and britain are really coalescing around this northern ireland brexit discussion so i think that's something to watch over the next few weeks. both sides are hoping for a breakthrough but i think the people of northern ireland really do need to get that settled. a quick thought on that, suzanne. there are northern ireland assembly elections coming up in the spring — is there a sense in brussels as well as in london, and in dublin as well, they really want to get this sorted before that campaign starts? absolutely. i think that's the new deadline for this. the dup, the main unionist party, has threatened to pull out of government if its needs are not met in the northern ireland protocol so there's a sense that it's pretty politically fragile in northern ireland at the moment so i think there is an incentive now for both sides to get this over the line — by the end of february is one of the new dates we're looking at here. thank you. hugh, 30 seconds or so for you to end the programme on a high. well, one to watch, or more than one —

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