votes. 50, you know, originally, the uk told the eu they thought they could get it done, and then ollie robbinso down by 50 or 60 votes, but then they might be able to get it through they might be able to get it through the next time. we are all talking a lot, but if we stand back for one moment, remember, a lot of people inside the government said it would ta ke inside the government said it would take more than one go. maybe it will ta ke take more than one go. maybe it will take three, or maybe it will never go! but next week might be enormous. or it might not! laughing good job this podcast is a free! we can ponder this until we next meet again. iam can ponder this until we next meet again. i am continental. what i would say, just to end on a down note, the last day or so, things are very tense, and i don't say that to make it seem more exciting or to be overly dramatic. it is very tense, very tense. you couldn't see it, but the other voice was adam fleming joining from brussels. and they were all having far too much fun. and brexitcast is available to download now on the free bbc sounds ap

one — how long an extension will we ask for, or has olly robbins not told the cabinet yet?e of the extension? and three — will the si be debated on the floor of the house rather than upstairs in committee? is it true they are trying to replace the prime minister with a leader who can make some attempt to win the election? will the prime minister be pending a letter of resignation? you're watching our round—up of the day in the commons and the lords. still to come, should people who fled the britain tojoin is be allowed back? now, cycling is usually seen as a healthy thing to do, but in the house of lords, that view isn't always the case. one estimate recently put the number of people in england engaging in cycling activity at 3.8 million, and the figure is rising. but do cyclists sometimes get in the way of motorists or pedestrains? the labour peer lord winston, well—known to viewers of tv science programmes, suggested adults who venture on to the roads on their bikes should be made to have a cycling licence and insurance. most cyclists are of course conscientious and law—a

the attorney general, ollie robbins, barnier and others, they've been cooking up this text to wea ken was all put on a series of post—it notes. a lot of thought has gone into the dash into this. it's interesting jean—claude juncker said we need to have a second and theresa may said, there was stuff that wasn't clear the first time around. but they've done, they listen to concerns of people everywhere and put it in a document and if you look in the small print, you will see stuff about working and environmental standards going forward. that was a concern of labour mps. they tried to capture all the concerns around parliament and put them into these quite impenetrable documents. our impenetrable documents. our impenetrable documents. our impenetrable documents but what matters is whether attorney general geoffrey cox has changed his mind about the indefinite nature of the backstop and now it is up to how many mps vote for the deal. adam fleming in strasbourg, thank you. our political correspondent chris mason is in westminster. i was very struck, the government has published the motion

, at least another —— enough of them to do it, came from this man, ali robbins. from this man, olly robbinsitv saying in the end mps would have a choice between backing theresa may's deal or extending brexit negotiations. here are some of the quotes that we re here are some of the quotes that were picked up by the itv journalist. remarkably accurate so far, isn't it? absolutely and utterly, totally stunning. that is just the way things have unfolded, and i guess some people would say that theresa may and her critics have been cynical all along, almost engaged in an act of brinkmanship, knowing that if she had boxed enough mps into a corner and increase the fear factor enough, you might just corner and increase the fear factor enough, you mightjust about get away. it is also possible looking ahead that if theresa may lost the vote on tuesday, then go to the eu summit thursday or friday, comes back with eu leaders saying that you can only have a deal that is a two—year extension, that she then goes back to the pro brexit wing of her party and says goodness gracious, look at what we're looking

so, you know, originally, the uk told the eu they thought they could get it done, and then ollie robbinse government said it would take more than one go. maybe it will take three, or maybe it will never go! but next week might be enormous. or it might not! laughing. good job this podcast is a free! we can ponder this until we next meet again. i am continental. what i would say, just to end on a down note, the last day or so, things are very tense, and i don't say that to make it seem more exciting or to be overly dramatic. it is very tense, very tense. you couldn't see it, but the other voice was adam fleming joining from brussels. and the brexitcast podcast is available to download now on the free bbc sounds app. it's time for a look at the weather hello. thank you. good evening. we are going to get a brief dry and calm interlude heading through the night into the first part of tomorrow, not my name there. my name is ben rich. i will try to type it in properly next time. this is how we are looking right now. we have this area of cloud data from patient the atlantic on the satellite pict

i mean, nobody knows what ollie's personal views are, only robbins has carried...uote from one brexiteer. sure, but only robbins is a very professional civil servant who has been given an almost impossible task by the redline the prime minister has set him, who has struggled manfully over the last two yea rs, struggled manfully over the last two years, andi struggled manfully over the last two years, and i think it is quite wrong thing to be attacked personally. i have complete confidence that those who are in the civil service be doing what ministers tell them to do and in the very best way they can. two quick points before we finish, one of them very germane to what happens to do civil servant after they leave their posts. you left the civil service. you are now a senior co nsulta nt civil service. you are now a senior consultant adviser to lockheed martin, the us defence and arms manufacturer whose weapons are used by the saudi government in their campaign in yemen. does the trouble you that, again, with your experience, your place in the house of lords, the res

olly robbins you can see in the top corner, the austrian chancellor there, and theresa may ushered toders. so, as she takes her seat, we will leave those pictures and once she has made her statement, we will return to brussels. now, if you spot someone wearing extremely colourful or mismatched socks today, they are most likely marking world down's syndrome day, which celebrates the lives of those living with it. down's syndrome is a genetic condition which typically affects someone's learning and physical features. about one in every 1000 babies are born with down's syndrome and there are currently about 60,000 people in the uk with the condition. the down's syndrome association workfit programme brings together employers and jobseekers who have the condition. and we can talk now to fran austin, an emploment development officer with the programme, and christopher mahon who has been helped into work by the scheme. fran, ifi fran, if i could start with you because this is about notjust, and i think the phrases, getting people to do something and help, this is actually a two—way street,