with me is stuart thomson, head of public affairs, government and infrastructure at the law firm birchamhe law firm bircham dyson bell. let's talk aboui may. stewart, let's talk about theresa may. a big day for her yet again today. what are we expecting from that statement to mps? there seems to be an ongoing series of big days for the prime minister. i don't think we expect much. discussions with the other political parties do not seem to have gone well, in fact labour refused to meet with her. the s&p and others have made their position is clear. you can sort of see how we have got into this position with the negotiations with europe. a series of red lines she is not prepared to move from, which has influenced the discussions with the parties, as it influenced the discussion with the european commission and its institutions over the past couple of years. nothing is shifting and unless she is prepared to loosen the tyres or rub out a couple of those red lines, it is difficult to see how this will shift in any meaningful way over the next couple of weeks. frankly, that end of march deadl

with me is stuart thomson, head of public affairs, government and infrastructure at the law firm birchamng the from alex, is a about control more than anything else? it is prime minister trying assert her control that she does not appear to have very much. and despite the negotiation we have heard about four months and their own party and the opposition parties as well, nothing has fundamentally changed. she is not positioning herself differently, she is not running out any red lines. it is difficult to see how anything will change over the coming hours, days oi’ change over the coming hours, days or weeks. that march deadline is looming large. what do you expect from the statement later? very little. negotiation talk, talk about trying to unlock a solution but that it does not seem she wants to change. you can see why some in the european commission have been getting frustrated with the way these negotiations have been going because it shows no different this week with the opposition parties. so she is not going to negotiate, it is difficult to see how anything will change, how we will