Reviews the critical influence of right-wing think tanks on the Tory government (e.g. Liam Fox), which are pushing for a libertarian UK-US-trade agenda after brexit
BBC host Nick Robinson slapped down Michel Barnier as he prepares to dismiss calls from Chancellor Philip Hammond's calls to include British financial services in the bespoke trade agreement between London and Brussels.
Chancellor Philip Hammond said on Wednesday that the UK would negotiate a "unique" Brexit agreement which includes financial services, just hours after EU negotiators rejected the possibility of such a deal.
"It is possible to include financial services within a trade deal but that it is very much in our mutual interest to do so," Hammond said.
Hammond's speech comes within hours of European Council president Donald Tusk saying such a deal was "out of the question".