20/07/2016 Newsnight

A week in office, and looking strong on the world stage.

We should strive for a solution which respects the decision

of British voters, but also respects the interests of our

Theresa May, a week in office, looking strong in the Commons.

In my years in this house, I've long heard the Labour Party

asking what the Conservative Party does for women.

It just keeps making us Prime Minister!

A week in office, and very much in power.

No one doubts it's been a good start.

But we're getting the first hints of policy now, and plenty

We'll ask if it's likely to be plain sailing from here on out.

While the government says it's confident the trouble is over,

We've got a water cannon here in case presumably

of crowd disturbances, and they've also brought dozens

And why there are fewer songs in the Top 40 these days.

When John Major came to power back in 1990,

uniting a divided Tory party, his MPs cheered wildly.

A fresh face, able to rise above the splits of the past.

Until they weren't, a year or two later.

Well, let's take stock of where Theresa May stands

Everyone in the Tory party is happy, and many beyond it too.

When she arrived in Germany this afternoon, the optics -

to use a ghastly spinmeister word - the impression left by her

and Angela Merkel together was undeniably one of calm authority.

And her first outing at Prime Minister's Questions

earlier today played to brilliant reviews as well.

We knew she could be brutal - from the way she sacked

But did we know she could adopt a Thatcherite wit?

I suspect that there are many members on the opposition benches

who might be familiar with an unscrupulous boss.

A boss who doesn't listen to his workers.

A boss who requires some of his workers to

And maybe even a boss who exploits the rules to further his own career.

Labour MPs on occasion literally had head in hands.

Well, it's a good time to look for hints of

The migration target, which we are not in line to hit.

Is it possible that the Europe split in the Tory party has not been

We've now moved the argument from membership, to one about

Will the Prime Minister make my day special by saying she is prepared

to reject staying in the single regulated market and offering

instead to our friends in Europe a free trade deal very much

The Prime Minister evidently wanted to stall on answering that -

a traditional way of kicking the can down the road

We'll get more from Berlin shortly, but let's talk

to two of our top team, Nick Watt and Chris Cook.

What was your take on PMQs? It was a strong performance. She was

authoritative, told the odd joke, and delivered a pretty good put-down

to Jeremy Corbyn when he walked into a trap talking about insecure

workers. Even George Osborne, sacked by Theresa May last week, sitting a

few rows behind, was laughing and acknowledging the strong

performance. To put it diplomatically, Corbyn was outshone

by Theresa May, and it didn't take a Lynn Smith, challenging for Jeremic

Corbyn for the leadership, to say that was not good enough, make me

Leader of the Labour Party. But dashed Owen Smith, challenging

Jeremy Corbyn for the leadership. In lots of areas, she seems to be

kicking things into the future. We know she has indicated that the

deficit targets... She still wanted it, but not until the end of the

parliament. On immigration, she still sees tens of thousands as a

target, but until we are out of the European Union, this is not

possible. Today, it may almost be a rite of passage. It's the new delay

to Universal Credit. This was a reform of the benefits system is

supposed to have 6 million people on it by now. We have a quarter of a

million on it, 124 software should be. She's announced it will be a

year longer, even longer than 2022. The original plan was supposed to be

the end of this year. The split in the Tory party on Europe. Is it

dead? You saw the rows of smiling Tory MPs, and you thought, have

those divisions finally been overcome? The key moment was when

Edward Leigh, the arch Eurosceptic, said, in a carefully phrased

question to the Prime Minister, will you reject access to the single

market and will there be no freedom of movement? Theresa May made a

careful response. She said they wanted to negotiate the best deal

and that there would be limits on free movement. If we are to have

some access to the single market outside the European Union, we may

have to accept some immigration from within the European Union. I was

talking to one of the government Brexit people today, and they say

they are working really, really hard to make sure that the likes of Sir

Edward Leigh do not shout, betrayal, when the inevitable nitty-gritty

give-and-take of the negotiations is under way. Thanks to you both.

Well, I said we'd get more from Berlin.

It's not unusual, when you move house, to go and meet the

neighbours. All new prime ministers in recent times, with the exception

of John Major, have made their first overseas trips to Germany, France or

both. So Theresa May's itinerary for today and tomorrow is far from

unusual. But Theresa May's visit to Berlin today and Paris tomorrow are

anything but social cause. No Prime Minister since World War II has

arrived in office with a more pressing, urgent diplomatic problem

to contend with. It was appreciated by the Germans and by the Chancellor

that hurling was the first city to visit. It shows that they understand

that Germany will play a very important role in negotiations to

come. It probably also a woman to woman move that was quite clever.

Apart from a brief handshake at an EU migration summit, this was the

first time the two most powerful women in Europe had met. The new

Prime Minister was here to make common cause. It's very important

that we have two women here, who have had a very constructive

discussion. Two women who get on with the job and want to deliver the

best possible results for the people of the UK and the people of Germany.

Theresa May did receive a sympathetic hearing when it came to

the crucial issue of when to trickle -- trigger Article 50, the process

that begins our negotiated exit from the EU. The Prime Minister said this

would not be until next year at least. Some members of the EU want a

faster timetable, but Angela Merkel is very understanding.

TRANSLATION: It is understandable that only a few days after the

referendum, only a few days after a new government was formed in

Britain, the government will have to take a moment first. There's been a

lot of anger. There was this thing off well, they want to leave, let's

punish them. Let's make it as hard as possible. A populist approach.

But I don't think this is going to matter that much in the real

negotiations. I think the interests of the German economy will play a

big role, and they obviously wants relations as close as possible. For

the UK, free movement of people within the EU is something that many

who voted for Brexit expect to change. Angela Merkel said today the

UK will not be allowed to cherry pick what it wants to pick and what

it wants to let go. In Germany, public concern is more about

migration from outside the new than movement within it. In Germany,

these are two different topics. We are not so much talking about the

free movement within the European Union, even though we have this

debate also. We know that those entering the European Union, the

migrants and some of those terrorists who were able to attack

in Paris and Brussels and now in Germany, a benefited from the

possibility to travel freely within Europe. Tomorrow, Theresa May

arrives in Paris for the second leg of her opening visits. The

fundamentals of the problem are that the UK's exit from the E -- from the

European Union hasn't changed at all. But now there seems to be

willingness on all sides to couch the problem in more friendly

language. I'm joined now by Crispin Blunt,

Conservative MP and Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee

and SNP spokesperson on Trade on Trade and Investment,

Tasmina Ahmed Sheikh. How has her first week been? It was

great to see her meeting with the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, and

then with Angela Merkel today. It is refreshing times, to a certain

extent, in terms of seeing women in positions of importance. The key

thing is what they do with those positions. In Scotland, we didn't

want the vote imposed upon us, and we didn't want to come out of the

European Union. It seems like you are getting swept up a little bit in

the joy and euphoria of a new Prime Minister. No, because

notwithstanding comments made on the steps of Downing Street that she's

going to be Prime Minister of the whole of the United Kingdom, which

remains to be seen in terms of how she protects Scotland's position in

the EU, but she also spoke of inequality and social justice. Today

in PMQs, we had a reiteration of austerity and living within our

needs -- within our means, policies which are punishing the people of

Scotland to a terrible extent. Crispin Blunt, you were a Boris

Johnson support of the last time I spoke to you. What is your take on

Theresa May's first week? I think it's been awesome. The machinery of

government changes, allied to the personnel changes she's made in

government, have given her a real stamp of authority. The creation of

a new Brexit Department and a new Department of International trade,

and the leader of those three departments, are exactly what I

would have done, knowing the personalities involved and their

skill sets. You have Boris Johnson, who has a fantastic complimentary

skill set to Theresa May, being the Leave representatives of the UK and

the world. I think it is a terrific message available for the UK.

Everything is awesome, as the song says. Do you think wrecks it can be

resolved? Do you think there is a solution, a Brexit solution, that

can satisfy the ultra-s in the Conservative Party, the SNP, Angela

Merkel and the business constituency in the UK? It is clear from the

referendum result that it is Scotland's position that we want to

remain within the European Union. That was the democratic will of the

people of Scotland when they went to the ballot box. From that

perspective, we will be negotiating to stay within the European Union.

Put that aside, because it's not going to happen soon. I don't accept

that it won't happen, because that's not been the view of many people.

The First Minister has already spoken. The latest YouGov poll

across various EU countries showed lots of support for Scotland to stay

in the EU. That is just a modest problem. The modest problem being

that there was a referendum a couple of years ago where the people of

Scotland voted to remain within sight -- within the United Kingdom.

And the United Kingdom have collectively voted to leave the

European Union. I don't want to get to court on this. Crispin Blunt, do

you see a solution that will satisfy Edward Leigh and everybody else? And

if there is a solution, why didn't Theresa May mention it today?

We're not going to be part of the single market, we will have access

to the single market and sell into the single market. There are tonnes

that need to be decided in the negotiation. You are clear, but is

she clear? She wasn't as clear as you have been when she spoke in the

comments today and again in Germany. She didn't say it like that. -- and

in the Commons. There will be issues about how close the readership is

with the single market and within the negotiation people may say, we

almost remained... 30% in it. Yes. I am pretty clear that we will end up,

within a decade, a deep and comprehensive free trade agreement,

what gets negotiated over the next two and a half years will be part of

the weight of that. People should be fairly clear that there are some

things the British can't give in, in this negotiation. One will be

unrestricted free movement of labour. She doesn't talk about

ending free movement, she says controls on free movement. Exactly.

Why doesn't she say ending free movement? It doesn't sound much she

is quite clear like you are. Britain will remain open for business, we

will want people who we want to come and work in our labour market to

come and work here. There is a significant number of EU individuals

working as consultants in the health service and we will need to

continue. As there are in every other industry. You will want people

where there is a demand for them, particularly in the top jobs, to

have mobility into our labour market. The people who have got to

be protected in our labour market are those like unskilled and

semiskilled people in the labour market from competing with... The

labour market from the European Union. Putting aside the Scotland

issue, I know you don't want to, do you think they have got it resolved?

The issue with the Leave proposition, as it was during the

campaign, we don't know what that means and we still don't know what

that means. With all respect to Chris, since he voted with us

against Trident a couple of days ago, that is the issue. We have seen

throughout this week a different viewpoints within the government as

to what Brexit actually means. A huge challenge for Theresa May,

taking out Scotland, which is unique. How she coalesces around

something which will appease everybody. We have already seen the

continuing dissent amongst the ranks of the Conservative Party because of

this. We need to leave it there, thank you so much.

Well, we have to have a daily dose of Labour politics.

Now the party is sceptical, on occasion, of the profit motive,

but it has certainly found a good way to raise money itself.

Registered supporters had to pay ?25 for a right to vote

in its leadership election and the news is that the party

has made not much less than ?5 million from that

The numbers, who are these people who registered? Jeremy Corbyn has

tweeted this evening that 183,000 people have signed up in the 48 hour

window to be registered supporters. Officially, we have no idea who

these people are. What we do know is that both sides have been

mobilising, momentum for Jeremy Corbyn and saving labour for anyone

but Corbyn. I sense a growing and quite confident in the Jeremy Corbyn

camp because they saying are very strict rules for these registered

supporters, ?3 fee, up to ?12. Having it open for the entire

contest down to a 48 hour window, despite the incredibly strict rules,

there are an extra 50,000 people who have signed up for this, they are

quietly confident. Owen Smith and saving labour site, they said we

have been mobilising, don't count us out. -- saving labour.

A state of emergency is underway in Turkey.

In Turkey, an extraordinary purge is under way in the aftermath

About 60,000 soldiers, police, judges, civil servants and teachers

have been either suspended, detained or are under investigation.

Today, a temporary ban was applied to academics travelling abroad,

on the pretext that accomplices of the coup might try

Well, our diplomatic editor, Mark Urban, has been in Turkey

since the weekend, and has been following this new phase

in the entrenchment of Erdogan's power.

A state of emergency. 90 minutes ago he announced this, what does that

actually mean? Less than that, actually, Evan. It gives sweeping

powers initially for three months although some people say they expect

it to last six months. Greater powers of arrest and detention but

powers, potentially, if they are needed, for curfews. People, for

example, legally instructed to have their passports or other form of ID,

ID cards, with them at all times, when they are out of their own

homes. That type of thing. As you might imagine, opposition groups are

pretty worried about this. The President's supporters, we had this

in anger after the ten minutes the announcement was made, a huge

crescendo of car horns across the city forced up some pictures have

come in of celebration. Amongst President Erdogan's supporters.

Everybody including the opposition United against the coup when it

happened. In broad terms, they supported the punishment of those

responsible. But we have seen in recent days is a widening dragnet of

people involved against followers of this exiled cleric Brittany Boolean

-- Gulen. There are people who are concerned this could sweep in all

sorts of others. Even if you just confine it to that group, could be

hundreds of thousands who belong to this Gulenist network.

At an army barracks in Ankara, a furious policeman interrogates

soldiers, who took part in the coup attempt.

"What did he order you to do", one is asked.

"He ordered all tanks to shoot at the people".

Fixing on the officer who gave the order,

While pistol whipping and kicking him.

The soldiers are denounced as Gulenist dogs.

Followers of an exiled cleric blamed for the coup.

As thousands have been arrested, accused of being members of that

secret network, relatives come to places like Ankara's police station,

TRANSLATION: We don't know why they have detained him, we don't

We can't see him here or at the courthouse.

Quickly, though, vocal supporters of President Erdogan appeared,

You can feel the divisions between people playing themselves

out even in that little crowd we just talked to.

Some backing the AKP and the police, others talking about

their loved ones, who are locked up inside there.

It's a very tense mood and

we've been told not to stay too long, here.

As the purge against members of the Gulenist network

spreads wider, the judiciary, schools and media have all been

This is the Ankara bureau of Can Erzincan TV.

They are open that the channel are loyal to exiled

Now he's been fired, he's got no idea who

TRANSLATION: I have worked at Gulenist TV stations and

Gulenist newspapers but I've also worked

Present the evidence the Gulenists were involved,

present it in court or order a parliamentary investigation.

On the night of the coup, Ahmet Berat Conka,

in President Erdogan's AKA party loaded

his pistol and headed for Parliament, knowing he might lose

At that time Cobra helicopters started to fire on us.

In this garden, I spent about ten minutes, escaping from these

By bombing Parliament and then failing in their coup, the

plotters empowered the government to embark on a wide-reaching purge

This gang that we are trying to tell to the

world for the last three years, unfortunately, we were not able to

Regarding the threat coming from this cult,

from this terrorist gang, which is settled inside the Turkish

How did the Gulen movement become so deeply embeded

For years, its founder backed Erdogan and his party.

They rallied support and in return, got thousands of

teaching, legal and military jobs for Gulenists.

A few years ago, Gulen and Erdogan split acrimoniously and the movement

Since Gulen followers hardly carry membership

cards, the current purge is about to hit all sorts of people.

TRANSLATION: There will be a major witchhunt, this will happen in every

government department, in every ministry.

In the Army, in the civil service, in the courts.

If there is the tiniest suspicion around anyone, they will

As those arrested are processed, the tensions

43 members of the military allegedly involved in the coup have been

brought to the central court today and while the government says it's

confident the trouble is over, they're not taking any chances.

They got a water cannon here in case,

presumably, of crowd disturbances and they've

also brought dozens of

That reflects the fact that in Ankara in recent days, there have

been recent gun battles between coup sympathisers and the police.

With hundreds of thousands Gulen supporters, the current government

campaign can be expected to continue and to embroil Turkey and America

This person who is the chief of this gang is running

this organisation from the United States.

So, reasonably, we are saying that these people, this gang

as international collections, international support.

Gulen, look at where he is based on what he is

The United States should be able to provide us with

all the information about what this guy is doing.

As Turkey prepares its formal extradition request for Gulen

abroad, and prosecuts his sympathisers at home,

Faced with a spectacular treason of the coup,

many Turks favour rooting out those held responsible.

Day Three of the Republican Convention.

It's a little different to the usual ones, even more like the build up

to a world champion wrestling match than usual.

Donald Trump has been officially selected.

Emily is over there in Cleveland, Ohio.

Good evening. That's right. Tonight, Donald Trump has formally secured

the nomination to lead his party or should we say, not his party, the

Republican party, into the general election. The debate now involves a

bit, decides what kind of campaign that has to be.

Does he have to shift into a new gear, becoming,

as one delegate here told me, an upgraded version of himself,

Today we learnt that Ohio Governor John Kasich was one

of those who turned down the chance to be Trump's Vice President.

I asked him if the man he had grown up with has changed and if he was

convinced his father would want to lead the country if he won.

He's been a politician for exactly, what, 12 months now?

And here is, the Republican nominee in the United States.

It's a very special time for our family.

When you look at your father, does he feel like the same man

that you grew up with, or is he a new man?

He's fighting for something he cares so much about,

He's dropped his whole life to do this.

This is a very special day, and we're really honoured.

He is going to become president if he wins?

He will absolutely become president if he wins.

Of course, there are those who say the last thing Donald Trump should

do is change his tune now, that the way for Republicans to win

One is his former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, who is credited

with both helping Trump to emerge triumphant from the crazy

Primary season and with giving the entire party

Lewandowski was unceremoniously dumped by Trump last month.

Some here believe he is still being paid by his former boss. Others

think he might be here to quietly create mischief behind the scenes.

In a rare UK interview, I met up with him.

What is your understanding of what happened today?

Donald Trump was nominated for president of the

Have you left the campaign for good or do you still feel very much

I've left the campaign and now I am in a role as the

Chairman of the New Hampshire delegation.

I was very proud to be able to read the roll call from the

The first state that delivered a victory for

They tried to blame you for Melania's speech.

I had nothing to do Melania's speech.

If they want to blame me for something, they can

blame me for the 38 victories we had in the primary.

Look, I left, I got a great opportunity to contribute to

CNN and spend time with my family, which I hadn't seen in 18 months.

But this man could be president, come November.

He will be the president of the United States, come November.

And will you be working for him, then?

If Mr Trump asked me to come back and sweep the floors in the White

House or, you know, open the mail, I will

Just because I don't work for him in the

campaign doesn't change my resolve that this country needs fundamental

and unequivocal change and he's the only one that will do that.

But you've got the brain, the mind, the vision

What would you be saying if you were on the inside now?

We have seen a convention, which has had, let's be

honest, hiccups, things not going according to plan.

Running a convention is a very, very difficult thing to do.

And I've never done it, but I think these guys

You have to understand how difficult it is to have all

these moving parts and all these people.

Thousands of delegates coming in, moving parts, it is a

full-time and very difficult thing to execute.

Not at the convention, I am just here to enjoy the convention.

What is important for Donald Trump going forward, now?

What you will find is that he will continue to expand the

map, he will campaign in states that Republicans don't traditionally

campaign in, states like Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, obviously.

That means Hillary Clinton has to go there, those are

states that in historical perspectives she should have won.

She should be so far ahead in Michigan, it should not be

With 16 weeks to go in this election.

Who was at it that told Donald Trump to elect Mike Pence as his

One man makes that decision, his name is Donald J Trump.

And anybody who wants to say they had a say in what

Mr Trump does clearly doesn't know what kind of leader he is because

So you don't think he wanted Chris Christie?

No, I think he's very pleased with Mike Pence.

Mike Pence is a good man, an honourable person

and he will bring a lot to that ticket.

People describe him in terms that are frankly quite boring,

An antidote to Donald Trump being exciting?

No, Mike Pence has 12 years in Congress, he's

he was the governor of an important state.

He's got foreign policy experience, having served on that committee,

He understands how to bring jobs back.

More people working in Indiana now than

they have been in the history of the state.

It is a well-rounded team and it is a team that is going directly

That last trump's former manager. Tonight things get quite

interesting, because we are going to be hearing from Donald Trump's

rival, Ted Cruz. Will he take this opportunity to formally endorsed

Donald Trump, or will he just say nice things about the Republican

party? Or will he quietly start setting out his own stall for 2020

in case Donald Trump loses come November. We are also going to be

hearing from Mike Pence, evangelical Christian, and some of his

credentials are about bringing that mainstream Conservative vote to

Donald Trump. He is crucial. More on that tomorrow.

Now, a quick reminder that if Monday to Friday isn't enough,

there is a Newsnight special on Saturday

The British people have spoken and the answer is...We're out.

I love this country and I feel honoured to have served it.

The political landscape changed forever.

I know that virtually none of you have ever done a proper job

The Scottish Parliament should have the right

Exactly one month after the UK's momentous vote...

and we're going to make a success of it.

Newsnight hosts a special day of discussion and

debate on Brexit Britain, a divided nation, and its relationship

Full details about the event and how you can

obtain tickets are available via the Newsnight website.

We will be live on BBC Two at 6pm on Saturday.

If you struggle to keep up with all new music

entering the charts, I've good news.

It's not such good news if you value a vibrant

and competitive music sector, of course, which includes

It all appears to be down to streaming.

The charts are now based not just on the number

of sales a single gets, but also the number

And that appears to make it harder to get into the charts, but easier

The current number one has spent 15 weeks and counting at the top.

In a sign that life in Brexit Britain is slowly getting

back to normal, we have this report from our culture editor,

Stephen Smith, his first foray into our running order

# That's why I need a one dance, got a Hennessy in my hand #

Here's a man who needs no introduction to our audience.

It's long-time friend of the programme, Drake.

# That's why I need a one dance, got a Hennessy in my hand...

His song, One Dance, has been nailed onto the top

of the charts longer than we've been banging on about Brexit.

In fact, it's set to overtake a couple of record-breaking

number ones, which we've ripped off from Evan's TiVo box.

# I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes #

Really tight at the top, but Drake has just about

For 14 weeks in a row now, Drake is number one with One Dance.

A bit like when you go to certain pizza restaurants and you pay

for a salad and you can have as much salad as you like,

You can just listen to as much music as you like.

At our sister station, Radio 1, they are

so worried about the likes of Drake hogging the top spot,

There may come a time when we may have to consider

We have a lot of streamers watching, maybe now is the

opportunity to say, we are pulling Drake.

That's a decision we will continue to monitor in next week's playlist

meeting and the one after that but I think it is right

As far as I know, it would be the first time, if it happened,

that Radio 1 had removed the number-1 single from its playlist.

There are fewer new entries in the charts now.

Only 86 in the first half of this year, compared

to 230 in the same period a decade ago.

It's tough for acts like War On Drugs,

The charts are absolutely being monopolised by

the major music companies, because they are monopolising

their playlists with the streaming services.

So, this is then blocking exciting, different, unusual alternative,

avant-garde artists from really penetrating the modern music scene.

The singles chart is all about reflecting the consumption of

The reality is that there are people of a

certain age and certain generations who maybe don't necessarily

understand and get into the world of streaming.

To be honest, if those people don't want the charts to include

streaming, they are living in past worlds, as far as I am concerned.

The old charts at least had the merit of

music fans putting their money where their mouth was,

and the excitement of seeing whom they'd propel to

Is there a danger that, on your watch, the charts will

I think the British public is uniquely fascinated

and passionate about the chart, and we're not seeing any evidence

You know, I think that when you see a campaign, for example,

like "Get Rage Against The Machine to number one" in order to block

the X Factor single from the top of the charts,

I think that is a uniquely British fascination.

# Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see #

Drake's hit has now been as number one longer than this classic.

And to discuss this I'm joined by Gennaro Castaldo,

director of the British Phonographic Industry, the record

Is there a problem? I don't think so. We are focusing on the top 40,

the top 60, that we should think of the chart as something that is much

deeper now. Streaming has enabled this new relationship to music, and

the report said that there is less music. In fact, we have much more

music. Much more choice, more back catalogue has come to life, because

more people have access to it. It's a great opportunity for is white is

it a fact that there is more music? Yes. Before, you would have to go to

a record store, but they could only hold it for so long. Now you can get

anything you want for as long as you want. The music community has been

really empowered. When we were growing up they spoke about the

chart is being hyped and it was all about marketing. But now it is very

organic, and it is about the consumer choosing what they want. If

the chart moves very slowly and one record sits there at number one for

three months, it's just a bit boring. You could equally argue that

it's a far more immersive experience, and more of us have the

opportunity to acquaint ourselves with an artist. Trade has become a

global star. It is all around the world. He has sold over 4000

downloads as well, so it's not just about streaming. The charts are

still very important for breaking artists, and reflects how we are

using music today. 100 listens equals one sale - is there anything

in that? Are you looking at it? Clearly, streaming is having an

effect. It's too early to say what the long-term effects might be. Over

time, it's difficult to say what we might do. Perhaps you could wait it

difficulty -- weighted differently, so it could be looked at differently

to a new hit, if the song has been in the charts for a while. Soon,

Drake be knocked off, and we'll be wondering why we were worrying about

it. A quick theory, there will be fewer new artists at some point, as

the population ages, because people like me are still listening to Queen

rather than new artists. The reason that British music is so fantastic

is that record labels invest half their revenues into developing

artists all around the world. As long as that remains, we will have

new talent coming through. Thank you.

But we thought we'd better play out with some kind of topical

tribute to Garry Marshall, the creator of hit 70s sitcom

"These days are ours, happy and free", goes the famous song.

Well, these days certainly belong to Theresa May and her new team,

as they try to negotiate our freedom from the EU.

Whether or not they will be happy,

# Happy days # These days our ours

# Share them with me # These days are owls

# Happy and free # These happy days are yours and

mine # These happy days are yours and

mine #. Should be a much more comfortable

night for sleeping. Always more cloud out towards the west. Some

wetter weather