let's go to westminster and speak to stephen hammond — he's a conservative mp and former vice chairman who in september this year said he hoped the prime minister would deliver a "negotiated settlement". thank you forjoining us. we still wait for the publication of the agreement itself, but do you think she has done that? she has clearly got a negotiated settlement. the key is what is in it, and like everybody else, apart from the cabinet, i haven't seen it, and therefore i think, i'm very surprised at all my collea g u es think, i'm very surprised at all my colleagues rushing out here with hotheads declaring partisan politics ata time hotheads declaring partisan politics at a time when we need cool heads and calm reflection, because most of us and calm reflection, because most of us haven't seen the deal. you are not getting a lot of cool heads and calm reflection of the moment. and i think that is very bad. nonetheless, laura kuenssberg, the bbc political editor, has been saying that there does seem to be a feeling that the brexiteers, rather than sitting and waiting, are becoming of

development, we don't normally do this, two cabinet appointments but also junior appointments, stephen hammondacing stephen barclay, at the department of health. stephen hammond is a potential rebel, someone you might have thought could have been persuaded to vote down theresa may's deal and go for a new referendum potentially, he has now been appointed as a minister, that suggests he is also getting behind the deal, as is amber rudd, the prime minister trying to detach some of the potential rebels, keeping them together, and keeping them as a ballast for the deal. as many allies as she can get is what she needs. meanwhile both liam fox and michael gove insist they have confidence in theresa may as she pursues her brexit deal. mr gove was rumoured to be considering resigning from the cabinet but has decided to stay on to help the cabinet to get "the best future for britain". this morning the prime minister once again defended her brexit withdrawal agreement — answering calls from members of the public in a phone in on lbc radio. it comes amid speculation that a leadership challenge to mrs may

, who replaces stephen hammond, who replaces stephen barclay in health, he is someone stephenay in health, he is someone who is prepared to rebel against the prime minister on brexit, campaigns to remain during the referendum, essentially, if you like, making sure that he is very much in her column and her camp, by making him a minister, that gets rid of another potential revel in what might be very tight votes with parliament next month, votes on this deal. in addition to that, also getting bolstered by some of the people amber rudd predominantly, some of the people who have been loyal to her over the years and who are willing to back this deal rather than are willing to back this deal rather tha n vote are willing to back this deal rather than vote it down in order to get another referendum. some may say the balance has tipped towards remain, in an ministerial posts, getting the 48 letters in, business as usual, making her appointments, kind to bolster her position, and over the weekend, the hope is that rank and file members will ask their mps to give her some space, cool i