that was mitchell barnier speaking earlier on. the uk from mitchell barnier today, including that transition period which is perhaps a little shorter than some people were expecting. yeah, not really a lot shorter because the prime minister talked about a period of around two years this is going to bejust less about a period of around two years this is going to be just less than two years. the rumour around brussels had been for quite sometime that the transition period ideally for mitchell barnier would end at the end of december 2020. the reason for that is that the eu works on a seven—year budget cycle and the current budget cycle ends at the end of december 2020 so it's logical to pick that date. this is a procedural step today, this document issued is more detail added to what the document that was published by the european leaders after their summit on friday, but it's always interesting when mitchell barnier ta kes to interesting when mitchell barnier takes to the podium, not only did we get the timeline for the transition