one was stuff on the helper and the other was tobias elwood and tobias elwood basically in the middle of this high level investigation that the f.b.i. was apparently conducting which its of course would be absurd for british intelligence not to have been made aware of he begins to probe me about why don't trump is an advocate of bragg's that why the european union is america's top priority and why american troops and nato should continue to be resurgent and keep russia out of eastern europe now of course donald trump as he's articulated over his last years as a president during the campaign he's not looking for a war he once did tons with russia with iran even so when i was discussing this strategy with the bias selwood is seemed the british establishment was not happy at all with what donald trump wanted to do regarding bragg's it or russia or even iran and quite clearly it makes sense why the british were involved in this operation it's a little bit surely when trump was actually elected when you dry in the get the meeting between dres i'm a little trump to the u.k. took a keen inte

when britain is trying to balance its response just in the last hour the junior defense minister tobias elwood has been speaking on domestic television and he has suggested that the u.k. is already sending what he called assets to the region without any further details but he says our 1st and foremost our 1st and most important responsibility is to make sure we get a solution to the issue to do with the current ship and to make sure the other british flag ships a safe to operate in these waters of course britain's british officials are feeling the heat they're being criticized for allowing this in the view of some people here to happen in the 1st place so tobias all with the junior defense minister trying to suggest that britain is doing what it can to resolve the issue but at the same time lots of people worried that the tensions could be escalated if britain reacted strongly and how far is britain's political quandary at the moment because of course it's got a prime minister he's due to step down it within days in a new one is due to be crowned effectively wednesday but it right at this mome

were kind of living in london there is another duplicity that you allege in this book because one tobias elwood of the foreign office someone who's talked about right now in britain because he's saying that if a prime minister the next prime minister of this country goes for a new deal bricks that he saying the british government will immediately fool tell me about the september 26th and when you meant to bias and alluded what he thought of bricks that what he thought of your president now president now the chronology is very important here because tobias selwood reached out to me in may of 2016 before this alleges the investigation was launched in july of 2016 but in september of 2016 there were 2 very suspicious men that came back into my life and one was stuff on helper and the other was to buy a cell would and to buy a cell would basically in the middle of this high level investigation that the f.b.i. was apparently conducting which it's of course would be absurd for british intelligence not to have been made aware of he begins to probe me about why don't trump is an advocate of bragg's tha

what he thought of your president now president now the chronology is very important here because tobias elwood reached out to me in may of 2016 before this allegedly investigation was launched in july of 2016 but in september of 2016 there were 2 very suspicious men that came back into my life and one was stuff on helper and the other was to buy a cell would and to buy a cell would basically in the middle of this high level investigation that the f.b.i. was apparently conducting which it's of course would be absurd for british intelligence not to have been made aware of he begins to approach me about why don't trump is an advocate of bragg's it's why the european union is america's top priority and why american troops and nato should continue to be resurgent and keep russia out of eastern europe now of course donald trump as he's articulated over his last years as a president during the campaign he's not looking for a war he wants he did tons with russia with iran even so when i was discussing this strategy what to buy selwood is seemed the british establishment was not happy at all with what

election that may well be forced upon him sooner rather than later let me bring in my guest now tobias elwood the conservative party m.p. or minister of defense under trees may still minister of defense as this reshuffle goes on to buy a ticket to see. joe swinson the leader of the liberal liberal democrats new leader has just put down and early day motion of no confidence that doesn't necessarily lead to anything but a sign of trouble of things to come do you think by i think it's the duty of the opposition to stare and cause problems but what you see today and you touched on it is the opportunity for boris johnson to continue his message that he began on the downing street yesterday one of enthusiasm one of determination this new sort of boris factor of coming in to say we can do this we're about to break indeed for the summer so to state that he'll make will be given a clarity of direction not just in the big question about the next 100 days and drags it but also important aspects of the domestic agenda are more policing more money for education climate change we're experiencing the hottes

imminently as well, but it is implausible to look after and protect every ship as well as what tobias elwoodaying. saying that in response to a former admiral making some criticism. the oil price on the back of this, i wanted to make a point, matt made the point about this choke point in the straits of hormuz, narrowist, only 21 miles wide and the point is, of course, that a huge amount of sea bourn shipping around a third of global sea bourn shipping goes through that very small choke point as well, three quarters of it set for asia. so my point for our viewers looking to and fairly enough looking to trade on the situations, look at light sweet crude and brent. yes it's up between 1 and 2% but that's a very small move to up the side given where we have come from and this is a great chart. what it shows you is not only 17% lower over a one-year period that wti the u.s. benchmark has fallen but actually from this level on the third of october we were trading around 77 bucks, dom. that means we're down significantly in bear market territory on the oil price to have a blip around 2%, i personal

government is being fairly guarded at the moment in the last hour or so the junior defense minister tobias elwood has been speaking of on national television and he said that everyone needs to deescalate the tensions in the area in the strait of hormuz now he said that the immediate priority is making sure that this tanker stener imperio is released but also making sure other vessels can travel unimpeded at the same time he has said that britain is considering a range of responses a range of measures and he has stated clearly that he says britain is sending what he called assets to the region without specifying what he seems to be saying is that is is qualifying some remarks that he's made where he said that this is an area of 100 nautical miles of waterway and it's impossible to escort every single vessel but it clearly feeling on the defensive from some quarters here in the u.k. you say that the u.k. took its eye off the ball he's denied those claims and now it's see he seems to be suggesting that the u.k. will send some kind of vessels to improve the situation there this comes after the u.k. o

well fully the last person who's been speaking for the government was a junior defense minister tobias elwood speaking on national television on sunday where he sent out a mixed message because he called it a hostile act he said the iranians had been clearly wrong to seize the imperator on friday in the strait of hormuz but he also said that it was important that everybody acts to deescalate tensions in the area he was slightly on the defensive because there's there's been a lot of the commentary here in britain around how the british military and navy have acted and whether in fact the governments were to strike how this was allowed to happen it effects not to buy and sell wood was saying that this is such a large area of water that it's impossible to ascott every vessel through but he did say that they were sending extra assets as he put it to the region but he also said that it was important that the bigger picture be remembered which was the the the nuclear deal with iran is under great pressure and that's increased in tensions over the last few weeks and months and he said that it was im

tough and not escalating tensions in the region in the last few hours the junior defense minister tobias elwood spoken on national television saying that he calls he sees this seizure of the tanker as a hostile act saying that the number one priority must be. assuring the safety of the vessel and its crew but also ensuring the safety of other vessels in the area and we're just hearing the fact that the the company that owns that tanker stan a bulk a british operator have made a formal request for access to visit the 23 crew members of the sterner imperio their indian. latvian russian and filipino nationals the iranian authorities have said on sunday that they're safe in the port of blunder about what the company wants to see them so that the britons obviously on the defensive if you like because at home they're being accused of being slack of not assuring the security of vessels in the area but they're also saying that the one of the proteins must be to deescalate tensions so really there's there's quite a tough game for them to play right now we we expect to hear from foreign secretary jeremy