i mean, what's michel barnier up to? and all the taskforce 50 people? maybe, were theyjust watching you walk around wearing the withdrawal agreement?! i don't know. avoiding me like the plague, when i was dressed like the withdrawal agreement. which i thought they'd enjoy. you'd think they'd be rushing out and, like, kissing it and hugging it and signing it! well, no, it's an interesting combination, in that you've got... so, i had lunch with someone today who's worked every single day for the last two and a half years on brexit. they're going off to a different job. lots of other people have moved on because they thought brexit would be done by now. so, actually, the number of people who've got real, real knowledge and a real sort of passion for this issue is starting to dwindle. and then, that'll be dramatised in a few weeks, when charles michel takes over from donald tusk as president of the european council. yeah. his approach may be very different. bearing in mind back in the mists of time, when we were discussing a brexit extension for the first t

the commission was negotiating with michel barnier and others and this group of 27. it was not a small thing to be done but it was done. the commission played its role and the british didn't like that role. what happens when it comes now to trade talks because again, there are those who say once the withdrawal agreement is passed, that is the end of brexit but then phase two starts. again, there is talk of the possibility that the uk might try to, if it negotiations are going on a long time, for the commission to say, germany, why don't the uk and berlin do a deal on cars for example. would that work? the commission is in charge of trade policy. to some extent the commission can't really move with member states but this future trade agreement and i'm in favour of having a free trade agreement with britain and it has to be negotiated, not with the member states but with the commission. definitely the negotiations were a flawed process and the brexit process has gone on for a very long time, longer than anyone expected or wanted in fact. but surely, the eu also had a r

michel barnier said it will take up to three years and that's before you add us trade talks or traderies that will put, potentially, our nhs on the table. we are in episode one of a ten season box set and if you don't like what you've seen up until now, you don't have to watch the rest. critics of the conservatives say a no—deal exit will be back on the table if they win because they said they won't extend the next part of talks on future trade beyond 2020 but their representative last night, rishi sunak, said a deal could be done. you said he couldn't get a brexit deal, it will be possible, but he did, he got a great new deal and got it in three months! plaid cymru, meanwhile, were less than impressed with jeremy corbyn's plan to stay neutral. no wonder people don't have faith in politicians when the leader of the labour party, the candidate to be prime minister, won't even tell us where he stands on this central question. while the greens were critical of a lib dem proposal to cancel brexit even though the parties are working together in some seats. i do think that to go for a unil

young keir starmer or old michel barnier. what is your message for people?wo people watching this right now is that you need to get on bbc sounds or tune into the bbc news channel at a 30 every night for election cast. if i can ever get my headphones on. electioncast. electioncast from the bbc. we are in this election because of brexit. we don't want to be thinking about a general election. we want to be buying our christmas presents. if anyone says they know what is happening, cock an eyebrow, smile politely and turn your back. we're ata we're at a loose end this afternoon? it not take that long. i suppose not. you don't know how many takes that talk. so that was your gentle spoof in the direction of the party election broadcasts. a lot of people are talking about it on twitter. they did you notice we forgot to mention marmite? that is what eve ryo ne mention marmite? that is what everyone is talking about, whether he likes marmite. yes or no? i have never tried it. i have never had marmite. you never get a clear answer. the talk of the town this morning wa

a young keir starmer or old michel barnier. what's your message for people? my message to people...right now... you need to just get on bbc sounds, tune in to the bbc news channel at 8:30pm every night for electioncast, ifi 8:30pm every night for electioncast, if i can ever get my headphones on. electioncast from the bbc. we are in this election because of brexit. we wa nt this election because of brexit. we want to be getting out and buying oui’ want to be getting out and buying our christmas presents! if anybody comes up our christmas presents! if anybody comes up to you and says, they know what will happen, cocked an eyebrow, smile politely, and turn your back! you at a loose end this afternoon? it did not take long. i suppose. that was your dental spoof in the direction of the prime minister's party election broadcast. yes and lots of people are talking about it on twitter and in the real world. but we also forgot something, we did not talk about marmite, everybody has been talking about that and whether we like it. what's the answer? i've never had it! what! i know. you never g

earlier today, the european union chief exit negotiator michel barnier told reporters that the prospectsny divorce agreement will be difficult and demanding. as long as we have not completed post negotiations with the u.k., the risk of a cliff edge remains, and we should all remain vigilant. we should all remain vigilant and prepared for that possible outcome. guy: like the backdrop. still with us, james foley, rabobank head of fx strategy. is that a mistake, not focusing on the potential cliff edge that could come at the end of next year? jane: i think that is quite possible. the market perceives that boris johnson possibly has the numbers to get through his withdrawal agreement. i don't think many investors are thinking what is going to happen beyond that. potentially, we've got quite a rough road of trade negotiations. one thing that worries the labour party in the u.k. was the changes to the withdrawal agreement or the future arraignment as designated by prime minister johnson. these are the labor laws. the labour party said that this is something that could still be a trap to a hard

pursuing that road may not entering negotiations on the impossible conditions that michel barnier hasdeclaration. and that really would be brexit. i believe the only way to solve this is to build a leave alliance across this country. and that doesn't mean just conservatives and the brexit party, there are labour figures out there i have spoken to who would more happily —— more than happily stand ona happily —— more than happily stand on a selection if we could put this coalition together. but if it was done, borisjohnson would win a very big majority, and on that manifesto, we really could get brexit done, in fa ct, we really could get brexit done, in fact, to quote a friend of mine, we have become an unstoppable force. i hope and pray that after 25 years of endeavour on my part, that this works. but if it doesn't, then, the brexit party will be the only party standing in these elections that actually represents brexit. and if thatis actually represents brexit. and if that is the situation, there are two things that we will do. the first is to make sure that every house in this land i

and yes we have heard michel barnier and the incoming trade commissioner phil hogan say that should beu done quickly because the uk is currentlya member of the eu so done quickly because the uk is currently a member of the eu so all we need to do is take away some regulations if you want to have an arm length free—trade agreement. but what the eu is going to do is play tough and they will say "look, we will give you a very quick free—trade agreements mr johnson" will give you a very quick free—trade agreements mrjohnson" if he becomes the next prime minister. "the clock is ticking,..." once again because borisjohnson they know will be under real political pressure back home. you can have your quick and easy fta but you have to sign up to all of this eu regulation and level playing field regulation and level playing field regulation because the eu wants to reassure other member states that they are not going to have a real advantage competitively in the uk over the rest of the eu advantage competitively in the uk overthe rest of the eu in advantage competitively in the uk over the rest

that, in many ways, is a direct challenge to michel barnier that would need a change to the politicalr? yes, the issue of trust, the issue of delivery is a very real one and i will come back to that perhaps in a few moments. at least it was a clear, unequivocal statement from him that we are not going on beyond the end of 2020. but much more significantly, and quite unreported on so far today, he said something else that really did mattered to me hugely. he said, we would negotiate a trade deal, a super canada plus trade deal with no political alignment. now, that is a huge change because ever since mrs may's abject speech in florence, we've been aiming at a close and special partnership with the eu. we've been aiming to stay part of many of its agencies and forested signal last night a very clear change of direction. i thought to myself, that actually sounds a bit more like the brexit that we voted for. trade, cooperation, reciprocity, with our european neighbours is what we all want. we all want to get on well with our neighbours, what we don't wa nt with our neighbours, what we don

michel barnier said it will take up to three years and that's before you add us trade talks or tradeill be back on the table if they win because they said they won't extend the next part of talks on future trade beyond 2020 but their representative last night, rishi sunak, said a deal could be done. you said he couldn't get a brexit deal, it will be possible, but he did, he got a great new deal and got it in three months! plaid cymru, meanwhile, were less than impressed with jeremy corbyn's plan to stay neutral. no wonder people don't have faith in politicians when the leader of the labour party, the candidate to be prime minister, won't even tell us where he stands on this central question. while the greens were critical of a lib dem proposal to cancel brexit even though the parties are working together in some seats. i do think that to go for a unilateral revocation is a slap in the face of 17.4 million people who voted to leave so that's why i think it is important that people do have their say in a democratic process. they were tense exchanges over the nhs, too. the tories said c

i think that michel barnier has torpedoed boris's campaign today by saying we're not leaving, even by't agree with you and a living because of that exact fa ct, and a living because of that exact fact, because when they look at that choice and see borisjohnson's brexit deal or no brexit at all, they say you have to back the tories? a tiny handful do. 20 and the last few weeks. 0h, tories? a tiny handful do. 20 and the last few weeks. oh, no, that's simply not true. every party when it comes to election. we have lost one candid because she is pregnant, another because they are real. but we still have over 600 people, in fa ct we still have over 600 people, in fact 3000 people who apply to state forest. we a re fact 3000 people who apply to state forest. we are ready to fight this election to get people a choice —— who applied to stand for us. do you wa nt who applied to stand for us. do you want a second referendum with labour, have a remainers that would boris that will go on for years and yea rs, boris that will go on for years and years, or a clean break exit with us? that is the ch

three years, maybe more, according to michel barnier. with it donald trump will take even longer. with labour, it will be very different. we will get brexit sorted within six months, because we're not going to rip up main trading relationship. we will secure a sensible deal that protects manufacturing and the good friday agreement, and then put it to a public vote alongside the option of remaining in the eu. so, if you want to leave without crushing our economy are selling out our nhs, you'll be able to vote for that. if you'll be able to vote for that. if you want to remain, you will be able to vote for that. so, let's take us out of the hands of politicians, and give the british people the final say. it's time to bring our divided country together! and i want to bring our divided country together so that we can get on with the real task of delivering the real change that britain needs. you all know that in your own communities and societies. to drive the change, we will unleash a record investment blitz, getting the economy moving in e

the eu negotiator, michel barnier has said the eu deal and johnson‘s term it would take three years,the time it would take to fill all those pork barrels in the us senate and other places. just think about it. a vote for conservatives is a vote for yet more drawn out, bogged down negotiations, more broken promises and more distractions from the vital issues facing us that keir and laura have spoken about. like making sure people have a habitable sustainable planet for our children and grandchildren. a green light for boris johnson‘s sell—out trump deal would be the start of years more brexit chaos and division. people sometimes accuse me of trying to talk to both sides at once on the brexit debate. to people who voted labour and people who voted women. do you know what? they are dead right. —— voted remain. why would i wa nt to right. —— voted remain. why would i want to talk to have the country? anyone seeking to become prime minister must talk to and listen to the whole country. labour stands not just for the 52% of the 48% but for the 99%. we bring people together. it is labour th

does is take us into another three years of agonising negotiations with, yes, you‘ve guessed it, michel barnier he‘s charge. we might like to recruit him for our side. he‘s good. he‘s really good compared to our duffers. goodness gracious me. what bynea has set out already and that political declaration is that there will be no free trade deal with the european union, unless we stay part, effectively, of the common fisheries policy. there will be no free trade deal, unless our total bill for leaving has actually risen from 39 billion to 69 billion. there will be no free trade deal, unless our state aid rules, state under the european union, meaning that we could not help british steel or anybody else we chose. it will mean, above all, that our free trade deal means that we will have to continue in regulatory realignment on social policy, employment policy, environmental law and even taxation. and even if we get that free trade deal, one that i think will prohibit us deal, one that i think will prohibit us from doing trade deals with the rest of the world... in fact, an american friend was chatt