we have mihir with us.well documented that my knowledge of football is negligible. even i know that the transfer window closed this week and the sums involved were astronomical. it's a new record. what is going on here? there is more money available. the premier league, which is the best run, most successful league in the world in money terms, they did a deal a year ago, 8.4 billion, which is almost double what they had. more importantly, the money is going down to clubs that don't expect to be in the premier league, like bournemouth and others who now have more money to spend. britain has allowed a free market so most of the top premier league clubs are owned by foreigners, some of them in effect foreign states. manchester city is owned by the united arab emirates. like america, it doesn't believe in socialism, but it does believe in sporting socialism, where it doesn't allow anybody to come in, but we allow everyone to come in. leicester city is owned by someone nobody knew about. they see this as brandin

mihir, you mentioned david davis. let's talk about him and what he has been saying.id that things had got a little tense this week. that's the word he used as brexit tools were into their third round. another british minister, liam fox, said the country shouldn't be blackmailed by the eu over the divorce bill. michel barnier, the bloc‘s chief negotiatior, expressed frustration at the slow pace of discussions. rachel, you've been writing a lot about europe. david davis says through all of this, he remains optimistic. are you? no, iam no, i am not optimistic. no, iam not optimistic. it no, i am not optimistic. it is not looking good, is it? it was a deadlock and it was to be expected. in terms of the eu black men in britain, i mean i would not expect anything other than the eu looking after now it's 27 remaining states. ido after now it's 27 remaining states. i do not expect it to do anything different, so i think it's a bit ridiculous and certainly, i can understand the frustration of the eu negotiators saying, look, we need to see some paperwork here. something, anyt

with me are baroness ros altmann and the journalist and author mihir bose.s admission that she was responsible for the political "polarisation" in yesterday‘s german elections, that led to heavy losses for her party. the i goes with labour‘s proposals to nationalise a number of key industries, including royal mail and the and the railways. the metro also puts labour‘s proposals to scrap private financing for hospitals and schools on it‘s front page. but the daily mail brands labour the ‘new nasty party‘ over claims anti—semitic comments were made at the party‘s conference in brighton. while millions of people are being warned not to suddenly stop taking aspirin according to the express.the paper says going cold turkey increases the risk of having a heart attack or stroke. and finally the guardian features north korea‘s accusations that donald trump has declared war on his country — and their threat to shoot down us planes. ros, let‘s start with the eye, labour‘s plan for nationalisation. projects will all be returned for the state, you must be loving this is

alex deane the north american journalist and broadcaster jeffrey kofman and the writer broadcaster mihirg a ratherfrank conversation with journalists on her flight to japan this week — she insisted she would like to lead her conservative party into the next general election, in five years time. for politics—watchers of a certain age, there were echoes of margaret thatcher's stated determination to go on and on. alex, what did you make of her comments? i think as soon as any political leader gives the deadline as to when they are going to go, speculation becomes rampant about who will replace them. it's healthy for a leader to want to fight whatever the next contest is that their party faces. it was the right thing for the prime minister to say.

my guests will be baroness roz altman and the author mihir bose.rexit negotiations got under way today and there is some hope that theresa may's speech in florence last week might help to break the deadlock. britain's brexit secretary david davis is in brussels again for talks with the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, who said he is still waiting forfirm proposals from britain. prime minister theresa may's speech in florence showed a constructive spirit. today i discussed the state a plague of the negotiations in the european parliament this morning and just now. the european union is keen and eager to understand better, how the uk government will translate the prime minister's speech into negotiating positions. this is essential and would enable us to advance this week, i hope and make real progress over the coming months. real progress on the three main issues, citizens, ireland, financial settlement, is essential to move to the discussion on the transition as well as on the future. the brexit secretary, david davis, at the same, short brie