Speaker 1: I want to turn our attention now to Brexit and
Speaker 1: the new government being formed by the new Prime Minister,
Speaker 1: Teresa May. Rob Hutton, UK government reporter for Bloomberg in London,
Speaker 1: has more tell us Rob about David Davis. He is
Speaker 1: going to be the minister in charge of negotiating the
Speaker 1: exit of Britain from the European Union. Yes, he is.
Speaker 1: This is terribly exciting. It's stickually exciting because David Davis
Speaker 1: is one of those people who went campaigning for Brexit,
Speaker 1: had a very clever plan, and now he gets to
Speaker 1: implement his very clever plan. And working alongside him, really
Speaker 1: doing trade negotiations will be Liam Fox, who also has
Speaker 1: a very clever plan, not quite the same, very clever plan,
Speaker 1: and working alongside both of them. The surprise appointment of
Speaker 1: the evening will be Boris Johnson, the new Foreign Secretary,
Speaker 1: who has three or four very clever plans for what
Speaker 1: Brexit will look like. Well, I think I'm so like
Speaker 1: you mentioned whereas Johnson, because I think a lot of us,
Speaker 1: you know, we're not the UK experts like you, but
Speaker 1: we saw you know, Uh, he's appointed Foreign Secretary. How
Speaker 1: is he going to how is he going to assist
Speaker 1: the new brexits are tell us how this new clever
Speaker 1: plan is going to work. Well, it's not exactly clear.
Speaker 1: One way of looking at this is that Boris Johnson
Speaker 1: has finally been given the opportunity to blow up. He's
Speaker 1: been given a really big job that he cannot possibly
Speaker 1: complain about, one of the biggest jobs in government theoretically,
Speaker 1: and also a job where unfortunately, the many, many rude
Speaker 1: things that he has said we're currently debating which of
Speaker 1: these we can print on our family news wire that
Speaker 1: he has said about about foreign leaders will may come
Speaker 1: back to haunt him. So Theresa may may have done
Speaker 1: something quite clever in taking somebody who's a potential rival
Speaker 1: and giving them the opportunity to mess up in a
Speaker 1: way that actually wouldn't damage her domestically. Um, He's going
Speaker 1: to be absolutely fascinating to see how how Davis and Fox.
Speaker 1: Both of them have been out of government quite a
Speaker 1: long time. David Davis hasn't been in government since, uh
Speaker 1: it since as one of my colleagues, but it's since
Speaker 1: take that were big first time around. So it's going
Speaker 1: to be fascinating to see how they cope with the
Speaker 1: biggest problem that Britain's faces. But the point about about
Speaker 1: appointing them, from May's point of view, I think is
Speaker 1: that these were people who are pushing for Brexit, so
Speaker 1: their hands are now going to be dipped in the blood.
Speaker 1: They've said it will be terribly easy to get a deal.
Speaker 1: They've said we'll be able to get free trade access
Speaker 1: to the EU. They've said we'll get a trade deal
Speaker 1: with America, with South Korea, with whoever. Now we'll find
Speaker 1: out if they're right, and if they're wrong, they won't
Speaker 1: easily be able to blame her for screwing it up.
Speaker 1: Just quickly, rob David Davis, is there one particular piece
Speaker 1: of information that we should know about him? Because he
Speaker 1: is What you need to know about David Davis is
Speaker 1: that he once resigned from Parliament to run for Parliament
Speaker 1: against himself in protests that something that this is when
Speaker 1: he was in opposition in protest that something that the
Speaker 1: government was doing. He's a very interesting choice. Robert Hutton,
Speaker 1: thank you so very much. I can hear it in
Speaker 1: your voice, the glee you take it. It is amazing. Though.
Speaker 1: This is such an exciting story, so interesting. Boris Boris Johnson,
Speaker 1: Foreign Secretary announced by Teresa May, the new Prime Minister
Speaker 1: of the United Kingdom. I'm Kathleen Hayes along with Pim Fox.
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