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Is it such a tough area to negotiate? i think it is hugely politically sensitive. it represents in so many ways, for so many people, vividly, taking back control. we know that fishing was something that was illustrated during the referendum campaign for .5 years ago as being symbolic of britain taking back control of its waters, its seas, it conjures up images of the past. but if you talk to people on the eu side here, they say it is a smokescreen, really, because as you say it is a very small part of the economies of both the uk, and a key number of eu states. and if you talk to eu diplomats ...

On the eu side that some of these new issues around fisheries haven't helped, and contribute to an unpleasant atmosphere. i have spoken to uk officials about this and they say, look, but we are agreeing or what we are proposing has been known about for a while. for example there is an idea that if you have a foreign owner of a fishing vessel registered in the uk, they in future it may have to exhibit a more explicit link with the economic activity of the uk, because of course, a lot of dutch and spanish fishing owners have vessels that are registered in the uk. they insist this isn't renationa...

Scope for compromise on fisheries in terms of a transition period for that, a gradual eyes reduction of access for eu boats, but actually, but for the most part, i think the uk negotiators have put a very reasonable offer on the table which was the kind of deal that the eu has already given to trading partners with whom they don't have such close links such as canada. but the point is that canada is geographically so far away. i mean, the eu's case, as you know, is that the uk, right and your‘s doll, cannot be treated in the same way. i don't see that the eu can justify giving the same way. ...

A segment we must let the deadline go and come back and a month, two months go and come back and a month, two m o nths left go and come back and a month, two months left three months and figure it out then? there is a lot of talk of splits in the eu camp between hawks and doves. france and president macron are being like hawks and not wanting to give too many concessions, especially on fishing. the uk side has had a very ha rd fishing. the uk side has had a very hard time understanding during the brexit debate. they have a hard time negotiating with one voice. michel barnier is that one voice....

Fisheries is ultimately about numbers and you can see a more classic last—minute negotiation happening there but the level playing field and whether the uk can have a no strings attached relationship with the single market in the future or whether the eu will wa nt in the future or whether the eu will want the uk to keep in step in terms of standards, in terms of competition rules over time so that there isn't any unfair nature to the competition, i think that's a much more fundamental demand on the eu side and of course on the uk side it has a fundamental connection to the notions of sovere...