now we have some of them may be kicking up a bit with jacob rees—mogg.een picked up by boris johnson. he is the foreign secretary, part of the team supposedly responsible for the deal that will be progressed. is he kicking against the prime minister on this? it is a powerful word, kicking against the prime minister on this? it is a powerfulword, and jacob rees—mogg is talking about the transition period and on the face of it, the idea of a transition period, implementation period, it loses on the face of it pragmatism. whatever your views around brexit, the transition will be a smooth decline, which ever way you want to put it. but step back and you saw with the intervention ofjacob but step back and you saw with the intervention of jacob rees—mogg, but step back and you saw with the intervention ofjacob rees—mogg, the potential it has to be unsatisfying to anyone regardless of your views. you have people like nigel farage saying, and you might imagine there could not be a situation where he would say this, that it is worse than being a member of the eur

tom, take us through what has upset jacob rees—mogg? through what has upset jacob rees-mogg? it's all about what is in this document. this was published by the european council after that summit that theresa may attended earlier in the week. now, i'm sure you will remember back in september at a speech in florence, theresa may committed the government to trying to get a transition deal for about two years and essentially, what this does is lay out what the eu thinks that transition period involves. in essence, what they are saying is that the uk will have to continue to accept eu laws, but also to a cce pt continue to accept eu laws, but also to accept any changes or new laws which were introduced during that period. 0n which were introduced during that period. on top of that, they'll have to carry on with things like free movement and carry on accepting the judgments of the european courts of justice. but it's that detail around having to accept changes to laws which is really getting jacob rees—mogg worried. which is really getting ja

jacob rees—mogg talking about the transition period.tion, the idea of a transition period from implementation period, it uses a sensor pragmatism. reassurance. whatever your views around brexit, the transition to where we are going to be will be a nice smooth incline or decline. step back from that a little bit, you saw with the intervention of jacob rees—mogg, the potential it has to be utterly unsatisfying to anybody, regardless of your views. people like nigel farage in the former ukip leader, you cannot imagine a situation that he would after this, but it is worse than being a member of the european union. the logic is, oi’ of the european union. the logic is, or the downsides of eu membership remain, being in the single market, the customs union, freedom of movement, but you no longer have an argument about how these policies work. this is something we were talking about when we were speculating about what would happen after the referendum. i went to norway meeting the norwegian foreign minister, telling me we still want to have th

i'll be talking to the arch brexiteerjacob rees—mogg and rebel ken clarke.nd "yesterday is history, tomorrow's a mystery" is part of a famous phrase — tonight we look ahead to the mystery. will britain, separate from the eu, embrace a different identity — more dynamic, international, a bold new direction? or will we go the other way — separate, smaller, and inward looking? we've assembled guests who each have a different vision of the future. also tonight... i called it geronimo, my friend. compared with the condoms of today, it was like wearing the inner tube of a cycle. if it's so much easier and better now, why are almost half of under 25—year—olds not using a condom with a new partner? what happened to "no glove, no love? " is it the element of danger? is it carelessness? is it drink? we'll be talking to one person who suffered the consequences and another who preaches safe sex. good evening. at the end of a brutal parliamentary week for the government over brexit, theresa may tonight appears to have avoided another rebellion by compromising over the gov

first of all, what exactly is bugging jacob rees—mogg? exactly is bugging jacob rees-mogg? it's all about this document. this was published after the european council last that when meeting last week, after which theresa may agreed to move the trade aspect of the brexit talks. you'll remember in september, she talked about britain negotiating a transition period of two years, essentially, this document is the european union's view of what's that transition period looks like and in essence, what it is is that britain remains subject to eu law, even if that changes, to what are known as the four pillars of the european union which include, of course, free movement, and the jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice. and essentially, or that together, the european court ofjustice. and essentially, orthat together, has rather annoyed jacob rees—mogg. —— all of that together. the prime minister has consistently said that she is in favour of an implementation which means we leave in march 2019 and that the consequences of leaving are implemen

and all that is drawing objection from brexiteerjacob rees—mogg.me minister has consistently said that she is in favour of an implementation which means we leave in march 2019 and that the consequences of leaving are implemented. but we cannot be a colony of the european union for two years from 2019 to 2021, accepting new laws that are made without any say—so of the british people, parliament or government. that is not leaving the european union. that is being a vassal state of the european union, and i'd be very surprised if that were government policy. how's the government responded to that characterisation of what it is seeking to do? be prime minister insists that britain will be leaving the single market and the customs union on brexit day, the 29th of march, 2019. but that alone may happen if a flag that will only happen if a flag that will only happen if a flag that will only happen if the government does not accept what is happening that racket that will only happen if the government does not accept what is and is not ridden the indication

maybe jacob rees mogg should have a word.aybe we could do what those football players were doing in the us in protest. we could have something equivalent when they play the ode to joy- equivalent when they play the ode to joy. this is something sport has not come to grips with properly. we know there is doping. sport is always trying to say we are on the moral high ground, andjet trying to say we are on the moral high ground, and jet they don't take the decision. welcome as it is, this isa the decision. welcome as it is, this is a late decision. you would have had a total ban, would you?|j is a late decision. you would have had a total ban, would you? i would have had a total ban. but isn't it ha rd have had a total ban. but isn't it hard for the athletes... this is state—sponsored doping. that means the state is helping you. you have to bear responsibility. the ioc is also considering that these are excellent athletes, and if you want to have a meaningful olympic games and you have athletes who can prove they have done nothi

has rather annoyed jacob rees-mogg.t she is in favour of an implementation, which means that we are leaving march 2019 and the consequences of are leaving march 2019 and the consequences of leaving are implemented. but we cannot be a colony of the eu for two years from 2019-21, colony of the eu for two years from 2019—21, accepting new laws that are made without any say—so of the british people, parliament or government. that is not leaving the european union, that is being a vassal state of the european union andl vassal state of the european union and i would be very surprised if that were government policy. presumably the government hasn't taken its presumably the government hasn't ta ken its policy presumably the government hasn't taken its policy to be a vassal state of the eu but what has been the response? it's a fairly direct shot across the bow is? initially, soft brexiteers, not necessarily inside government, would make the point that trade discussions may be started straightaway as a result of the deal theres

i thought you had more sense thanjohnson and the rees—mogg, ruth.ddress this idea of reaching out, do you think there is a coalition to be formed? in a way, the labour party has got away with things for a long time, they are as divided as the tories, but they do not have the loony wing that the tories seem to have produced in people like rees—mogg. but they are as divided, they are as many labour mps who are for as against, so a coalition of people who, in my view, and it is my view, who have a more sensible, softer approach to brexit would be a good thing. two things, theresa may would not agree to that, and you have not answered my question — what happens if the rebels vote against the deal agreed between the eu and the deal agreed between the eu and the british governance? the deal agreed between the eu and the british governance ?|j the deal agreed between the eu and the british governance? i do not accept it is agreed yet. hypothetically, what happens if they vote against any agreed deal? we keep talking. we keep talking! we keep talking. we ke

one of those signatories was the conservative mp jacob rees—mogg. show that paying the divorce bill reduces the uk's hand in negotiations. it's very important that we don't hand over a great deal of money, unless we have an agreement. the risk is, that we pay the money from the day we leave, and that reduces our negotiating clout to get the trade deal finalised, if it hasn't been done before the 29th of march 2019, and that seems an obvious point. jacob rees—mogg. a donald trump has denied asking the head of the fbi, james comey, to drop an investigation into his former national security advisor, michael flynn, after he was sacked for lying about his russia connections. in a tweet, mr trump said the allegation was just more fake news covering another comey lie. mr trump was referring to a memo written by mr comey — and presented to a congressional investigation — saying that in february, the president had asked him to ‘go easy‘ on mr flynn. wide and short on and said he drafted the treat, which he said was a mistake —— tweet. with me now is our wash

jacob rees—mogg, thank you very much for joining jacob rees—mogg, thank you very much forjoining us.ke that announcement recognising jerusalem as the capital of israel, overturning decades of us policy and breaking international agreement on this issue, as james robbins was pointing out to us earlier on. officials in the white house so that he is prepared to secure a two state solution if palestinians and israelis agree to that. speaking earlier at a news conference, king abdullah ofjordan said that this underscore the urgent need for a middle east peace settlement. palestine continues to be the region of central issue, there is no alternative to the two state solution and jerusalem is key to any peace agreement, and is key to any peace agreement, and is key to the stability of the entire region. i did emphasise to the us president yesterday our concerns on the decision to move the us embassy tojerusalem. therefore, it is imperative now to work fast, to reach a final status solution and a peace agreement between palestinians and israelis. that news conference took place just a short

jacob rees—mogg said he would be very surprised if such transition arrangements were agreed to by theis in favour of an implementation, which means that we are leaving in march 2019 and the consequences of leaving are implemented. but we cannot be a colony of the eu for two years from 2019—21, accepting new laws that are made without any say—so of the british people, parliament or government. that is not leaving the european union, that is being a vassal state of the european union, and i would be very surprised if that were government policy. the chancellor, phillip hammond, rejected accusations that he was appeasing brussels. speaking while in china on a trade mission, he said it was important that any deal maintained the status quo. we will no longer be members of the european union. we will not technically or legally be in the customs union or in the single market. but we are committed, as a result of the agreement that we made this week, to creating an environment which will effectively replicate the current status quo so that businesses can carry on trading with their commercial

now he's talking about a vassal state, jacob rees—mogg use that phrase 2a hours before.free trade deals, whether we can get one. to what extent is this choreographed? one. to what extent is this choreographed ? the anger one. to what extent is this choreographed? the anger barely suppressed? i don't know whether it is choreographed between boris johnson and jacob rees—mogg, they come from a similar standpoint when it comes to brexit. the notion of a vassal state. somebody closely aligned, but purely subservient to the european union, without getting anything in return, quite an emotive phrase to use. maybe theresa may is letting people have their say, yeah their differences before they have to knuckle down and actually get an agreement between themselves. potentially risky strategy. that may well be the case. perhaps, just such a big job, such well be the case. perhaps, just such a bigjob, such a big moment, she has had to put it off until now grasping the nettle, like the job you put off until the last minute before anything shuts down before christmas. you cannot put i

brexiteerjacob rees—mogg, and newsnight last night, said he was not impressed with that suggestion.inister has consistently said that she is in favour of implementation, which means we leave in march 2019 and the consequences of means we leave in march 2019 and the consequences of leaving are implemented, but we cannot be a colony of the european union for two years, from 2019-2021, from 2019—2021, accepting new laws that are made without any say—so of the british people, parliament or government. that is not leaving the european union, that is being a vassal state of the european union andi vassal state of the european union and i would be surprised if this is government policy. we have already seen divisions laid large this week in the parliamentary conservative party. adi remain supporters, as we still call them, similarly alarmed at this prospect? no, first let's talk about what the prime minister says. she says despite what is in this document britain will be leaving the single market and the customs union and brexit day. if they accept what the eu is saying, at least during th

jacob rees—mogg said he would be very surprised if such transition arrangements were agreed to by then, which means that we are leaving march 2019 and the consequences of leaving are implemented. but we cannot be a colony of the eu for two years from 2019—21, accepting new laws that are made without any say—so of the british people, parliament or government. that is not leaving the european union, that is being a vassal state of the european union and i would be very surprised if that were government policy. presumably the government hasn‘t taken its policy to be a vassal earlier, the bbc‘s china correspondent, robin brant, was asked to explain why phillip hammond was bringing david cameron back into the political fold. we are committed as a result of the agreement we have made this week to creating an environment which will effectively replicate the current status quo. so that businesses can carry on trading with their commercial partners across the european union, as they do now, orders will operate as they do now, and financial services, businesses, will be able to carry on conduct

jacob rees—mogg. andrew marr show that paying the divorce bill reduces the uk's hand in negotiations. it's very important that we don't hand over a great deal of money, unless we have an agreement. the risk is, that we pay the money from the day we leave, and that reduces our negotiating clout, to get the trade dealfinalised, if it hasn't been done before the 29th of march 2019, and that seems an obvious point. jacob rees—mogg. children will be able to get access to mental health support at schools or colleges in england under plans announced by the government. campaigners say the measures are welcome, but long overdue. tom burridge reports. i didn't have any therapy... one young person's story of suffering from an eating disorder and depression for five years. she waited two years before she got help. ifeel i have not been properly treated for the mental side. they put me in hospital when my physical side is bad and don't treat anything else, and then they wonder why it keeps happening and i have to

jacob rees—mogg made the comments after eu leaders yesterday agreed to move to the next phase of brexite new year. they suggested the uk would need to shadow single market regulations and remain under the jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice during any transition phase. a short time ago i spoke with our political correspondent tom barton who explained mr rees—mogg's objections. you will remember that back in september, in her florence speech, theresa may talked about britain negotiating a transition period of two years. in this document is the european union's view of what that transition period looks like and in essence what it is is that britain remains subject to eu law even if that changes to what are known as the four pillars of the eu, which includes free movement. the prime minister has consistently said that she is in favour of an implementation, which means that we are leaving march 2019 and the consequences of leaving are implemented. but we cannot be a colony of the eu for two years from 2019—21, accepting new laws that are made without any say—so of the british peopl

jacob rees—mogg.w that paying the divorce bill reduces the uk's hand in negotiations. it's very important that we don't hand over a great deal of money, unless we have an agreement. the risk is, that we pay the money from the day we leave, and that reduces our negotiating clout to get the trade deal finalised, if it hasn't been done before the 29th of march 2019, and that seems an obvious point. jacob rees—mogg. the irish foreign minister says his government cannot and will not allow the re—emergence of a hard border with ireland. simon coveney warned the brexit talks cannot move onto phase two without having some credible answers on the border issue. it comes amid reports that the irish cabinet are to hold an emergency meeting ahead of tomorrow's talks between theresa may and jean claude—juncker. earlier i spoke with our correspondent louise cullen in belfast. she explained what the irish government is hoping for. well, annita, simon coveney, the minister for foreign affairs, and the recently appoint

jacob rees-mogg.cessfully completed a human heart transplant for the first time 50 years ago today — a procedure which has changed the way heart disease is treated. the youngest person on the uk transplant list, eight—week—old baby charlie is making good progress following a nine hour operation where he received a new heart. duncan kennedy reports. a tender moment tracy wright thought she would never have with her baby charlie. charlie was born with only half a heart. hospitals across europe were contacted to find an organ donor. this week, a heart did become available. and now, atjust eight weeks old, charlie has had a transplant. his skin colour was just amazing. i can't describe it. from going so blue, he wasjust blue all the time, to being so pink and peachy and perfect. charlie was the youngest patient on britain's transplant waiting list. his doctors say the operation went well. he was extremely lucky, considering his condition and his size, to get a heart, a suitable donor heart, on time. it's

. —— mogg. the timing is interesting.d much of this mess created by brexiters will have to be sorted before then. ican will have to be sorted before then. i can see why people are beginning to think because she herself has said at some point she wants to see this thing through and then the mac but i think it is such a wrong moment to be talking about tory leadership contest. the people in this country are really trouble, divided parties, don't really know where we want to go and the idea of another leadership contest does not help the country feel at ease. another leadership contest does not help the country feel at easem another leadership contest does not help the country feel at ease. it is fairto help the country feel at ease. it is fair to say, help the country feel at ease. it is fairto say, in help the country feel at ease. it is fair to say, in recent months will, there have been mutterings that somebody else is needed at the helm. the story down saying that she must stay because if she goes the uncertainty and ch

it's touching on some of the reaction, like jacob rees—mogg.nservatives are meant to stand for the union. it would be bizarre if they had northern ireland staying in the single market and the customs union in all but name and act like it still is. many other backbenchers would feel the same. it is seemingly problematic, dangerous and risky. what if northern ireland wants to become different from the republic of ireland. when you have scotland trying to claim its own right is the dispensation and the snowball effect goes on. we've already seen scotland and wales saying if ireland can get and wales saying if ireland can get a special deal maybe we can to. the other thing to highlight in the times is i think they've got the best dab at an explanation of what actually happened. ms foster had been told broadly what the document would say but not the specific wording. i think that's probably the most insightful regulatory alignment which doesn't make it into the headlines as a sound bite. that was the phrase that really angered the dup. and it didn't

i'll be talking to the arch brexiteerjacob rees—mogg and rebel ken clarke.t of a famous phrase — tonight we look ahead to the mystery. will britain, separate from the eu, embrace a different identity — more dynamic, international, a bold new direction? or will we go the other way — separate, smaller, and inward looking?

the english language, of the political and which which comes up, as you say, we have the jacob rees—moggof the eu for two years. colony! on, get over yourself. equally, borisjohnson says philip hammond, this is a quote, "we can have a very original economy". i hope it isn't too original in boris‘ terms, because he is no economist. this is so strange. just to draw that together, he is obviously cooking up an arrangement with philip hammond. let's do this together, and it is an interesting duopoly, it is a meeting of opposites. yes, as far apart as they could possibly be. and temperamentally. philip hammond is a tremendous man of details. nobody has ever seriously accused maurice johnson of being that. speaking very briefly about the tone of the debate, which is invoked by boris johnson, he has apparently rounded oi'i johnson, he has apparently rounded on hardcore eurosceptics who called for the deselection of 11 conservative mps to help defeat the government last week. the famous rebels. there have been death threats. he says this is absolutely obscene and i think this is very important,

on those who defied the establishment which is how the telegraph is portraying it, and jacob rhys moggs quoted as taking that approach. the bigger issue is that there are of accou nta nts the bigger issue is that there are of accountants whose phones will have been ringing off the hook as these letters arrived, saying, hang ona minute, these letters arrived, saying, hang on a minute, i thought i was ok to donate and now you tell me i will get a big tax bill! it lists several people who have received tax demands. i imagine for many it will have come out of the blue. you made the point earlier, how often does the point earlier, how often does the referendum, long? you suspect many accountants would not even have looked into it, or as in the case of political donations a significant amount of people are political donors anyway so we'll have assumed it isa donors anyway so we'll have assumed it is a similar type of arrangement and so will have been really caught by this. this is why it is an interesting story, this unusual aspect of tax law which i suspect will eventually end up in court,

boris, philip hammond, not michael gove, i may say, jacob rees—mogg, who has come up with a hysterical those of a less than but more sceptical persuasion —— less than passionate but more sceptical. she knows what's happening, but what's interesting is the brief alignment of those two stars, philip hammond borisjohnson, about the approach to a trade deal. yes, they are going to talk about the trade deal. butjust think how long it to add to establish the canadian trade deal. this is immensely complex. if you apply to bea immensely complex. if you apply to be a new member, not that anybody is going to do that in the short—term, but in the balkans we may find somebody popping up like kosovo or whatever to join, somebody popping up like kosovo or whatever tojoin, the somebody popping up like kosovo or whatever to join, the document somebody popping up like kosovo or whatever tojoin, the document for joining is huge. it's millions and millions of words. and equally, and doing it is going to prove very, very difficult. i think that's what we're to hear about. sorry to break the turkey early,

there were some good quotes from jacob rees—mogg saying he was worried on monday, meltdown monday whennd then a leak and then anger and recrimination and then chaos and farce and he said he was worried about timmis a's redlines so he got some paint out —— theresa may's red lines. she does not just have problems theresa may's red lines. she does notjust have problems with the irish and the dup who took 2a hours to ta ke irish and the dup who took 2a hours to take a call from the prime minister. she has got the eu a p pa re ntly minister. she has got the eu apparently bewildered over this and real problems, mutterings from the cabinet, but city is trying to stiffen her spine and the other group who have come out tonight, 20 mps saying don't walk away without a deal —— brexiteers trying. this is all tightrope stuff. the front page of the times as philip hammond's comments that britain could be paying £40 billion even if the trade talks fail, and you get the inside page and his colleague, david davis, not looking too happy. no! the picture tells a thousand words as they say also to hark ba

i've got jacob rees—mogg, who many tories wa nt to jacob rees—mogg, who many tories want to be theirgreening course. and i've got the education secretary justine greening replying for the government. i know you've been doing a lot on special educational needs this we and you've got many questions you want her to be asked and i will do my very best. thanks. look forward to it. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. it's time now for a look at the newspapers. the journalist and broadcaster angela epstein is here to tell us what's caught her eye. we'll speak to angela in a minute. first, a look at some of the front pages. starting with the observer. they are talking about the fact that... we are talking about social mobility and his quitting. we are talking about the social mobility commission, before 0rd members have resigned about the fact that they think the government isn't in a position to challenge social mobility. —— the four board members. the sunday telegraph next. tories at war over europeanjudges the sunday telegraph next. tories at war over european judges is the the sunda

as there were about this man, jacob rees—mogg, though he told me he wants theresa may to stay on as leaderoo short to extol her. you don't fancy it yourself? no, of course not, i want mrs may to go on for ever and ever. in the end it was theresa may's conference speech that went on and on. it started with a prankster. ..prepare for a run on the ground. boris, job done, i've given her the p45. of course it had nothing to do with the foreign secretary. i was about to talk about somebody i would like to give a pas to, that isjeremy corbyn. and then came the frog in the throat. the deficit is back to precrisis levels... it sounds as if my voice isn't on track. she coughs. as if it couldn't get any worse, even the scenery started falling down. the pm put on a brave face and was supported by her husband and, in the coming days, after some whisperings about her leadership, her cabinet. by the end of october, scandal once again hit westminster, this time about sexual harassment. very quickly it became clear it was not party political, with various mps implicated. and then a cabinet minister. in re

in the end, that is what the europeans expects quite how long do you think people might jacob rees—mogg think nigel farage was right, i don‘t inspect them to cause them trouble. there will be people on the fringes who might. but anna soubry and nicky morgan are fully supporting the prime minister. most of the brexiteers have been doing that. it is a triumph. let‘s say, stephanie, we are coming to phase two, it will start in the new year, and junker... it‘s going to get very tough against. it will be messy, there will be now a lot of different fronts, because there will be national member states‘ interest coming in, there‘s the european parliament now gearing up, there‘s a lot of different interests. let‘s talk on this very subject. one key thing was in this phase one, what became very clear, you know, it was one for all and all for one. the 20 27 states together didn‘t flinch and they were —— the 27 stayed together, didn‘t flinch and they were more powerful for it. so what the 27 states. but when it comes to trade, the car industry and everything else, how much do you think the 27 will

one of those signatories was the conservative mp jacob rees—mogg.rew marr show that paying the divorce bill reduces the uk's hand in negotiations. it is very important that we don't hand over a great deal of money, u nless we hand over a great deal of money, unless we have an agreement. the risk is that we pay the money from the day we leave, and that reduces our negotiating cloud to get the trade deal finalised if it has not been done before 29th of march 2019, and that seems an obvious point. donald trump is facing accusations of obstructing justice, after suggesting that he knew his former national security adviser, michael flynn, had lied to the fbi about contacts with russia before the president fired him. mr trump said mr flynn had done nothing unlawful. 0ur washington correspondent, laura bicker reports. donald trump's started the day on a bullish note. he is on course for a much—needed win on tax reform, he brushed aside questions about his former national security adviser lying to the fbi over his meetings with russians. what has been shown

a leading supporter of brexit — jacob rees—mogg — has said that the uk cannot become a "colony" of the the expected two—year—transition period after britain's withdrawal in march 2019. police in canada say they're treating the deaths of the billionaire businessman barry sherman, and his wife, as "suspicious". thousand of homes in tewkesbury, in gloucesetershire, have been left without water for a second day, following a burst water main. severn trent water says work to repair the broken pipe is proving "extremely difficult". time to cross to the bbc sport centre now for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday with me hugh woozencroft and lizzie greenwood—hughes. the headlines this evening: australia bats england out the ashes... steve smith scores a double hundred as the host make the england's bowlers toil. can manchester city make it 16 wins on the trott in the premier league? ? we'll you in on another busy day of football action. all of the stories coming up. and premiership title—holders exeter are dealt a blow to their hopes of a quarterfinal spot in the european rugby champions

as there were about this man, jacob rees—mogg, though he told me he wants theresa may to stay on as leader it was theresa may's conference speech that went on and on. it started with a prankster. and prepare for a run on the ground... boris, job done, given her the p45. of course it had nothing to do with the foreign secretary. i was about to talk about somebody i would like to give a pas to, and that'sjeremy corbyn. and then came the frog in the throat. she coughs excuse me — the deficit is back to precrisis levels... sounds as if my voice isn't on track. as if it couldn't get any worse, even the scenery started falling down. as if it couldn't get any worse, even the scenery started falling down. the pm put on a brave face and was supported by her husband and, in the coming days, after some whisperings about her leadership, her cabinet. by the end of october, scandal once again hit westminster, this time about sexual harassment. very quickly it became clear it was not party political, with various mps implicated. and then a cabinet minister. in recent days allegations have been made about

this is the conservative mpjacob rees mogg who is one of the signatories.reement. the risk is we paid the money from the day we leave and that reduces our negotiating clout to get the trade deal finalised if it hasn't been done before the 29th of march 2019 and that seems an obvious point. we have seen pressure from the dup, but presumably within the conservative party the prime minister is walking a delicate line. incredibly delicate. if the last couple of minutes of our conversation has led you to conclude that whichever way the british prime minister looks there is potential trouble over compromises around brexit, then in essence you have understood what today announced it. it is incredibly difficult. the simple reality for theresa may is that she can't please eve ryo ne theresa may is that she can't please everyone all the time, she can't even please some people all of the time, the whole nature of the politics of delivering brexit is to encourage as many people to remain close to her argument as often as is possible and it is inevitable as she goes to

jacob rees—mogg, leading brexiteer on the tory backbenches, wondering if she needed some more red paintaid she did intend to speak to mr trump about the status ofjerusalem, which she says should be determined as part of a settlement between israel and the palestinians. brexit also featuring earlier on in the house of commons. more now on the government admitting it hasn't carried out so—called impact assessments of how leaving the eu might affect the british economy. appearing before the brexit committee this morning, david davis claimed it would be hard to predict the economic effects of brexit, but said officials would do the work "at some stage". the chair of the exiting the european union committee, hilary benn, asked the brexit secretary exactly which sectors had been analysed. so there isn't one, for example, for the automotive sector? not that i am aware of. aerospace? no. no to all of them. doesn't it strike you as rather strange, given the experience around the committee you have, the government undertakes impact assessments on all sorts of things all the time, yet on the most

william jacob rees mogg? read lines will make it much more difficult. that works for all of the uk. we can't have one pa rt of for all of the uk. we can't have one part of the uk being sliced off from the rest of us. it must work for all of us and all 27 other countries. keep talking, and give the prime minister the flexibility she needs to make sure these negotiations work. you have been in the european parliament and seen how these negotiations have happened in the past. they tend to go to the wire, don't be? where hearing there is now a deadline of sunday. is that realistic, or could the commission be more flexible? any decision they wa nt be more flexible? any decision they want to get through the 27 other heads of state next week will clearly need to be put to them in advance of next week. but we are still a year and a bit away, march, 2019, before the final exit date as set down by the article 50 letter. so let's keep talking. you would be worried if the trade talks were put off tee i would really like to start those trade talks as soon as possibl