because we're talking about the reconstruction of the union. of the seceded states that formed the confederacy and they are now defeated and the question becomes is how do they reenter the union and how do we reconstruct the union. and that is why this period is known as reconstruction. it is not that well-known in american history as the civil war. so so far we've been talking about the civil war, right? before the midterms, we covered the civil war and everyone knows about the civil war, it has kind of a p of -- a triumphant end if you are not a confederate and the union wins and slavery is destroyed. reconstruction on the other hand does not have a happy ending. it is a great experiment in interracial democracy and it is over thrown and maybe we like happy endings and that is the reason we don't know much about reconstruction but it is a crucial period in american history. extremely crucial because many of our modern ideas about citizenship, what constitutions democracy, about equality, all comes from reconstruction. in a way it is like the s

be thrown out of the union. cannot -- i cannot believe that anybody in a union would vote anything but democrat because of what the republicans do. host: what are you and your fellow union members doing to get out the vote in november? caller: i'm retired, but i'm going down to the facility at work that. i'm going to talk to the younger union members. a lot of them voted for trump. a lot of them voted against obama because the nra said they were going to take away their guns. and them young guys leave that. they actually -- they believed. they told me that if obama was the military was going to come into their house and take away their guns. that's how ignorant they are. they can't -- they've got to do research. they cannot us into what republicans tell them. it's all yes. for them, their wife, and their children is to vote straight democrat and be union. there, in kinsman, ohio. hi, jerry, go ahead. >> good morning. host: how are you? caller: pretty good. i plan on voting for the republicans in november. i'm a r

they likewise took aim at the union cause. they accused yankees of fomenting the war and said most union soldiers had not gone off to war to end slavery. that was absolutely true. we'll come back to that. in other words, neither confederate nor union veterans were willing to forget or concede that their side might somehow have been wrong or immoral. and it wasn't just that they refused to forget. remembering had powerful social and political ramifications. let me give you an example. i assume you all know who these men are. four union generals and one colonel became republican presidents in the wake of the war. what better way to garner votes than to encourage people to vote as they shot, so encouraging union veterans to support the republican party. republican party also supported pensions for union veterans, another way of mobilizing, another reason to join the g.a.r., if you will. but confederates likewise used the war's memory for political purposes. in 1876, hoping to reclaim the south carolina governor's mansion from repu

women were central to the lost cause. union veterans on the other hand neglected to see their women as essential to the war or its memories. there were a few effort in the immediate aftermath of the war to pay homage to women on the home front or women nurses. more than anything, some women's groups in the north- north just the short but who had been offering to form auxiliary units. and for nearly 30 years, the gra said that they didn't need women. they are not important during the war and were not important to the war's memory. not until 1883 that the women's relief corps was accepted as an auxiliary to the dar. 118,000 women are members of the d r c by the turn of the century which somewhere ofs the number of udc but never had the voice, never had the outlets as their southern counterparts. to this note, women played a special important role in resisting reconciliation. the united daughters of confederacy was formed in part to provide an ain't dote to the blue -- antidote to the blue- gray rush. i am pained to see in real li

because these states, you know, this he succeeded from the union. what will the status of these rebel states now be? the federal government is a sort of symbol of the victorious union. how are they going to negotiate these rights again? will the expansion of the national government or the federal government as the face of the victorious union be connected to the issue of black rights? clearly here that seems to be the imagery. and this is an image right from the middle of reconstruction. this is the issue that is being represented in the north, that the federal government is closely connected to this issue of black rights and that the issue of federalism does involve a renegotiation virtually or a reimagining of what is states rights, what are the powers of the federal government, renegotiation of that relationship. why do you think states rights would be somewhat discredited now? any ideas? the idea of states rights, the states have certain rights. remember who are the people who have evoked states rights before and for what purpose? before the war.

women were central to the lost cause. union veterans, on the other hand, largely neglected to see their women as either essential to the war, or its memory. now, there were a few efforts in the immediate aftermath of the war to pay homage to women on the home front or to union nurses. but these end very quickly. and, in fact, more than anything, there had been some women's groups in the north who had -- not just the north, but who had been offering to form auxiliary units to the grand army of the republic, and for 20 years -- for nearly 20 years, the gar rebuffered their efforts and said they didn't need women. women hadn't been important during the war, they weren't important to the war's memory. it's not until 1883 that the women's relief corps was accepted as an auxiliary to the gar. the numbers of these groups are absolutely astounding. 118,000 women are members of the wrc by the turn of the century, which dwarfs the number. but they never have the voice. they never have the outlet as their southern counterparts. and to thi

to the lostentral cause. union veterans on the other hand largely neglected either women as either central to the war or its memory. there were a few efforts in the immediate aftermath to pay homage to women on the hold -- on the home front. more than anything there had been son women groups in the north who had been offering to form ancillary units -- form auxiliary units. for nearly 20 years the they rebuffed their efforts. 's mental 1883 that the women's relief corps was accepted as auxiliary to the ga are. are absolutely astounding. 118,000 women are members by the but theyhe-century, never have the voice, they never have the outlet as their southern counterpart. women played important roles in resisting reconciliation. the united daughters of the confederacy, which formed in part to provide a so-called antidote to the bluegray gush. is one of the founders writing to her counterpart. "i am paying to see realized some year of our people have accepted and preached the creed that there is no north, no south, but o

even at the confederates cannot see over the ridge line, the union can't do the same. they don't know what is coming at them. we now have confederate forces from georgia, south carolina, kansas. this turns into an area that is drawing more troops in. union forces have a perfect avenue of advance on the wheatfield road, interior lines along tiny town road will kill -- keep filtering more troops onto the battlefield. they keep going toward the wheatfield, 20 northern tip as they battle keeps raging down. eventually, this will engage over 22,000 soldiers. nearly one half of long streets soldiers are there. they will tie up for the next few hours with counterattacks and frontal attacks. this is a picture taken toward george roses farm which sits after these trees. towards the front is the area where they took some famous pictures of alexander gardner in the confederate dead. this is looking from the confederate position, along rose run, which is a saw stream. along this stonewall, they will fire up into the wheatfield. they said they only had a weak stock to stop a bullet a

the federal government sees a symbol of the union. will the exthe pang of the tphalt government as the face of the kwraoupb -- will the extent of the national government as the face of the union. and federalism does involve a renegotiation virtually or the reimagining of what is state's rights. what is the power of the federal government. renegotiation of that relationship. why do you think states rights will be some what discredited now? any ideas? the idea of states rights. the state has certain rights. remember who are the people who have evoked states rights before? and for what purpose? before the war. yeah, abby. wait for the mic. make sure the mic is close to you so that everyone can hear your intelligent questions and responses. >> maybe before the civil war was southern politicians that wrote state rights and a lot of that had to do with slavery. some politicians in south carolina in that statement, they evoke state rights between the states but now the federal government has one that idea can't stand anymore because now they'

because we are talking about the reconstruction of the union, right? of the seceded states that formed the confederacy, and how do we reconstruct the union? that is why this period is known as reconstruction. so we're talking mostly about the civil war. before the midterms we covered the civil war. everyone knows about the civil war, it has kind of a triumphant end, you know, at least if you are not a confederate, the union wins, slavery is destroyed. reconstruction, on the other hand, does not have a happy ending. it's a great experiment in interracial democracy immediately after the war but it is overthrown. maybe we all like happy endings and that's one of the reasons we don't know that much about reconstruction. it is a crucial period in american history. many of our modern ideas about citizenship, what constitutes democracy, about equality all comes from reconstruction. in a way it is like the second founding of the american republic. you have three constitutional amendments. you don't have that since the bill of rights. that's just when the consti

in the long—term, the prosperity of the european union and jobs in the european union depend on the integrityre not going unpick it. but i return to the raw data put out by the imf. of course, it's a little bit speculative, but one must respect the strength of their economics. they say that if there is a cliff edge, a hard crash—out brexit, that will cost the eu as a whole probably around i.5%, if not more, of gdp. some countries will be much worse, like ireland who could lose 4% of gdp. it will cost hundreds of thousands of jobs, possibly over a million, across the eu as a whole. some countries in particular, and this is where we get to you, some countries in particular, like the netherlands, are extraordinary vulnerable because of the strength of your trading relationship with the uk. yes. but we also have trading relations with the eu internal market. i think if you make the same calculation for the disintegration of the internal market you would get figures that are even worse. i think to now one—sidedly try and make the eu responsible for the fallout of brexit is a bit the world on its h

and first kind of had to understand why the shirts that said down and negotiate with union leaders about such issues as payment holidays so the hardest thing he's ever done in his life these can be clearly david and goliath battles unions against large multinationals do you think the success in kenya has emboldened the unions to stand up for their rights oh yes i think it has i mean so far there are about eighty agreements in place across africa i mean that is little more than than a famous drop in the ocean but nevertheless. think for many unions that is quite a starting point as you said it often is a david versus goliath battle and unions often felt powerless they felt they simply were not strong enough to negotiate with multinational companies like these and i think these these agreements have shown them and they're actually able to do something so your first eighty agreements a starting point in this case which were fairing to we're talking about east africa is that bolder approach or means the same across the continent you know unfortunately it is not a do it really depends what co

i have been out in the field and a union rep. i have seen workers being told not to sign their sheets back to report only four hours back and do a lot of stuff that they don't get the wages they are supposed to get. by us being present and their being at pla, it would help guard against this. the last time, 30 of our 60 contractors were union members who decided to go into business for themselves and they have been highly successful. i don't understand the argument of them saying that they can't succeed if there is a p.l.a. our members that have started their own businesses are doing fine. i don't understand why that wouldn't be the case. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> my name is marcus. i live and work in san francisco and i work for architecture. i am for the p.l.a. because we want to equalize for all of the workers and we want equal wages for all the workers. health benefits for all the workers. nonunion or union. that is it. thank you. >> thank you. >> hi my name is adam. i work for .-ellipsis i support the p.l.a. thank

taken over the soviet union in 1964. who you see here on the cover shaking nixon's hand was a heart -- hard-line communist who showed no indication that he was open to any kind of new relationship with the united states. increased literary spending and entered into a series of showdowns in the middle east and other parts of the world with the united states but the soviets were feeling the strain of higher defense spending on their economy. he entered and -- and negotiations in 1969 in helsinki and culminating in may 1972. the agreement limited the number of anti-ballistic missile sites that each country could have. it limited the number of intercontinental missiles and submarine launched ballistic missiles by freezing them to existing levels. the senate approved the agreement very quickly by august by an overwhelming vote. the second part under president nixon was opening relations to china. nixon made a dramatic trip to china in february 1972. carefully orchestrated like a television production. the air force transported

i don't want to have to pay dues to the union, have a portion of the check go to the union for dues and have multiple bosses. i just like being nonunion. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening, commissioners. jim lazarus, san francisco chamber of commerce. we have supported in the past project labor agreements. we've endorsed them when they've come before the board of supervisors for approval when they meet the test of the boston harbor case from the u.s. supreme court which said major projects that are time sensitive that meet the federal requirement can have a union bid. boston harbor gig, airport terminals, clearly the type of programs multimillion dollar or billion-dollar programs that project labor agreements were designed to serve, and to serve the public interest. what we have here is an obvious conflict between serving the interests of small business and local hire and the unionization of all city contracts. i think what this commission should ask for is certified l.b.e.'s in san francisco should be fall under a p.l.a. ordinance. that is in direct conflic

is working with nato to define in which areas the european union could have strategic autonomy mr maass added to his op ed if you will yesterday in his speech to the collected diplomats of germany that he is vested it also creating a civilian for so to enhance civil military cooperation so there are different areas in which the european union has the legal way both legally and politically to do more it needs to figure out very clearly its relationship with nato and it cannot sit out what the trumpet ministration plans to do in fact we have known since the beginning of the tram campaign that one of the goals of mr trump himself and some few people within his administration to pick european european union apart strategically because then that would allow him to negotiate within ideally that's what he believes none of that is true and under european law but to negotiate individually with european countries is that there is what he fareed is streak in the u.s. administration and yes mr bennett i'm going to need to the european union i'm going to give mr by the last would this clip

when on december 27, the soviet union invaded afghanistan. crossing the border, and moving for the first time into a country that was not part of the warsaw pact. the invasion confirmed everything that conservatives had been saying about the soviets. and undermined the very premises of ditente. the neoconservative, ben walsenburg, wrote supporters of his coalition for a democratic majority, people keep saying all those lies people have been telling us our true. carter acknowledged -- would go nowhere once the soviets had invaded. and it was something that truly took him by surprise. even though the president [ inaudible ] about the soviets and ramped up defense spending in response to the invasion, conservatives were not pleased. the public -- republicans blamed carter by saying it was his foreign-policy that had emboldened the soviets into taking action. conservatives said the soviet invasion of afghanistan [ inaudible ] the decades of the broken policy of ditente. in january 1980, bill roch, the director of the republican national committee,

had been a protege and had taken over the soviet union in 1964. brezhnev, who you see here on the cover of "time" magazine, shaking nixon's hand, was a hard-line communist who had shown no indication in the 1960s that he was open to any kind of new relationship with the united states. he had increased military spending, he had entered into a series of showdowns in the middle east and other parts much the world with the united states, but privately the soviets were feeling the strain of higher defense spending on their economy. so he entered into negotiations with nixon, starting in 1969 in helsinki and culminating in may of 1972. the s.a.l.t. i agreement limited the number of anti-ballistic missile sites that each country could have. and it limited the number of intercontinental missiles and submarine-launched ballistic missiles by freezing them to existing levels. and the senate approved the agreements very quickly, by august, by an overwhelming vote. the second part of detente under president nixon was opening relations to china. nixon made a dr

is working with nato to define in which areas the european union could have strategic autonomy mr maass added to his op ed if you will yesterday in his speech to the collected diplomats of germany that he is vested it also creating a civilian for so to enhance civil military cooperation so there are different areas in which the european union has the legal way both legally and politically to do more it needs to figure out very clearly its relationship with nato and it cannot sit out what the trumpet ministration plans to do in fact we have known since the beginning of the tram campaign that one of the goals of mr trump himself and some few people within his administration to pick european european union apart strategically because then that would allow him to negotiate with in ideally that's what he believes none of that is true and under european law but to negotiate individually with european countries is that there is what he fareed is a streak in the u.s. administration and yes mr bennett i'm going to need to the european union i'm going to give mr bennett a loss would miss

we try to reach the workers in the greenhouses with the help of the union. but the companies won't have it. and some of the four million traumas even get aggressive when they see the union representatives. and they're increasingly tense about the media to the experience that first hand and one of the farmers trying to take away our camera. every day workers come to the union headquarters seeking help we need gabriele said dickie he's been working in the greenhouses for years but now the poor conditions have made him sick. need to restore the doctor's note certifies that my eye is bad and that i. have to take medication just to see it's. what happened to his eye. after his consultation we meet him in his neighborhood he tells us more about his health problems. it's a. savant i was working spring so first year was a kind of poison marker the female name it smell so bad and then my i started hurting my. own and they took something out of it but my eye still hurts says. he was made to spray pesticides without any protective clothing at. some point that. he needs

the block the report paints a portrait picture of the state of thunder mental rights within the european union it's a mixed picture it's a picture of what's working and what's not working we have to stay very vigilant in europe just like everywhere else in the world to protect the incredible institutions we develop that second world war as every word in the word our foundation the idea of the european union human rights democracy and it's not getting better it's changing we have some improvement it's a very diplomatic world changing to a good changing to the bad change to the good in some places but right i am very concerned about the situation of human rights in europe today we have a lot to do across so many issues so many groups migrants older people at the disabled there's a huge program of work to be done but much the challenges with the achievements but you have said that both twenty seventeen was not a great year in terms of respect of protection and the promotion of human and fundamental right not a great year that's an. wait a minute now i agree it was a it was a very very challenging

now, if you leave the european union, if you decide to leave the european union, that is your choice,the british government has drawn: no to the single market, no to a customs union but, given that we now have a certain framework where we can operate — and we want to get this orderly brexit deal done — and in the end this means that both sides will have to show a compromise, but one thing is clear, a country that leaves the european union and the single market can't be in a better position than a country which is a member. this is nothing to do with being nasty, this has nothing to do with — as i often hear in london — there people in brussels interested in punishing the uk — no, it is our interest to get the deal done just as much as the uk side and that's why we should concentrate on the work we still have to do. 80% of the british withdrawal agreement have now been probably concluded but it leaves 20%, we'r still not there yet and that's why the next two and half months will be crucial. also on the table from the british government is a deal struck, drawn up at chequers, called the

is working with nato to define in which areas the european union could have strategic autonomy mr maass added to his op ed if you will yesterday in his speech to the collected diplomats of germany that he is vested it also creating a civilian for so to enhance civil military cooperation so there are different areas in which the european union has the legal way both legally and politically to do more it needs to figure out very clearly its relationship with nato and it cannot sit out what the trumpet ministration plans to do in fact we have known since the beginning of the tram campaign that one of the goals of mr trump himself and some few people within his administration to pick european european union apart strategically because then that would allow him to negotiate with in ideally that's what he believes none of that is true and under european law but to negotiate individually with european countries is that there is what he fareed is a streak in the u.s. administration and yes mr bennett i'm going to need to the european union i'm going to give mr benton last would this cl

for the union of the battle. an entire confederate brigade was marching into the vast gap in the union line, created by the sickles and caldwell's division. armistead pierced hancox's day, which iswing so celebrated, he had with him a small handful of men. there were thousands of defenders there to make armistead and his men pay dearly for their audacious breach. there was no one immediately available to stop wilcox's brigade. hancock was all alone. miller survived, by the way. effective after taking two bullets. frantically looking for help. hancock finally found some. one regiment, the first minnesota and -- minnesota and minnesotan.a -- this moment is exemplary of hancock. the gravitycognizes of the moment. his demeanor convinces a body of men to make a suicidal charge. there are several descriptions of the moment he orders the first minnesota into their counter assault. but hiss vary unwavering tone and cadence are evident in all accounts. turns records, as hancock , he bowled hold the regiment coming from th

>> i don't believe that they consider themselves dominated by the soviet union. i don't believe the romanians consider themselves dominated by the soviet union. dwloo i don't believe the pols consider themselves dominated. each of those country s independent, autonomous. it has its own territorial integrity. the united states does not concede that those countries are under the domination of the soviet union. >> the last point is the point he was trying to make but what all the press picked up on and carter picked up on was here is a president who didn't even seem to acknowledge that the soviet union existed and the kind of control the soviets had over eastern europe. for conservatives in the party it was confirming that president ford was out of touch with the dangers and realities over seas. carter went onto win. a narrow victory but a victory nonetheless. conservatives continue to assault detente when jimmy carter was president. he argued he was willing to experiment with foreign policy as well. foreign policy had not been his main concern during the campaign. c

which is most favorable for the management and like this has managed to keep the unions out of the company and dictate the terms of labor. for tennis now and two grand slam winner showed signs of their best form at the toronto masters stand i'm very eager overcame nick carey garros in three sets and me while the reigning wimbledon champion novak djokovic had a slightly easier path into the second round. stand in orange must have been fearing the worst against me carry us a full steam the australian it's hard to keep up with. the curiosities form can change dramatically from one set to another in the second very brink a took the initiative aided by an injury to his heavily strapped opponent. well know how that fails his ranking has slumped after two knee operations last year. but he's getting back to his best the majestic backhand flowing again this race swept through in three sets. novak djokovic is another veteran big name who's had his share of injury problems in recent years it's good for the record to be a boston is the passage. but even the best get down in frustration of

we are the european union. we have the internal market.e relationship but we will not re—negotiate the eu because, yes, brexit will be damaging, even if there is no cliff edge, no crashing out of the eu. if there is a crashing out, it will be even more damaging. but unpicking the internal market will be the worst scenario and we will not do that. if you say bluff... i have noticed that in recent weeks, in the british media, and you are actually making the same point here, they are trying to kind of intimidate the eu into, oh, if you do not accept our terms and it will be terrible for you. i think we should be... maybe it is time for little bit of honesty in politics and maybe people should have been told before the brexit referendum what reality was going to be like. the vote has taken place, that is clear. that is the situation we have to deal with. and it will hurt. but we are not going to undo the internal market. far be it from me to intimidate anybody, i am looking at the the reality of what is happening. not in terms of economics, bu

he joined the union army. he fought for the army in ohio. and he actually -- after rose's husband died he actually helped support rose. and she went and begged the union officials to give him promotions. which had to kill him because it had to be a very difficult personal situation. little rose went to europe with her mother and went to a convent. i actually got the notes from the convent from a nun who is a historian in paris. they had little rose's records in the school there, and it was written that when she heard that her mother died she sobbed and sobbed and she was inconsoleable and she asked if she could be baptized because she could better pray for her mother. and that the top catholic in france came and baptized her. and it was interesting to me that she hadn't been baptized because rose had been born a catholic. but i also learned in the course of the diary of reading the diary that rose, although she had been born a catholic, had never been baptized herself. and she was baptized by the top catholic priest in britain. in all of eur

hate speeches are coming from presidents from governments from politicians look at the european union the european union is also one of the reasons where we are listening to hate speeches and this wouldn't be possible before it is new well as legit from eyes i also look at the european union which is doing a good job of taking hate speech off line which is pushing back and we've seen some improvements in this regard in the last few months i'm not discouraged at all i see a long way ahead it's a difficult it's going to be a difficult pathway but i think in the end we'll get there with the commitment of young people in our societies the resilience of civil society at the increasing convergence of faith communities to do something meaningful to challenge understands that you are optimistic that's your job but let's be realistic again. let's have a look in poland let's have a look in hungary let's have a look in france let's have a look even in germany a very successful growth of parties who are anti democratic a part of their rhetoric is the headline hate discrimination of mind sexual di

we token take into consideration how the management of ryanair has handled recent conflicts with the union it's likely that this will escalate further in ireland after pilots went on strike ryan air threaten to transfer planes from ireland to poland and force the employees to also move from ireland to poland the management in the negotiations with the unions here in germany has talked about potentially doing something like that here as well that's why it's so significant that in this case unions from four different countries of the european union acting together it's a first for such concerted action they're joining their forces in order to try to prevent the management of ryan air from playing of one side against the other economy by passenger numbers ryanair is europe's largest airline how's this going to bookings. well itself doesn't give exact estimates in the case of those islands strike the managers have said that they have had a negative effect on bookings and in the long run of course this indicates that the times of thirty to forty euro tickets are over as you know also ryanair wi

i am an apprentice in the sheet metal workers local union. i am a san francisco resident and also a graduate of the city academy. we do -- we need citywide p.l.a.'s. and to help families like mine to continue living in san francisco. please support the p.l.a. thank you. >> thank you. >> hello. i am an apprentice in the sheet metal worker local 104. i am a san francisco resident and a registered voter. and also a graduate of city view. we need a citywide p.l.a. to make sure that the city goes to apprentices like me and have families like mine to continue living in san francisco. a citywide p.l.a. will also help train a new generation. >> thank you. >> hello. i am an apprentice in the sheet metal worker local 104. i'm a san francisco resident. and a registered voter. and also a graduate of the city view academy. we need citywide p.l.a. to make sure that city workers go to apprentices like me and help families like mine with community living in san francisco. in addition, citywide p.l.a. will give responsible union conjecture, when bidding agains

the soviet union was a different matter. the soviet union began to raise the question of these overtures to the north vietnamese. out thesehould put talks taking place in paris. more from 1968 and the johnson white house. [video clip] on march 31, president johnson had avoided a halt to all bombing programs expect over the dmz, an area where massive numbers continue to fall. as a result of this decision, the much awaited truce talks with hanoi began. december, president johnson's chief negotiator at there stillported had been no substantive discussions. the north vietnamese negotiators clung to their long-held demand that all bombing must stop before they would discuss anything else. the president, in close counsel with his top military and foreign affairs advisors for assuranceed of de-escalation should the stop -- be stopped. no such assurance was forthcoming. host: back to your point --mark kramer, but, elizabeth cobbs, you had richard nixon who had his own plan to get out of vietnam, and -- but did he? know the evidence i

every day workers come to the union headquarters seeking help we mean. he's been working in the greenhouses for years and now the poor conditions have made him sick. need to list the doctor's notes certifies that my eye is bad and that i have to take medication just so it's. what happened to his eye. after his consultation we meet him in his neighborhood he tells us more about his health problems. yet if. it's not and then my i started hurting my. own and they took something out of it but my eye still hurts . he was made to spray pesticides without any protective clothing. he needs the work and the greenhouses doesn't see tells us he sends sixty euros to his family each month in morocco. the company he works for is called bureau sub or back at the union headquarters there are plenty of other workers are also complain about working for the same company. and we want to talk to someone responsible but we aren't allowed to film on the premises. because a border lever is a lot of goods to germany we find them in rave in riyadh and the discounter penny. but we'

i deeply regret that the uk isn't leaving the european union andi uk isn't leaving the european uniont i have to a cce pt had a different outcome but i have to accept that leave means leave. if you leave the european union, that is your choice and we also accept the red lines the british government has drawn. note to the single market and customs union given that we now have a certain framework where we can operate, and we want to get this orderly brexit deal done, in the end it means both sides will have to show a compromise at one thing is clear, a country that leaves the european union and the single market cannot be in a better position than a country which is a member. this is nothing to do with being nasty, nothing to do with being nasty, nothing to do with being nasty, nothing to do, as i often hear in london, that people in brussels are interested in punishing the uk. no, it is in our interest to get the deal done but we should concentrate on the work we should do. 80% of the british withdrawal agreement have probably been concluded but it leaves 20%. .. also, also on the tabl