Says the era of paying big sums to the eu is coming to an end. Good morning, everyone. Its thursday. We got a lot going on today. Glad youre with us. We got a jam packed hour for you, culminating later on in the day with the interview that geoff c Geoff Cutmore has with Vladimir Putin. Markets are trading modestly higher. The ftse 100 up 0. 1 . Benefiting from the weakness of the pound in the triggers of the article 50. Xetra dax up 0. 21. Cac 40 higher to the tune of 0. 1 . A fairly quiet session. Lets look at some sectors driving us higher today. What were seeing is that oil and gas is leading, when it comes to the sectors, because were seeing another day of increases for the oil price. The third day in a row. Financial services, Construction Material doing better. On the down side, autos, real estate, and telecoms slightly underperforming. Lets get back to our top story. Theresa may is set for another battle in parliament, this time to push through her great repeal bill. A piece of