richard bennett says the secretary of state for transport, chris grayling, warned him to stop speakingwalked away from that meeting feeling like we have made no progress and we had hit a brick wall. his association immediately issued a press release about the meeting. within hours, chris grayling had left him a voice mail morning and twice that he might not be included in future brexit meetings. i had intended to involve you closely. that makes it much difficult to do that. —— much more difficult. my sense of that message was either shut up or you do not engage, you either play ball with us you will not be a part of the negotiations on behalf of the industry. we have a government trying to silence an industry that is trying to help government and guide them. despite the telling—off, discussions didn't stop. the department for transport said they would continue to involve the hauliers association at every stage, and it's unfortunate when details of a conversation held in confidence are made public in a press release. a no—deal brexit could affect our imports from the eu as well as our e