i don't want to go too far down the matthew parris route because he‘s not here to defend himself.er. nicky morgan, etc. and mrs may has a working majority of just morgan, etc. and mrs may has a working majority ofjust 13, that involves the working majority ofjust13, that involves the dup as well of course. a further combination. a word about the harry kane also on the front page of the ft. dramatic photographs of course of two men in some sort of treatable craft but a pretty precarious one. extraordinary pictures. i have read i think in the new york times a short while ago that they are saying five dead. i have not seen that confirmed elsewhere, but given the build—up, the catastrophic floods, the worse the catastrophic floods, the worse the state has seen for 20 years or so they say, if we could hope that was the end of it, five deaths is obviously too many but it‘s not quite what was predicted. fingers crossed, but they are saying this evening we will get to everyone, climb up to your roof and someone. it's climb up to your roof and someone. it‘s not terribly reassuring. it‘s a

as i read this story i thought of what mac —— matthew parris wrote this morning, the fact it was very to take measures. he said that public places, famous streets, should have bollards fitted in them, have the kind of reinforcements that we now have a cross bridges. kind of reinforcements that we now have a cross bridgeslj kind of reinforcements that we now have a cross bridges. i was in berlin this week filming and i was out of the square were you had the christmas market attack and they now have concrete bollards all the way around the square. it does act as a reminder actually that you remain quite vulnerable. that street is always flowing. there are lots of young people. they are aware of where they are. in addition to this, we do have to face reality. there will —— they will always be ahead of's. we have to allow the population to understand that. should we go as far as israel, where you get searched going into shopping centres 7 you get searched going into shopping centres? israel is a tiny country with another ethos in terms of what it is. we are not like that. we will have to