maxine edmonds was one of the number of viewers are surprised at the prominence being given to a second—handsn‘t gossip. he either said it to you or he did not. the account that i have seen, a lot of that is brussels gossip. later in the week, that line changed, with the prime minister attacked european politicians and officials, who she said had issued threats against britain timed to affect the election result. at a press conference hosted by david davis and phillip hammond, laura kuenssberg tried again to get clarity on the state of discussions between the uk and eu. can i ask you both not simply to hide behind the fact that there will be negotiations. in this election, don‘t voters are allowed to know how much taxpayers‘ cash they are stumping up, is close to zero or 100 million or zero? again, the bbc‘s political editor faced questions from viewers. margie emailed: and a viewer called jim asked: well, it‘s not just the conservatives who have been under scrutiny in this week‘s election coverage. on tuesday, the shadow home secretary diane abbott was questioned about labour‘s plans to rec