0:00:07 > 0:00:11Tonight on this week's Blind Date, who will end up
0:00:11 > 0:00:14with whom on the This Week sofa? Blind Date, who will end up
0:00:14 > 0:00:18Viv Groskop is hoping she will find a Prince Charming.
0:00:18 > 0:00:22If I kiss you, will you turn into Andrew Neil?
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Nobel scientist Andre Geim is worried about the
0:00:26 > 0:00:29spectre of rejection.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Oh, my heart is broken by the divorce with Europe.
0:00:31 > 0:00:32So what?
0:00:32 > 0:00:39C'est la vie.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Lucky dude Giles Brandreth doesn't know who he'll end up
0:00:41 > 0:00:44with but he's hoping it will get hot, hot, hot.
0:00:44 > 0:00:45Can you tell?
0:00:45 > 0:00:47I'm channelling my inner Prince Harry.
0:00:47 > 0:00:53I'm in the mood for love.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Ladies and gentlemen, it's the This Week Blind Date,
0:01:00 > 0:01:06and a lorra lorra laughs with me, your host, Andrew Neil.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26APPLAUSE
0:01:26 > 0:01:27Evenin' all.
0:01:27 > 0:01:28Welcome to This Week.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30A week in which we celebrate
0:01:30 > 0:01:32the engagement of Prince Harry to Angela Merkel.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36At least I think that's who it was - I was in a tunnel when the news
0:01:36 > 0:01:39flash came through so the car radio was a wee bit crackly.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41I must say I never thought she was Harry's type.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Or that he harboured President Macron's penchant for older women.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47But she is German, so at least they have something in common.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Conveniently, for the royal family, she's also a Protestant.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52And if this is what it takes to get the Brexit negotiations back
0:01:52 > 0:01:57on track then we should be grateful for Harry's sense of patriotic duty.
0:01:57 > 0:01:58Some might even call it self-sacrifice.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Now I appreciate it's normally the bride's parents who stump up
0:02:01 > 0:02:06the dowry and that £40 billion is a big chunk of change.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08But we live in modern times and if it requires the groom's
0:02:08 > 0:02:13parents to write the cheque to make this union happen, then so be it.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15I just hope Mr Merkel is taking it well.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18And that the monarchy knows what it's doing.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21In the past, when a royal has wanted to marry a divorcee,
0:02:21 > 0:02:24it's caused all sorts of constitutional crises.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27I understand Angela is planning to become a British citizen.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Which will be a first for a German Chancellor.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Who said Brexit would drive us apart from Europe?
0:02:32 > 0:02:35This has all the makings of a reverse take over,
0:02:35 > 0:02:39and for once we really will be at the heart of Europe.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Speaking of those you couldn't give away for love or money,
0:02:42 > 0:02:45I'm joined on the sofa tonight by what you might like to think
0:02:45 > 0:02:48of as the Harry and Angela of late night political chat,
0:02:48 > 0:02:50I speak, of course, of Liz #fourpercent Kendall,
0:02:50 > 0:03:00and Michael #choochoo Portillo.
0:03:01 > 0:03:10Your moment of the week, Michael? Chris Grayling, Secretary of State
0:03:10 > 0:03:14for Transport has suggested we might reopen some lines closed by Doctor
0:03:14 > 0:03:18Beeching. Excuse the pun, but I thought this was a lot of puff and
0:03:18 > 0:03:24extremely unlikely that there would be a railway between Oxford and
0:03:24 > 0:03:29Cambridge before the mid 2020s, but it indicates there is a lot of
0:03:29 > 0:03:33nostalgia about railways which is dangerous for the Conservatives,
0:03:33 > 0:03:36because there is nostalgia for nationalisation of the railways,
0:03:36 > 0:03:41which Jeremy Corbyn is cashing in on. I would like to remind people
0:03:41 > 0:03:46that the railways were dirty, quite dangerous, many accidents when
0:03:46 > 0:03:49nationalised, characterised by curling white bread sandwiches.
0:03:49 > 0:03:56There is no reason to be nostalgic about nationalised railways.They
0:03:56 > 0:04:01ran on white bread sandwiches?It was an earlier logical device!Liz,
0:04:01 > 0:04:08your moment of the week.Diameter beyond happy today.What has
0:04:08 > 0:04:15happened?We have won a seven year long campaign to keep a children's
0:04:15 > 0:04:19heart surgery unit in the East Midlands. It has been a huge effort
0:04:19 > 0:04:26by everybody. We were so nervous about the result but we were a great
0:04:26 > 0:04:30team, worked with different MPs from different parties, all of the
0:04:30 > 0:04:35doctors, nurses, members of the public, campaign groups. What struck
0:04:35 > 0:04:38me about it was that sometimes good things in politics happen and you
0:04:38 > 0:04:46can make a difference.A good news moment of the week.Take heart.I
0:04:46 > 0:04:49do.Don't get carried away.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52It's been a dark, damp, driech November but suddenly this
0:04:52 > 0:04:55week the Government put on its sunny face, with talk of a breakthrough
0:04:55 > 0:04:57in the Brexit negotiations, especially the divorce bill which,
0:04:57 > 0:04:59if agreed, would pave the way to the next
0:04:59 > 0:05:01round of talks early next year.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04So has all the gloom and doom about the talks been overdone?
0:05:04 > 0:05:05Is there life after Brexit after all?
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Or should we still be in the slough of despond
0:05:08 > 0:05:10over our future prospects.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Andre Geim is a Russian-born Anglo-Dutch scientist,
0:05:13 > 0:05:20joint winner of the Nobel prize for his ground-breaking work
0:05:20 > 0:05:22on graphene, a material even harder than the resolve
0:05:22 > 0:05:25of Tory Eurosceptics.
0:05:25 > 0:05:26And he's a worried man.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29This is his take of the week.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Are we about to plunge into disaster?
0:05:39 > 0:05:46In the short term, the only way is surely down.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Since the referendum, neither emotions, nor
0:05:48 > 0:05:54the uncertainty surrounding Brexit have receded.
0:05:54 > 0:05:59What shocks me, as a scientist, is the absence of elementary logic
0:05:59 > 0:06:05on both sides of the debate.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08There has been no pause to take stock, just a zombie
0:06:08 > 0:06:13march to the cliff edge.
0:06:13 > 0:06:18I admire the bravery of those who are ready to encounter any
0:06:18 > 0:06:24economic pain to see Britain out, what about the rest of us?
0:06:24 > 0:06:26In science, we take meticulous efforts to prepare our experiments,
0:06:26 > 0:06:31however revolutionary they promise to be.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34We would never try a new medicine on humans without making sure
0:06:34 > 0:06:39that it works on frogs.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43Wouldn't we all prefer the exit experiment to be tried
0:06:43 > 0:06:49first somewhere else?
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Even if the divorce bill and Irish border conundrum
0:06:52 > 0:06:56were sorted out today, it's only a start for a long
0:06:56 > 0:07:00and delicate operation.
0:07:00 > 0:07:05British and European science, and our economies,
0:07:05 > 0:07:08are like conjoined twins.
0:07:08 > 0:07:14So interconnected they are, it would require time and best
0:07:14 > 0:07:17surgeons to disentangle those blood vessels.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Instead, we were told everything would be quick and painless,
0:07:19 > 0:07:24and lately a butcher has been called in.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Bye-bye, Europe.
0:07:26 > 0:07:27OK, looking straight out.
0:07:27 > 0:07:34At first in three, two, one, bungee.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37For good or bad or completely mad, we are going to take
0:07:37 > 0:07:42a plunge very soon.
0:07:42 > 0:07:47I do hope that Brexit will be less traumatic.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51Still, it's inevitable to be in an awkward position.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55Industrial strategy or not, we will be exposed to all elements
0:07:55 > 0:08:02of world trade and at the mercy of 27 governments.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05But negative consequences of a cliff edge Brexit will be
0:08:05 > 0:08:09felt for many years.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Brexit is not going to be a smooth landing for many
0:08:12 > 0:08:15sectors of our economy.
0:08:15 > 0:08:16Doing it again...
0:08:16 > 0:08:21No, too tired.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Science is one of them, very vulnerable long-term.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27The government cannot possibly cover for the lost European funding.
0:08:27 > 0:08:33The money will surely go to more immediate causes.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37No deal will be catastrophic.
0:08:37 > 0:08:42Our Premier League sides will then be relegated into a Second Division.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Brain drain is most certain.
0:08:45 > 0:08:52People will just walk away.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Our thanks to the UK Bungee Club.
0:08:54 > 0:08:59And one, two, three, bungee.
0:08:59 > 0:09:09Andre has joined me now.
0:09:09 > 0:09:14Are you going to leave the UK because of Brexit?No, never thought
0:09:14 > 0:09:20about this. Journalists should not believe what is written in the
0:09:20 > 0:09:26newspapers.But you said there would be a brain drain.There will be but
0:09:26 > 0:09:30mostly young people looking for better opportunities.If you are not
0:09:30 > 0:09:38going, what makes you sure?I am no longer young.You are one of our top
0:09:38 > 0:09:43scientists. If you are staying, surely there is hope.There is
0:09:43 > 0:09:48always hope, it dies last.The government has given assurances on
0:09:48 > 0:09:52scientific funding, they have launched an industrial strategy. R
0:09:52 > 0:09:58and D is at the centre of that. Isn't that encouraging?Yes, but
0:09:58 > 0:10:04history tells us that when something dramatic happens, there are always
0:10:04 > 0:10:10more immediate causes. The NHS, unemployment and so worn, which we
0:10:10 > 0:10:19can all expect as an outcome of the Brexit, and if there is a clip edge
0:10:19 > 0:10:24exit, I think the government would not be in a position to hold to
0:10:24 > 0:10:30those promises. It is easy to give a promise, it is harder to find money.
0:10:30 > 0:10:36That is certainly true with politicians. Will there be a brain
0:10:36 > 0:10:40drain?We have been on a 40 year experiment and the British have not
0:10:40 > 0:10:45like to be experience of the experiment. We have tested,
0:10:45 > 0:10:49analysed, did used, reached a conclusion. All of this has been to
0:10:49 > 0:10:54apply a scientific methodology. I rather doubt it, but I am not an
0:10:54 > 0:10:59expert in the field, but it seems logical that when we leave the
0:10:59 > 0:11:02European Union we will have more freedom to decide how to spend our
0:11:02 > 0:11:08money than we have now. Your thesis seems to be that the great benefit
0:11:08 > 0:11:11of the European Union is that it forces member states to spend money
0:11:11 > 0:11:17on stuff they would not otherwise spend money on. I reject that. I
0:11:17 > 0:11:20think the countries that are accountable democratic lead to a
0:11:20 > 0:11:24population and electorate are better able to make proper decisions about
0:11:24 > 0:11:29what benefits and what is necessary for their population.You completely
0:11:29 > 0:11:35miss read me. I agree with your thesis. My only objection is to make
0:11:35 > 0:11:41a disordered Brexit. People voted, and I think the wish has to be
0:11:41 > 0:11:46granted. I voted myself against Brexit. But I accept the new
0:11:46 > 0:11:54reality. And for politicians, U-turn might be a swear word, but for
0:11:54 > 0:11:59scientists, it is just an indication of flexibility. So I am flexible, I
0:11:59 > 0:12:04am accepting the new reality. The new reality, we have to take for
0:12:04 > 0:12:11granted what it is now.You don't want a second referendum?I don't.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14It would be completely damaging. Society would be even more
0:12:14 > 0:12:21polarised. And Tony Blair and companies should stop antagonising,
0:12:21 > 0:12:27and other parts of Britain. And another part of Britain should not
0:12:27 > 0:12:33behave like, you know, looters who believe, OK, we won, so we can take
0:12:33 > 0:12:42you for breakfast essentially.A brave man that used Brexit and
0:12:42 > 0:12:46breakfast in the same phrase. I have mixed them up several times. I am
0:12:46 > 0:12:52impressed with that. On the disorderly exit, which has been a
0:12:52 > 0:12:55fear throughout the negotiations, but maybe after this week unless
0:12:55 > 0:13:00they fear. There is a sense that perhaps things are going more
0:13:00 > 0:13:08towards an agreement now.That is true insofar as the government has
0:13:08 > 0:13:14moved on the bill that it has to pay for its responsibilities. I wonder
0:13:14 > 0:13:19what we are getting back for that money, other than a worse ultimate
0:13:19 > 0:13:25deal in terms of future trading relationship. It is vital we don't
0:13:25 > 0:13:29have that disorderly Brexit. Because for businesses, lots of them are
0:13:29 > 0:13:33making decisions in the next quarter, in terms of where they
0:13:33 > 0:13:38invest and where their people need to be. What I was interested in was
0:13:38 > 0:13:42what you said about longer term problems, for example on scientific
0:13:42 > 0:13:46research. My universities, the government has said they will fund
0:13:46 > 0:13:49existing commitment, but they are finding partnerships for future
0:13:49 > 0:13:54projects, they are not getting involved in so many. Over the long
0:13:54 > 0:13:58term, that is a real issue, both for the knowledge we bring to this
0:13:58 > 0:14:01country and our ability to take that knowledge and turn it into business
0:14:01 > 0:14:07ideas and practice.But our universities have partnership with
0:14:07 > 0:14:13lots of non-EU universities as well. What would stop a university having
0:14:13 > 0:14:17a partnership with a Uber -- European University, whether we are
0:14:17 > 0:14:25in or out of the EU?Nothing would stop it. As I said in the
0:14:25 > 0:14:31documentary, it is a complex body, conjoined twins, essentially. You
0:14:31 > 0:14:35can't just, as some current politicians think, you shake hands,
0:14:35 > 0:14:42have a pint in a pub, OK, right a memorandum of understanding and
0:14:42 > 0:14:46everything settles down. You run this programme. You know if you were
0:14:46 > 0:14:50forced to move from this flaw to another floor, it's a disaster for
0:14:50 > 0:14:55your programme. You probably would retire rather than take this one. It
0:14:55 > 0:15:07requires time.Not quite the right analogy.Everyone who runs a
0:15:07 > 0:15:11business knows how disastrous all kinds of changes, especially for
0:15:11 > 0:15:16companies working on the margins. You really need time. And no one
0:15:16 > 0:15:21forces us to take a step to make this cliff edge jump. We need to go
0:15:21 > 0:15:32step-by-step.And a transitional agreement. I very much hope that
0:15:32 > 0:15:35happens. If it fits with Theresa May's Florence speech, that will be
0:15:35 > 0:15:41remaining in the single market customs union under the ECJ for the
0:15:41 > 0:15:44transitional period. That's where the big political row...My
0:15:44 > 0:15:50understanding is that all of the above is likely.Let's hope.For the
0:15:50 > 0:15:55transitional period.That is what the period is.The Brexiteers are
0:15:55 > 0:16:03happy to keep those in place for the next few years.There are lots of...
0:16:03 > 0:16:07I've been urging the Tories nolet to worry about the money. I was struck
0:16:07 > 0:16:11that when the larger bill was announced some die-hard right-wing
0:16:11 > 0:16:15Tories got up and said if this is the price of our freedom and
0:16:15 > 0:16:18possibly the price of free trade within the European Union it's worth
0:16:18 > 0:16:22doing.What is it buying us in terms of a future trade deal?The money is
0:16:22 > 0:16:27not going to be settled until we know what we are buying.We are not
0:16:27 > 0:16:31going to agree a future trade deal in the next year. That's impossible.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35And we are not going to agree the money either. The European Union has
0:16:35 > 0:16:39lots of great virtues, but funnily enough universities is not amongst
0:16:39 > 0:16:43the top of its virtues. If you look at the listings of the universities
0:16:43 > 0:16:49in the world by quality, you have got MIT and Harvard and UCLA and
0:16:49 > 0:16:53Berkeley and Stanford and Oxford and Cambridge and you've got imperial
0:16:53 > 0:16:58and the University of London and you don't have continental universities
0:16:58 > 0:17:04in that list. If our future is that we have to team up with MIT and
0:17:04 > 0:17:09UCLA, I am happy.In the league table of the top 30 universities in
0:17:09 > 0:17:13the world, there is not a single EU university.Except for those in the
0:17:13 > 0:17:23UK.Except for the British ones? This kind of table, these kind of
0:17:23 > 0:17:28tables, they are always a little bit biassed. You if you go to
0:17:28 > 0:17:32Switzerland and look for the ranking, ETH comes first.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Switzerland is in the top but last time I looked it was not a member of
0:17:35 > 0:17:41the EU.I love in Holland, you will find a rating where all seven
0:17:41 > 0:17:44universities in the Netherlands are top of the world so we are living
0:17:44 > 0:17:50in...But these aren't British, these are back to the most
0:17:50 > 0:17:55authorities if one is Chinese. Chinese OK is the best of the best
0:17:55 > 0:18:00physics department in the world, is Manchester, physics Department of
0:18:00 > 0:18:04The world there in Manchester.So they do take the tables seriously.
0:18:04 > 0:18:09I'm taking with a very big pinch of salt this.I bet you Manchester
0:18:09 > 0:18:15doesn't do that.Yes.Are you less gloomy? Do you think a deal is going
0:18:15 > 0:18:20to be done?I've always thought a deal was going to be done and I've
0:18:20 > 0:18:24always thought that the European Union negotiators would behave in
0:18:24 > 0:18:29the way that they have. They were not the people who finally would
0:18:29 > 0:18:36take the decision, that would be taken by elected politicians like
0:18:36 > 0:18:40Macron and Merkel. Eventually at the 59th minute of the 11th hour, there
0:18:40 > 0:18:47would be a deal and the elements of the deal are perfectly easy, we are
0:18:47 > 0:18:51almost agreedon on citizens' rights. The Northern Ireland border...That
0:18:51 > 0:18:55is completely artificial.It is not! All right, I'll spend a moment on
0:18:55 > 0:19:01that if you like.A brief moment.At the moment...Why don't I get to
0:19:01 > 0:19:06spend a moment on that?When we leave the European Union we are
0:19:06 > 0:19:09wholly compliant with all EU regulations.So Ireland is making a
0:19:09 > 0:19:13fuss about nothing.If the European Union decides it wants to block
0:19:13 > 0:19:17goods from Britain then it, the European Union, will have to put up
0:19:17 > 0:19:20a border, we have no interest in doing so and we have made that
0:19:20 > 0:19:26clear.I love the way that somehow people of your view, Michael, are
0:19:26 > 0:19:31suddenly blaming the EU for a problem entirely of Theresa May's
0:19:31 > 0:19:36own making. Brexit was...It was made by the British people and you
0:19:36 > 0:19:41used to say you respected the decision.I do.It's dropped off
0:19:41 > 0:19:47your script now.I've never changed my view. I accept that. I hope we
0:19:47 > 0:19:52come back to this Northern Ireland issue because I think there is a
0:19:52 > 0:19:56fundamental misunderstanding about the Good Friday Agreement, about the
0:19:56 > 0:20:01fears of a real border reappearing and what that means to people in the
0:20:01 > 0:20:08Republic of Ireland.The only people...Hold on.We are not coming
0:20:08 > 0:20:12back to, this you have had your say, the viewers will make up their
0:20:12 > 0:20:16minds. Professor?As the representative of the greatist
0:20:16 > 0:20:19physics department in the world, what are you
0:20:19 > 0:20:26In Europe.Sorry, Europe will do. I'm British now.What are you
0:20:26 > 0:20:35working on now?I'm spending a lot of time to try to think about what
0:20:35 > 0:20:41is happening about Brexit and, if Michael had a go at scientists in
0:20:41 > 0:20:47the UK when Europe let me go, have a go at politicians in Britain as
0:20:47 > 0:20:53well, OK. There was indeed votes to leave but this vote didn't say we
0:20:53 > 0:20:59have to jump, bungee jump or jump from the cliff. So there could be in
0:20:59 > 0:21:05science we make a stop and see consequences of the stop, then the
0:21:05 > 0:21:13next step and consequences, so why, any reason with politicians, OK,
0:21:13 > 0:21:16pragmatic politicians will say let's leave Europe, first step and see
0:21:16 > 0:21:23what happens. If we like it, we can leave single market. A few years
0:21:23 > 0:21:28later, if we like it, we can even leave customs here. If we like it,
0:21:28 > 0:21:34we can go OK to the moon if we like it, no-one said us immediately that
0:21:34 > 0:21:38we have to dig out a tunnel and make the British channel bigger than it
0:21:38 > 0:21:53is. So nothing stops us to make a transition. Except for the fear from
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Brexiteers and this pushing and antagonising.We have to leave it
0:21:56 > 0:22:01there. Delighted that Manchester's next project is to go to the moon.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04You heard it here first on This Week. Thank you for coming on the
0:22:04 > 0:22:07show. Be careful with the jumps.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09It's late.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Sleeping Beauty late.
0:22:11 > 0:22:12Yes, concerns were expressed this week that,
0:22:12 > 0:22:17Yes, concerns were expressed this week that,
0:22:17 > 0:22:17Yes, concerns were expressed this week that,
0:22:17 > 0:22:19in the post-Weinstein world, handsome princes kissing
0:22:19 > 0:22:21unconscious girls, even if said girl is an imaginary
0:22:21 > 0:22:24princess, should not be promoted among the young and impressionable.
0:22:24 > 0:22:25So let's get this right.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27You're worried about Sleeping Beauty being kissed by a prince
0:22:27 > 0:22:30but you haven't a word to say about Snow White's incarceration
0:22:30 > 0:22:32with seven vertically-challenged miners with dodgy hipster beards?
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Not one of them CRB checked.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37"Elf and safety gone mad", indeed.
0:22:37 > 0:22:42One man who isn't afraid to talk about love,
0:22:42 > 0:22:45fairytale engagements, and princesses, is writer
0:22:45 > 0:22:49and former Conservative MP Gyles Daubeney Brandreth.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52Who'll be putting l'amour under the spotlight.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56Be still my beating heart!
0:22:56 > 0:23:02And if you'd like to send me one of your inimitable
0:23:02 > 0:23:04electronic billet-doux, well, you can pontificate,
0:23:04 > 0:23:07expostulate, proclaim, exclaim, declaim and whinge on the usual
0:23:07 > 0:23:11Tweeter, tittle-tattle, jibber-jabber cyber sounding boards.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15Not to mention the Fleecebook, and, God help us, the Snapnumpty.
0:23:15 > 0:23:20Go on, knock yourselves out!
0:23:20 > 0:23:23No, really, knock yourselves out!
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Now, I have to tell you, for the past day or so,
0:23:26 > 0:23:30Michael's been even more unbearable than usual.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Running round the office shouting "woo-woo", then "choo-choo",
0:23:33 > 0:23:38followed by an excitable "chuff-chuff".
0:23:38 > 0:23:43And all because the government is thinking of re-opening
0:23:43 > 0:23:46old railway lines axed over 50 years ago by Michael's favourite bogey
0:23:46 > 0:23:49man, the nasty Dr Beeching.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53At one stage he started assembling his scale model
0:23:53 > 0:23:55of the disused Bristol to Portishead line
0:23:55 > 0:23:57to round the entire studio.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Until the producer found his pills and put him back on his medication.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Yes, it was understandably big news for Choo Choo.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07But I think one or two other things have been going on.
0:24:07 > 0:24:12Here's Viv Groskop's roundup of the political week.
0:24:23 > 0:24:30Once upon a time in a far away land, Cinderella was slaving away
0:24:30 > 0:24:35while everyone else was out on the lash.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Again.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41Clean the kitchen Cinderella, scrub the floor Cinderella,
0:24:41 > 0:24:46buy Blue Nun Cinderella, do the Round-up Cinderella
0:24:46 > 0:24:48while they go off to some big posh Royal ball.
0:24:48 > 0:24:58Typical.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03DOORBELL RINGS. What now?
0:25:03 > 0:25:04What is it now?
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Look, fairy dust is a nightmare to clean off steps,
0:25:06 > 0:25:08can you just go away, please, I don't want
0:25:08 > 0:25:10whatever you are selling.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12The Defence Secretary began the Parliamentary week
0:25:12 > 0:25:15with his first outing at the despatch box.
0:25:15 > 0:25:16Get out of it.
0:25:16 > 0:25:25He probably doesn't want to be a bother, unlike some.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28The honourable lady may wish to rush into things and actually just demand
0:25:28 > 0:25:31and demand and demand.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34What I want to do is to make sure that we have the arguments ready,
0:25:34 > 0:25:38understand the threats that this country faces and make
0:25:38 > 0:25:40sure that we deliver for our Armed Forces.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43That is what the focus is going to be.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45I have many conversations, Mr Speaker, with the Chancellor,
0:25:45 > 0:25:52I'm looking forward to many, many more.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56I don't need This Week to take me to the Royal ball,
0:25:56 > 0:26:00I just need to find a Royal of my own.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03That'll show them.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Although he's going to need his own horse, the trains are rubbish
0:26:06 > 0:26:07in this part of the kingdom.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11But Chris Grayling is planning a shake-up.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Privatisation brought a revolution to our railways.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16That's why there are twice as many passengers
0:26:16 > 0:26:21as there were 20 years ago.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23But now is the time, Mr Speaker, for evolution
0:26:23 > 0:26:24to build on that success.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Joining up track and train, expanding the network,
0:26:26 > 0:26:28modernising the customer experience, opening the railway
0:26:28 > 0:26:31for new innovation.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33As every girl knows, if you want to snog a Royal,
0:26:33 > 0:26:36you've got to roast a chicken, so I'd better get cooking.
0:26:36 > 0:26:44# Just whistle while you work.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46# And cheerfully together we can tidy up the place.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50# So hum a merry tune.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53# It won't take long when there's a song to help you set the pace.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56# Whistle while you work.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58# Just hum a merry tune.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00# Just do your best
0:27:00 > 0:27:01and take a rest.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03# And sing yourself a song.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05I don't understand what I did wrong.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07They left me the This Week family recipe and I followed
0:27:07 > 0:27:09it to the letter.
0:27:09 > 0:27:13They've gone all David Davis on me, whole sections of this
0:27:13 > 0:27:15have been redacted.
0:27:15 > 0:27:16Don't they trust me or something?
0:27:16 > 0:27:20As well as redacting the impact bit of the Brexit impact assessments,
0:27:20 > 0:27:23the government wants to keep the size of the Brexit
0:27:23 > 0:27:24divorce bill under wraps.
0:27:24 > 0:27:25# Whistle while you work.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28Has a figure been agreed with the EU?
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Look, we are still in negotiations with the European Union and I'm very
0:27:31 > 0:27:36clear that I want us to move together on to the next stage.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39But MPs raised concerns about the size of the rumoured settlement.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43The 60%-odd people of Wellingborough who voted to leave would want
0:27:43 > 0:27:47to know what we were doing with £60 billion, they would want
0:27:47 > 0:27:51it spent on the NHS, social care and defence,
0:27:51 > 0:27:55they would not want it given to the European Union.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58Even if the money is agreed, the EU is clear that no progress
0:27:58 > 0:28:01will be made on trade talks until questions over the Irish
0:28:01 > 0:28:03border are resolved.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07# Rub a dub dub.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Labour MP Kate Hoey criticised
0:28:09 > 0:28:12the Irish government's stance, warning the republic they'd have
0:28:12 > 0:28:14to pay for a hard border.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16We are not the ones who're going to be putting up
0:28:16 > 0:28:17the physical border.
0:28:17 > 0:28:21If this ends up with a no-deal, we won't be putting up the border,
0:28:21 > 0:28:26they'll have to pay for it because it doesn't need to happen.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29With Mrs May away in the Middle East, Damian Green filled
0:28:29 > 0:28:32in at PMQs facing Emily Thornberry across the despatch box.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36She brought up the investigation into his conduct by saying
0:28:36 > 0:28:41she wasn't going to go there, before focussing on the
0:28:41 > 0:28:42ongoing cost of Brexit.
0:28:42 > 0:28:49What does it say about the Government's priorities that
0:28:49 > 0:28:55last week's budget could only find £350 million to help the cash
0:28:55 > 0:28:58strapped stretched to the limit NHS and was able to find 11 times that
0:28:58 > 0:29:00amount to spend on a no-deal Brexit.
0:29:00 > 0:29:05Isn't that the very definition of a government fiddling away
0:29:05 > 0:29:07while the rest of the country burns.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10In last week's Budget where my right honourable friend the Chancellor
0:29:10 > 0:29:14promised £6.3 billion extra for the NHS, more patients treated,
0:29:14 > 0:29:20more operations carried out by more doctors and more nurses.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23When she says at the end that the government is wasting
0:29:23 > 0:29:27£3 billion on preparing for Brexit, we now know that the Labour Party
0:29:27 > 0:29:31doesn't think it's worth preparing for Brexit.
0:29:31 > 0:29:37They do though think it's worth preparing for a run on the pound.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40That's all you need to know about Labour.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43# It's in his kiss.
0:29:43 > 0:29:49Maybe not.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51Meanwhile, the special relationship hit a rocky patch.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53Donald Trump retweeted anti-Muslim videos posted
0:29:53 > 0:29:55by a British far right group, drawing criticism from the Prime
0:29:55 > 0:29:58Minister and Cabinet colleagues.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02The fact that we work together does not mean that we are afraid to say
0:30:02 > 0:30:05when we think the United States have got it wrong and to be very clear
0:30:05 > 0:30:08with them and I'm very clear that, retweeting from Britain First
0:30:08 > 0:30:12was the wrong thing to do.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14The type of organisation that he appeared to be promoting
0:30:14 > 0:30:17in his retweet is wholly unwelcome, full of hate and we will
0:30:17 > 0:30:21continue to call that out.
0:30:21 > 0:30:26But hell hath no fury like a Donald scorned.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29He hit back on Twitter, telling Theresa May that she should focus
0:30:29 > 0:30:34on terrorism in her own country, rather than criticising him.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36The threat is real, and that is what the President
0:30:36 > 0:30:39is talking about, and is focussed on, he's dealing
0:30:39 > 0:30:40with the real threats.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43Those are real no matter how you look at it.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45I'm not hanging around waiting for some dozy Royal,
0:30:45 > 0:30:47Prince Charming or not.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51I'd better go before it's pumpkin-o'clock,
0:30:51 > 0:30:56I'll just have to go on my own.
0:30:56 > 0:30:57Taxi!
0:30:57 > 0:30:59You again!
0:30:59 > 0:31:07Hang on, you are a fairy godmother, can you get me to the ball?
0:31:20 > 0:31:28She did make it to the ball. Michael, this government has been
0:31:28 > 0:31:32living a hand to mouth existence since the election result went so
0:31:32 > 0:31:38badly wrong for the Tories. Our things changing a bit? The Budget
0:31:38 > 0:31:42did not screw things up, which was the only bar the Tories had really
0:31:42 > 0:31:49set. We might well, as we were saying, be on the brink of a deal on
0:31:49 > 0:31:53Brexit money. Is the government looking more stable?Yes, I think
0:31:53 > 0:32:00so. In the last few moments we have got past the last hour of November
0:32:00 > 0:32:04and I had predicted that the Prime Minister would be gone by the end of
0:32:04 > 0:32:08November, I predicted that around the time of the election.I was
0:32:08 > 0:32:14going to bring that up.She has survived, and talk of replacing her
0:32:14 > 0:32:17has died down for the good reason that no one can think of who should
0:32:17 > 0:32:21replace her. Also, they have focused a bit on the fact that an election
0:32:21 > 0:32:26in the Tory party might take a couple of months and we can't be
0:32:26 > 0:32:29hanging around waiting to know who will be Prime Minister while we have
0:32:29 > 0:32:35Brexit negotiations. I set the not very high bar for the Budget that it
0:32:35 > 0:32:40had not been a disaster, and it has not been. It has not blown up or
0:32:40 > 0:32:45fallen apart. We now have the limited prospect of a deal on
0:32:45 > 0:32:50Europe. We think the budget money is probably agreed, and the
0:32:50 > 0:32:53Conservative Party has not blown up over the issue. There have been
0:32:53 > 0:32:58critics but it has not blown up. So there is more tranquillity and
0:32:58 > 0:33:04stability than for a while.I think it is surfaced rankle at you.
0:33:04 > 0:33:10Because the long-term problem that the Conservatives face is,
0:33:10 > 0:33:13throughout the Brexit referendum they were very much trawling on a
0:33:13 > 0:33:22part of the population who are less socially Liberal, not in big cities,
0:33:22 > 0:33:30less diverse. Most of the vote was from older people, more pro-Brexit
0:33:30 > 0:33:33and socially Conservative. As a party, I don't think they know where
0:33:33 > 0:33:38they want to go and in the long term that is a problem.But the mood in
0:33:38 > 0:33:42the Tories now is that the long-term will have to look after itself. They
0:33:42 > 0:33:47are just grateful to get through the winter. Will they get through the
0:33:47 > 0:33:53winter?I don't see any prospect at the moment of Theresa May going, for
0:33:53 > 0:33:56the same reason as Michael. But if you don't deal with long-term
0:33:56 > 0:34:03problems in your party...These are not your worries. These are Tory
0:34:03 > 0:34:08worries.I am actually worried because they are not bringing the
0:34:08 > 0:34:12country together after Brexit.By the way, it is not clear that Liz
0:34:12 > 0:34:16once Jeremy Corbyn any more than I do, in fairness.We have our own
0:34:16 > 0:34:25problems.What are they? I didn't realise!I would like to see us
0:34:25 > 0:34:29doing better in the polls. We are doing very well among young people
0:34:29 > 0:34:33in the cities and not in coastal towns and industrial areas. Both
0:34:33 > 0:34:37parties face those problems.If there is not going to be another
0:34:37 > 0:34:42snap election, which would be forced on the Tories, if that is not going
0:34:42 > 0:34:47to happen, it is a fluid situation so we can't be sure.Who knows what
0:34:47 > 0:34:55might happen?True, but if that is less likely, how should Labour play
0:34:55 > 0:35:00the winter?We have to focus on what the concerns of the public are.
0:35:00 > 0:35:04Still those issues about people not being able to get on the housing
0:35:04 > 0:35:07ladder, worries about universal credit, the state of the NHS and
0:35:07 > 0:35:12social care. I would like to see us focusing on better education. You
0:35:12 > 0:35:16had the social mode the commission report this week saying that poor
0:35:16 > 0:35:22kids are doing much worse in coastal areas, Midlands...Outside London
0:35:22 > 0:35:26and the south-east.The challenge for all parties is to focus on what
0:35:26 > 0:35:31matters to the public and bring a divided country together.Those
0:35:31 > 0:35:36probably should be the Labour tactics. We did not mention the
0:35:36 > 0:35:39royal wedding, which has also taken some steam out of the political
0:35:39 > 0:35:46situation.Because it changed the news agenda?Absolutely, and makes
0:35:46 > 0:35:52people feel a bit better. We are talking about Brexit but a lot of
0:35:52 > 0:35:56people are dying for a conversation that is not about Brexit.Let me
0:35:56 > 0:36:01come onto one. On a scale of one to ten, how extraordinary is the
0:36:01 > 0:36:07current state of presidential- Prime Minister real relations?Which way
0:36:07 > 0:36:14is your scale? Nine. It is very extraordinary. By the way, again, I
0:36:14 > 0:36:19think this is helping Theresa May. Most British people are pleased she
0:36:19 > 0:36:25has been tough with the President on these tweets. I can't imagine many
0:36:25 > 0:36:31British people think the way he is behaving is presidential. The bad
0:36:31 > 0:36:40humour with which he tweets...The repugnance you. Not just bad humour.
0:36:40 > 0:36:46Bad humour is what happened next when he attacked Mrs May.That was
0:36:46 > 0:36:52remarkable. To retweet Britain First was breathtaking to begin with. But
0:36:52 > 0:36:55then when the British government point out that this was not exactly
0:36:55 > 0:37:01a bright thing to do, he tweets an attack on the Prime Minister. I
0:37:01 > 0:37:09mean, that is unprecedented by any definition of that word.He is not
0:37:09 > 0:37:14playing by those rules.He is unprecedented in all sorts of ways.
0:37:14 > 0:37:18I think it is part of a strategy. As long as you are talking about him
0:37:18 > 0:37:23and the issues he wants to focus on, it is a bit like Nigel Farage in
0:37:23 > 0:37:27front of that poster in the Brexit referendum. There was a row about
0:37:27 > 0:37:31it, but he got people talking about the things he wanted to talk about.
0:37:31 > 0:37:37He is breaking those rules.Leaving him aside, I think she has hit the
0:37:37 > 0:37:40right tone with him. We are a long way from where we were when she
0:37:40 > 0:37:48visited.It will be tough to do a trade deal with the US after this.
0:37:48 > 0:37:52It won't help.Much of our relationship with the United States
0:37:52 > 0:37:57is not to do with the President. The stuff around security and
0:37:57 > 0:38:01intelligence will just chant on. There is talk he is going to get rid
0:38:01 > 0:38:05of his Secretary of State. Rex Tillerson could be for the high
0:38:05 > 0:38:10jump.One reason we think that is going to happen is that he has been
0:38:10 > 0:38:16tweeting against him for some time. It is also because Rex Tillerson is
0:38:16 > 0:38:21reported to have called Trump a moron.Think about the serious stuff
0:38:21 > 0:38:27we face at the moment.Exactly. And that is the State Department White
0:38:27 > 0:38:35House. Is the President Trump visit now fatally undermined?I think it
0:38:35 > 0:38:39will be in the longest possible long grass. I cannot see that Theresa May
0:38:39 > 0:38:45would want that happening.You got that feeling today, didn't you? My
0:38:45 > 0:38:49understanding is that the visit had a ready been downgraded from a state
0:38:49 > 0:38:53visit to a working visit. And all the indications from the British
0:38:53 > 0:38:58government today were, can we not talk about this, can we let it go?
0:38:58 > 0:39:02It would be acutely embarrassing to the Prime Minister to have a visit
0:39:02 > 0:39:08from the President, I think. It does put us in the unfortunate position
0:39:08 > 0:39:11that the President of the United States has visited other European
0:39:11 > 0:39:17countries and not pass, but there you are.It is a tragedy when we
0:39:17 > 0:39:22have so much to share with the vast majority of American people.But it
0:39:22 > 0:39:29is unmanageable at the moment for the British government.It is.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32All but the most hardened republicans must have been a little
0:39:32 > 0:39:34relieved this week when, for a few brief moments,
0:39:34 > 0:39:37the media stopped talking about the Brexit break-up in favour
0:39:37 > 0:39:38of a royal engagement.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41How spirits rose when we saw Prince Harry and US TV star turned
0:39:41 > 0:39:43German Chancellor Angela Markle, holding hands in the grounds
0:39:43 > 0:39:47of a twinkly Kensington Palace - savouring their moment of intimacy
0:39:47 > 0:39:51bar for the massed ranks of snappers, pap's,
0:39:51 > 0:39:54hacks and hangers on.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57Harry said he knew Angela was "the one" from "the very
0:39:57 > 0:40:03first time" they met.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06But that he would have to rethink what he would now wear
0:40:06 > 0:40:07at fancy dress parties.
0:40:07 > 0:40:08Ain't love grand?
0:40:08 > 0:40:11Which is why we're putting it in this week's spotlight.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18So Harry and Meghan are getting hitched.
0:40:18 > 0:40:28I knew she was the one the very first time we met.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Is this royal love story the blissful distraction
0:40:30 > 0:40:34we need in turbulent times?
0:40:34 > 0:40:37We are in a climate where we are surrounded
0:40:37 > 0:40:38by a lot of bad news.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42It's a real joy to have a bit of good news for once.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45But can the good news do even more and help Britain move
0:40:45 > 0:40:46on from its EU break-up?
0:40:46 > 0:40:50THE SPEAKER:Mr Boris Johnson?
0:40:50 > 0:40:53The union that will make the Royal Family even more global
0:40:53 > 0:40:55and Britain more global than ever before.
0:40:55 > 0:41:00So in Brexit Britain, does love lead the way?
0:41:00 > 0:41:07Warm fuzzy Brexiteer Michael Gove says animals deserve TLC too.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10We can ensure we deliver, not just for you, the voter,
0:41:10 > 0:41:15but also for the animals that we love as well.
0:41:15 > 0:41:20Surely love can also survive a marital bust-up.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22Months after Amir Khan claimed their marriage was over,
0:41:22 > 0:41:24the boxer's wife spoke affectionately about his performance
0:41:24 > 0:41:29on I'm A Celebrity.
0:41:29 > 0:41:33On TV is what, you know, you really see of him and he's just
0:41:33 > 0:41:34that humble sweet guy.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36Has there ever been a woman Prime Minister?
0:41:36 > 0:41:37Are you joking?
0:41:37 > 0:41:43Oh, Margaret Thatcher.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46And can you still have a soft spot for someone even if you don't have
0:41:46 > 0:41:48that much in common?
0:41:48 > 0:41:51I'm no natural fan of Theresa May, but apart from the fact that I think
0:41:51 > 0:41:53she's quite an attractive woman for her age.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56Like Kevin, Gyles Brandreth wears his heart on his sleeve
0:41:56 > 0:42:00so is love an underrated weapon?
0:42:00 > 0:42:02May I touch your knee?
0:42:02 > 0:42:08In a politician's armoury.
0:42:08 > 0:42:15And Gyles is with us now.
0:42:15 > 0:42:22I am excited to be with you.I am trying to get over Kevin Maguire's
0:42:22 > 0:42:30remark.Amazing, isn't it? Will he be resigning?So, love is in the
0:42:30 > 0:42:36air.Love is not just in the air, but love conquers all. The news of
0:42:36 > 0:42:40the royal engagement of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle is good on two
0:42:40 > 0:42:45fronts. On the feel-good front and the political front. On the
0:42:45 > 0:42:50feel-good front, the most popular pantomime always is Cinderella. The
0:42:50 > 0:42:54most popular British movie made since the war, topping many of the
0:42:54 > 0:42:58polls, is four weddings and a funeral, followed by Love, actually.
0:42:58 > 0:43:03The most popular novel by an English author is often held to be Pride And
0:43:03 > 0:43:08Prejudice. Love makes us feel good' will together made us feel good. It
0:43:08 > 0:43:15actually does a physical thing to you. It makes you feel good.With
0:43:15 > 0:43:22that little wiggle at the same time. We are all wanting to do it now.
0:43:22 > 0:43:27Love is in the air for one transatlantic relationship between
0:43:27 > 0:43:30Harry and Meghan Markle but there is no love between Donald and Theresa
0:43:30 > 0:43:37May.Of course not. We have a new special relationship. In the past we
0:43:37 > 0:43:43have enjoyed special relationships. Some of us loved the bromance
0:43:43 > 0:43:47between Tony Blair and George Bush Junior. We liked seeing it. They
0:43:47 > 0:43:50dressed together, walked together, it was lovely to see the pictures of
0:43:50 > 0:43:59them.They took us to war together. A boy thing, but they did it. Before
0:43:59 > 0:44:03that, we had Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. There was an erotic
0:44:03 > 0:44:07charge in the air when they were together. I understand nothing
0:44:07 > 0:44:10happened, except a great deal happen. None of that is possible
0:44:10 > 0:44:15now. We have this man tweeting insults to Theresa May and that is
0:44:15 > 0:44:21not a good thing. But we do need an international relationship with the
0:44:21 > 0:44:24United States of America and we have Meghan Markle providing that of
0:44:24 > 0:44:29Prince Harry. In that want to vote -- wonderful interview, two things
0:44:29 > 0:44:35happen. Prince Harry spoke about it being in the stars. The reason for
0:44:35 > 0:44:38that is that his father realised when he met Meghan Markle, that
0:44:38 > 0:44:43she's -- shares a birthday with Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother,
0:44:43 > 0:44:48Prince Charles' favourite person in the world. So his son is marrying
0:44:48 > 0:44:54someone born on the same staff. That is the first excitement. The second
0:44:54 > 0:44:59excitement...I can hardly word. Well, Meghan Markle mentioned the
0:44:59 > 0:45:14Commonwealth. You are familiar with the word CHOGM macro. -- CHOGM. The
0:45:14 > 0:45:16Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. It is happening here next
0:45:16 > 0:45:20year and there is anxiety in certain quarters that when the Queen goes,
0:45:20 > 0:45:24in the fullness of time, the Commonwealth may want a different
0:45:24 > 0:45:28kind of leader. Naturally, the Queen would like to have a British leader
0:45:28 > 0:45:33for it, in the shape of her son, Prince Charles.I thought you were
0:45:33 > 0:45:38going to say Meghan Markle.No, she will be travelling to Commonwealth
0:45:38 > 0:45:45countries over the next couple of years.She will be knackered.She is
0:45:45 > 0:45:49young, vigorous and she knows what she is doing. I'm a little sad that
0:45:49 > 0:45:52we talked about Brexit earlier because it would have been nice to
0:45:52 > 0:45:57have some viewers at this point. We may have lost the audience.Well,
0:45:57 > 0:46:04any that we did have will certainly have gone by now.The message is
0:46:04 > 0:46:08extraordinary. This wedding is the sweetest thing to hit this country
0:46:08 > 0:46:14and it is doing what Queen Victoria used to do. She had these children
0:46:14 > 0:46:17and grandchildren establish themselves across Europe. Europe is
0:46:17 > 0:46:21now possibly over for a little bit, so the new generation, we will
0:46:21 > 0:46:25reinvent ourselves with the Commonwealth thanks to Prince Harry,
0:46:25 > 0:46:33who will just look as he looked. Have you ever seen such love.Gyles,
0:46:33 > 0:46:37are you available to be the leader of the Conservative Party? We are
0:46:37 > 0:46:44transfixed.Where did that come from?I don't know where any of this
0:46:44 > 0:46:50has come from.I will tell you where it comes from, the reason this is
0:46:50 > 0:46:55good news, it is about hope and the future. One thing the Conservative
0:46:55 > 0:46:58Party have not been doing is giving us the Shining Castle on the Hill,
0:46:58 > 0:47:05the hope, the aspiration. We see two young people clearly in love. She is
0:47:05 > 0:47:08obviously intelligent. They are looking to the future, and we think,
0:47:08 > 0:47:13yes, this is a good thing at every level. So that is the news of the
0:47:13 > 0:47:19week by any standards.And that is the programme almost finished.
0:47:19 > 0:47:26Uplifting.Love conquers all. It always has, it always will.
0:47:26 > 0:47:28That's your lot for tonight, but not for us.
0:47:28 > 0:47:31Inspired by news that civil servants involved in the Brexit negotiations
0:47:31 > 0:47:33have taken up self-defence classes, we're off to a late night martial
0:47:33 > 0:47:37arts class at Loulou's.
0:47:37 > 0:47:39Bring it on, Brussels bureaucrats!
0:47:39 > 0:47:41We've taken down the club ping-pong table and replaced it
0:47:41 > 0:47:44with William Hague's old judo mat.
0:47:44 > 0:47:47Michael will display a few SAS Kung Fu moves and show Liz how to do
0:47:47 > 0:47:51a Giant Haystacks flying body slam.
0:47:51 > 0:47:54"He who dares flings," eh Michael?
0:47:54 > 0:47:57Probably less "crouching tiger", more "creaking pussy cat".
0:47:57 > 0:47:59Not so much Bruce Lee, more Peggy Lee.
0:47:59 > 0:48:02Me?
0:48:02 > 0:48:05My interests lie more in Blue Nun than Black Belts.
0:48:05 > 0:48:09Nighty-night, don't let Chechen leader and Putin puppet,
0:48:09 > 0:48:12Ramzan Kadyrov, who says he's dreaming of standing
0:48:12 > 0:48:17down and spending more time at the gym, bite!
0:48:31 > 0:48:32# When I'm feelin' lonely
0:48:32 > 0:48:34# Someone telephone me
0:48:34 > 0:48:37# It's gettin' hard to pass my time
0:48:37 > 0:48:39# Take me outta dying
0:48:39 > 0:48:41# Watch me while I'm flyin'
0:48:41 > 0:48:45# Baby, it's a waste of time
0:48:45 > 0:48:51# I need a man, perhaps a man like you
0:48:51 > 0:49:01# I need a man, to make my dreams come true
0:49:01 > 0:49:03# Say that you will find him
0:49:03 > 0:49:04# Creeping up behind him
0:49:04 > 0:49:07# Moving round the town all day
0:49:07 > 0:49:09# Well, I'm underestimated
0:49:09 > 0:49:10# Highly underrated
0:49:10 > 0:49:12# Can there be another way?
0:49:12 > 0:49:15# I need a man, perhaps a man like you
0:49:15 > 0:49:19# I need a man...#
0:49:24 > 0:49:26It's FA Cup round two,