First time, until a few weeks ago, i thought he was still going to keep going for quite a long time the stub right now, i am not sure any more. eric, great to have you on the programme. that is eric albert. and we have had a number of french speaking guests on today, and as i was saying earlier with the canada story, you can read more in le monde. thank you. hello there. for many of us, it's been another lovely day, plenty of winter sunshine around, especially for england and wales. northern ireland and scotland have seen more cloud around once again, but here it's been milder with that airflo...