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journalism. Welcome back to the New European podcast. My name is Steve Anglesey. I'm joined today by

Matt Kelly, the editor of the New European. Hello, Matt. Hello, Steve. Another bizarre week on planet Brexit.

We'll be talking later on about the big red lie bus.

We'll also be talking about Francis Rossi, bizarrely enough.

But first of all, some extraordinary details emerging from inside the EU negotiations out of the

new statesman, the Telegraph Politico, the BBC's Westminster Hour.

Now I don't know where we want to start with all of this map but it seems that the

British side are complaining that the EU

aren't letting them have any water yeah that David Davis is using a special

briefcase which uses digital blocking to conceal its contents from the EU which

means that they can't see what sandwiches he's got because he's got nothing else

in there no one is allowed to wear a smart watch in the negotiations.

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