you are misrepresenting me, mr sackur.you are definitely misrepresenting me. when i'm talking about a fifth column, i'm not talking about muslim organisations, i'm talking about the fringe element who will not be content with this, and their long—term aim is this. now, whether they're going to achieve that, i'm very doubtful. i've mentioned the fact that if, for some weird reason, god forbid, this country becomes an islamic republic of britain, i don't want to be part of it. i do not want to live... you know who else uses the phrase... ..i do not want to live under any type of sharia law, here, there or anywhere. there are groups around europe who talk about muslims being potential fifth columnists. they tend to be from the far—right, from parties in eastern europe, from germany, france, who will identify as being against the muslim religion. for example, the afp senior figure alexander gauland, he said the muslim religion "does not belong in germany, its political doctrine is not compatible with that of a free country." y

mrs may said borisjohnson‘s comments had clearly caused offence. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur.tish prime minister theresa may is running out of time to avoid the brexit cliff edge. her proposals for a post—brexit trade deal with brussels got short shrift from the eu's chief negotiator. she seems to be hoping to get more joy from some of europe's national leaders. but with every passing day, the prospect for a no—deal, potentially chaotic brexit grows more real. my guest is the dutch mep sophie in ‘t veld, deputy to the european pa rliament‘s chief negotiator. is brexit brinkmanship a game no—one can win? sophie in ‘t veld in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. hello. you follow the brexit negotiations very, very closely. are you comfortable with the fact that when theresa may and her government came out with their big proposal, the so—called white paper, their vision for what a post—brexit trade deal with the eu could look like, it was, effectively, dismissed by the eu's, the eu commission's chief negotiator, michel barnier, with barely a second glance? dismissed, i think mr barnier