abhorrent and had previously been unaware of the claims. we can speak now to laurie at the international communications and financial world affairs commentator. she s in west london for us this evening. good to see you. a rather strange statement, suspending key activities can i suppose you have to understand what the cbi does to make sense of that. maybe you could explain it to les. the cbi is really one of the bigger lobbying groups that polices between business and government. cbi has had a bit of a reputational hit, even before all of these allegations. we will get to those in a moment. a lot of people were wondering whether the cbi had become, had lost its effectiveness, given the last governments attitude towards business. rehabilitated itself a little bit, couple of the things that cbi had been looking for, like childcare provisions did make it into the last budget, but that seems a different era now. so many company picnic companies have deserted the cbi the last coup
is for probably seven clubs who are still fighting relegation. among them leicester city who miraculously won the league back in 2016, and are now in the bottom. everton who have been in the top flight since 1954 perilously close to the drop. nottingham forrest who have onlyjust been promoted, and have spent over 140 million pounds on players no guaranteed survival. so what s does it take to stay up and what does the table tell us about the health of footballs richest league? 0liver kay is the senior writer with the athletic who has just written a fascinating piece on this. good to see you. you have spotted a trend and you call it the five year syndrome. what happens after five years? syndrome. what happens after five ears? ~ ., syndrome. what happens after five ears? . . , ., , years? well, there are exceptions. this is not years? well, there are exceptions. this is not necessarily years? well, there are exceptions. this is not necessarily a years? well, there are exceptio