Well, Jackie, I'm doing my best to be a brave little soldier.

It's not very good best, though, is it, Ian?

Although you are, can I say, sounding particularly sexy today.

Well, I'll take that as a very big compliment from you.

When I was on the radio on Thursday, somebody emailed me at the end of the program,

and they said, at the beginning of the program and they said,

at the beginning of the program,

you sounded really sexy and husky.

Now you just sound full of snot.

Well, actually, I was just thinking the same thing.

You've gone very quickly from husky to slightly snotty.

So as long as doesn't too much sniffling.

No, we'll do our best.

Now, talking of somebody who's being a bit snotty this week,

Michelle Barnier, I've got the Sunday Telegraph here,

the headline on the front page,

Barnier is risking a UK walkout EU states fear.

Do you not think that he's going slightly over the top in the belligerent,

threatening, bullying language that he's using at the moment?

I don't think it's belligerent and threatening, Ian. I mean, you know, David Davis called the leaked memo Discourteous. What people seem to have sort of forgotten this, it's not his job to be nice to us.

We're essentially splitting up with them. That's not going to be easy, is it? And he is tasked

with getting the best possible deal for the remaining members of the EU. Now, what is interesting

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