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Speaker 1: Devin Gray is our UK correspondent. Hey, Gevin, Hi there, right?

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Speaker 1: So has Gary officially announced that he's gone?

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Speaker 2: Not yet, but we think he will. We're talking about Garylnker,

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Speaker 2: the former England footballer, of course and star, but also

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Speaker 2: the highest paid BBC TV presenter. Controversial not because of

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Speaker 2: his presenting skills, but controversial because over his career he

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Speaker 2: has continued to post on social media. Now, as a

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Speaker 2: former BBC myself, you know, it just is not done

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Speaker 2: by the majority of staff, and there were plenty of

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Speaker 2: people in the newsroom in particular who, frankly I thought

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Speaker 2: there were double standards I think was what some in

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Speaker 2: the newsroom thought about. How he seemed to be allowed

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Speaker 2: to say what he wanted on social media and yet

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Speaker 2: people in the newsroom received some pretty serious action if

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Speaker 2: they did the same. So what appears to have tit

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Speaker 2: the balance? We expected Garylinka to present his final match

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Speaker 2: of the day next weekend and then stay within the

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Speaker 2: BBC but not present Mac the Dare anymore, the football program,

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Speaker 2: instead to present things like the coverage of the World

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Speaker 2: Cup and other major sporting of things like this. But

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Speaker 2: it now looks like he is having to go. Why

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Speaker 2: because of social media again. So last week he had

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Speaker 2: to apologize after sharing a social media post about Zionism

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Speaker 2: that included an illustration of a rat. Now the rat,

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Speaker 2: of course, is historically used as an anti Semitic insult.

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Speaker 2: Liniga said he regretted the references. He didn't know it

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Speaker 2: was a reference to that, and he said he would

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Speaker 2: never knowingly share anything anti semitic. He deleted the post,

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Speaker 2: but it blew up into one big rowl.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but you know what, Kevin, I just don't buy that,

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Speaker 1: because if you post a picture of a RETNX to anything,

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Speaker 1: by its very nature being pejorative. So what is wrong

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Speaker 1: with him?

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Speaker 2: Very good question. He has continued to talk out about things,

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Speaker 2: predominantly about migration in this country, which has wound up

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Speaker 2: lots of people. Why does his opinion about my and

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Speaker 2: small boats matter any more than anyone else's. He's a

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Speaker 2: footballer and a television presenter. He is not a politician,

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Speaker 2: and yet has a massive following on social media and

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Speaker 2: it's got him in trouble before and here we are.

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Speaker 1: Again, Yeah, exactly. Well see now listen, what is the

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Speaker 1: post Brixit negotiation that has reached some sort of consensus?

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Speaker 2: Yes, so big meeting today between sekire Starma, the UK

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Speaker 2: Prime Minister, and other EU leaders. It is the first

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Speaker 2: bilateral meeting between the UK and the EU since Brexit,

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Speaker 2: and this government says it wants to get on and

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Speaker 2: reset relations with the EU after some bitter talk over Brexit.

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Speaker 2: So plenty of Brexiteers are going to be nervously watching

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Speaker 2: what's being agreed, because of course the EU will want

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Speaker 2: something back from the UK if the UK is demanding

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Speaker 2: one or two things. So apparently discussions over the weekend

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Speaker 2: included defense, trade, fishing rights, and the possible youth mobility scheme. Now,

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Speaker 2: fishing rights very controversial, lots of European boats use our

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Speaker 2: waters and many argue we don't get much back in return.

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Speaker 2: And the youth mobility scheme well, at the moment we're

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Speaker 2: trying to cut migration and net migration, so adding to

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Speaker 2: the figures would seem to be a contra to what

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Speaker 2: most people will say they want. And also it looks

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Speaker 2: like the stumbling block late last night was fishing right,

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Speaker 2: So plenty of people waiting to hear what the European

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Speaker 2: Commission President Ursula Underlyon and Secure Starmer will say. Having

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Speaker 2: struck this deal, which we now believe is ready to go.

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Speaker 2: Announcements around trade and security probably include British access to

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Speaker 2: roughly two hundred and eighty billion New Zealand dollars for

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Speaker 2: the EU Defense Fund, and that could be a big

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Speaker 2: boost for UK defense companies. But what will have to

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Speaker 2: be agreed otherwise? Certainly it now would appear that the

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Speaker 2: Conservative leader, the leader of the opposition and there are

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Speaker 2: four UK leading Nigel Farage are saying it's a surrender

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Speaker 2: yet we don't really know what's in it yet.

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Speaker 1: Interesting. Hey, thank you so much, Gavin. As always Gavin Gray,

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Speaker 1: are UK correspondent.

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