we can speak to peter campbell who is the motor industry correspondent at the motor industry correspondentthe financial times and is in our studio. thanks for talking to us. how significant is this announcement, obviously there are hundreds of people working in these dealerships, are theirjobs at risk? the company has been clear nobody will lose theirjob as a result of this, there are 12,000 people employed in vauxhall dealerships across the country. what they plan to do is cancel their contracts and we ta ke to do is cancel their contracts and we take them out with the dealers at once, in effect it will cut about a third of its national dealerships. the dealerships are not owned by vauxhall, but other companies. they will be able to sell other brands on forecou rts will be able to sell other brands on forecourts or switch to used cars but that will still lead to a lot of uncertainty for all of vauxhall‘s retail employees for the next few yea rs. retail employees for the next few years. what lies behind this decision? vauxhall is loss-making and when potion to get over last year, it made v

joining me now is peter campbell, motor industry correspondent at the financial times. the latest investment coming into the uk since the brexit vote devote weeks in investments and car parts from the sonic toyota and bmw with many pla nts sonic toyota and bmw with many plants and the number of bands hair will go up significantly and increase more jobs and will go up significantly and increase morejobs and potentially more companies in the supply chain around the luton area. so any investment made in the uk automotive industry right now is going to be seen as industry right now is going to be seen as good industry right now is going to be seen as good news. industry right now is going to be seen as good news. the number of investments in the auto sector have fallen since brexit. injuly to get the amount invested in the uk followed and have to one point bag. the government is backing this up as a way that the moment. we been hearing a lot about how the motor industry might be affected by brexit and a lot of these new bands will be going to europe. two thirds of the bands

messages and emails and in the nation to ensure a couple of weeks ago with lembit or pick and peter tatchell son campbell says to heartfelt interviews last night we sometimes forget what our politicians do after losing their seat it's not always back to an edited family business absolutely so suzanne when finlayson says in relation to last week's show great interview with alex neil what an interesting life he's had i wish the show was an hour long of a bit about mind caroline says fascinating reflective and candid discussion i hope more people take time to watch it as kind of you curling and finally arthur said fascinating walk through of devolution history great interview and a big yes to the model for an independent scotland or facts are that i'm now over to alex and data directly. sudden i joined by dr wigley barton wiggle that should say duff and welcome to the alex salmond show thanks very much indeed alex. entry into politics in the early one nine hundred seventy s. i mean you had a successful business career joining play company and standing for parliament wasn't exactly a career move well when i

messages and emails and in the nation to ensure a couple of weeks ago with lembit or pick and peter tatchell son campbell says to heartfelt interviews last night we sometimes forget what our politicians do after losing their seat it's not always back to an inherited family business absolutely so suzanne when finlayson says in relation to last week's show great interview with alex neil what an interesting life he's had i wish the show was an hour long or be about mind caroline says fascinating reflective and candid discussion i hope more people take time to watch it as kindly carling and finally arthur said fascinating walk through of devolution history great interview and a big yes to the model for an independent scotland or thanks arthur i'm now over to alex and data directly. sudden i joined by dr wigley barton wiggle that should say duff and welcome to the alex salmond thanks very much indeed alex i want to take you back to your entry into politics in the early one nine hundred seventy s. i mean you had a successful business career training play company and stanley for parliament was exactly a career

of the brexit negotiations, we are joined by the telegraph's europe editor peter foster and the conservative mep david campbellnerman. welcome to both of you. peter foster, tell us about your story today, you have reported the ireland brexit proposal is in tatters. downing street disagrees. downing street has got to be rather careful with its words. they say they could find a solution if all sides were together productively. that's a big if. what we saw this week, on wednesday, was the end of five rounds of technical negotiations after the european council in march. and my story is essentially that is the two options theresa may put forward in the mansion house speech have been rejected by the eu. the idea that we'll collect tariffs on behalf of the eu has been ruled out and the idea that we can sum avoid a hard border in northern ireland by using technical solutions and by using technical solutions and trusted trader schemes. it is looking extremely shaky. do you except that, that the personals from theresa may have pretty much been eliminated. i think the customs partnership, the bigger picture stuff, is in

i'm joined by alastair campbell, who was the spokesman for prime minister tony blair, and peter pomerae surreal heart of the new russia. peter, how new is what we're seeing at the moment? in a way it is very old. in soviet times there were whole kgb departments designed to spread active measures which was to spread fakes and hoaxes into the western media. in a way, what the russians are doing draws from an old tradition. it is a tradition that every military has. i wouldn't say it's even unique to russia. what has happened now, as your report accentuated, new media has made it easier to do. there is a philosophical mood were people feel relitavistic, that their approach to thing has reached an absurdity where people cannot seem to agree on anything any more. you have this weird mix of foreign power using disinformation, new media and a weird mood in society. do you agree with that, alistair campbell? are we in a strange time and it is notjust the russians, it is fuelled by other things? i think the russians were onto this much faster and i think they were onto it from the perspective t