but he is the democratically elected president of the united