one thing to note about mr gove, one of the reasons he's being ultra—loyal, like mr johnson, gove, onehe reasons he's being ultra—loyal, like mrjohnson, who's been more of a troublemaker, mr gove is desperate to be chancellor, that is desperate to be chancellor, that is the job you'll really want. if he's very loyal and shows himself politically astute, come the reshuffle, maybe the hapless, slightly hapless mr hammond might get moved aside, that's what he's hoping anyway. thank you for all that. it is like a cunning plan. let's move on to other matters. funnily enough the sun has it quite prominently, for them anyway. trump frenzy it talks about. sebastian, remind us what this is all about and why it's so important. one of his campaign promises this week was to move the us embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. and acknowledge jerusalem is the capital city. this was a policy instigated by congress in 1996, but it's so explosive that no us president has ever enacted every six months they just us president has ever enacted every six months theyjust ignore it and sign it. mrtrump six months

the leader of the house, andrea leadsom has spoken about what mr gove had to say and as far as she wass. sovereign governments are always in a position to undertake and then subsequently to make different arrangements should the will of the people be that they do that. i don't see this is getting us anywhere. it is the case in a sovereign parliament that the voters can choose to take a country in a different direction. jonathan, trade talks are coming up next. how bruising could this be for britain? bruising was the word iain duncan smith used when he was interviewed on the radio to say it will be very difficult and for all the hard work that it has taken to get to this point, the midnight phone calls, the pre—dawn flight to brussels, the hard wrangling with theresa may's political allies at home, the trade talks will be tricky because the cabinet has yet to agree on what they want the outcome to be. if they can, then it might smooth the passage a little bit more easily, but if they can't, then it will be tricky the hole way through. jonathan blake, thank you very much. foreign secreta

to be fair to mr gove and mrjohnson, they are the present—day generation of something that started 30ry prime ministers in government. to me, i can remember the maastricht negotiations and these 4am runs byjohn major. what did he do? he kept britain out of the euro and britain out of schengen. you would have thought he would be considered a great lion. two giveaways this last week, one, this splendidly, ridiculously, honest david davis, acknowledges to the committee, they haven't done the work to assess the potential impact on the british economy of these various options of brexit. that is strange enough, you wonder what they have been doing for the last ten months. but even more bizarrely, the cabinet is yet to have a discussion on what britain wants brexit to be. they can't agree, it will be civil war. you know why david davis can say he doesn't believe in it, public opinion, if it goes wrong, it won't be his fault, it will be remain as false, the eu's fault. i think it is the french's faults. i get e—mails every day saying france is there. we should move it out from britain, britai

we are very encouraged by what mr gove has said, that he‘d like to ban live exports, that he‘d like tobsidies to support farmers who actually look after their animals better. we need to see action as well. if we do, then i think potentially mr gove could be one of the most successful secretaries of state in recent years. but at the moment, it‘s mostly words but the bill that we‘ve seen today is the first concrete step which really makes a difference. you touch there on michael gove as environment secretary. it‘s been quite noticeable how the campaign that he and the conservative party have been running, clearly trying to tackle head on his critics on twitter and all the rest of it, after blue planet on sunday, conservative mps put out what seemed to be a coordinated number of tweets about environmental issues. do you think michael gove is going to make defra, the department of environment, a different kind of place? we hope so. michael gove has a history of getting engaged in the issues that his departments have been involved in. he isn‘t a passive minister who just lets things drift a

the former conservative party co—chairman grant shapps told me earlier mr gove's comments were not surprisinging in the paper. i didn't think there was something remarkable about it. every election is the ability for the electorate to boot the government out. clearly, the electorates will make a bunch of decisions about not things in the past such as the brexit deal but also what parties are promising to do, pledging to do in future. it's not that surprising to say it will be in part, a referendum. with me is our political correspondent, jonathan blake. the point grabbed chaps was responding to that is what michael gove said this morning is that he is stating the obvious. if we don't like the terms of the deal, purely by definition, because we have left the eu, we will be able to change it. we can't do it on our own. we will have to do it through a negotiating process. what michael gove was doing in that article was using brexit as a case in point to demonstrate that we are, as he would put it, taking back control. iain duncan smith said there was an alignment between britain and the eu after

mr gove says he's been moved to act faster after seeing david attenborough's blue planet series whichc litter. a small village in west wales is at the forefront of the uk's fight against plastic pollution and its community has set up a plastic—free aberporth committee. village store owner, mike allen, told me how the campaign came about. the we have been doing lots with the environment for a number of years now, our local school went over to the eco—schools green flag scheme around 12 years ago and we have a lwa ys around 12 years ago and we have always been conscious of the way our local environment is looked after. recently our campaign leader went off on an expedition on a ship around the country to highlight and see all the damage and potential issues there are from pollution around the uk. when she came back she had a big thing about going plastic free, after seeing all the damage it does so that is when we started this. tell us what you are doing in your shop. our local pub started by going over to paper straws and non—plastic containers for the condiments. one local takeaway ca

today mr gove promised higher sentences for animal cruelty, and to reflect animal sentience — their responsewhy this concentration on animal rights, right now? is it about more than just, well animals? some people call us the nasty party. when theresa may spoke of the danger all those years ago of being perceived as the nasty party, she struck a chord notjust with voters, but with those in her own party who realised that perception of niceness was paramount. it was no coincidence that david cameron as he rose to power spent time with husky dogs in the polar regions. the conservatives, you see, were modern and compassionate and environmental. they even knew about veganism. they were, the theory ran, more palatable to younger, more liberal metropolitan voters as well as their rural base. but the austerity years took care of all that. the huskies were put out into the cold again, in came badger culling, a free vote on fox hunting, the green went true blue. the viral story of the last election was a failure by the conservatives to effect a manifesto promise of a ban on ivory imports. and last mo

jonathan, what more has mr gove said? e first tory minister to come out and give his opinion on what has happened in brussels over the last 2a hour was. he is reminding people of the key issues and praising the prime minister's tenacity. it will take us a few weeks and months to understand this ambiguous agreement which property news just get on with the negotiations. the wintry weather looks set to continue with met office warnings in place for large parts of the uk. some of these reindeers are getting the first taste of snow in dudley. and in the early and in the early hours, more snowfalls have been reported the early ve been reported across the uk, although conditions are expect to ease for today. at manchester airport, wings have had to be de—iced. an image some are about to leave behind. shropshire is somewhere in this picture. undeterred. on the isle of man, the weekend began early, as all schools were closed. elsewhere, there have been problems on the roads. the extremes of the weather are expected to eventually be

jonathan, what more has mr gove said? ove said here on white is he talking about the next election? it's perhaps a sign of things to come for the prime minister theresa may as everyone picks through the details of the 15 pages of negotiations. he is putting his spin on it. it's significant that he is reminding people that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. so come the final deal, everything could unravel. also, to remind everyone that the uk are taking back control. after that two year transition, the uk will be in full control. in other words, year transition, the uk will be in full control. in otherwords, if year transition, the uk will be in full control. in other words, if you don't like it, you can change it. this is perhaps a reminder that theresa may's senior team are yet to agree on what they want the endgame to look like. there is less than a year now to agree how the transition period will work. after all the hard work to get to this point the prime minister might well be thinking, that was the easy bi

mr gove says he‘s been moved to act faster after seeing david attenborough‘s blue planet series whichnot a firm plan, these are just his thoughts as he realises he has got to ta ke thoughts as he realises he has got to take this issue seriously. he mentioned blue planet, i have only really astonished at the depth of impact blue planet has had globally, it seems to have galvanised action. he is focusing his thoughts on, firstly, reducing the total amount of plastic in the economy and, secondly, cutting the number of different plastics there are. there is so many different tapes which makes it very difficult for recyclers to recycle. if he goes ahead that he will go as dense some offers on deregulation instincts by directly trying to impact on the market —— going against some of his instincts on deregulation. he also wa nts instincts on deregulation. he also wants it easier for individuals to be able to recycle. people are unsure what they can recycle or where they can recycle certain materials. so harmonisation of recycling rules? ido so harmonisation of recycling rules? i do not want

mr gove says he's been moved to act faster after seeing david attenborough's blue planet series whichfe from plastic litter. the four time olympic champion, sir mo farah, has won this year's bbc sports personality of the year. motorcyclist jonathan rea was second, and paralympic sprinter, jonnie peacock, was third. the pre—award favourite, heavyweight world champ anthonyjoshua, finished in fourth place. but the result wasn't the only unexpected event. when sir mo's shock victory was announced, the link to his location in london went down. eventually the line was established, this is what he had to say. as an athlete, what i've achieved has been incredible over the years. for all of the youngsters and to the people out there, you can work hard and you can achieve your dreams. anything is possible in life. if you believe in it, work at it, and keep grafting, anything is possible. what an amazing night it is and i wish i was there but unfortunately i cannot be there. the kids haven't been as well, but it is all exciting for us. ijust cannot well, but it is all exciting for us. i just can

last hour or so from michael gove the british politician who was kind of one third of the political act that pushed for brics it he's saying this is a political victory for mrs may but surely given that she gave a big suitcase of cash to the d u p stormont the stormont to say is still not up and running she's still politically pretty weak that. she is very much so she has relied heavily upon this arrangement with democratic unionist party to prop up her government and as you said there are a large tranche of cash was handed over always about to be handed over to the d p two to sweeten that arrangement it didn't mean that when a deal over the border for the deal had been reached earlier on in the week on monday that the d.p. could quickly step in and say no we have key questions to ask about the border we want things to go back to the drawing table not exactly what theresa may was forced to do to rewrite an entire paragraph which is meant that she's had to compromise on some key issues so something of a pyrrhic victory perhaps for the reason may need thanks very much let's go back to one of the main stories so far today the fallout from donald trump's recogni