the french president, but it was going to be me. at the end ofthe was going to be me. at the end of the day. was going to be me. at the end of the day, that was going to be me. at the end of the day, that ensuring - was going to be me. at the end of the day, that ensuring the i of the day, that ensuring the contract between australia and france, and that was a matter for those two but don t forget for those two but don t forget for the us and particularly the uk, lots of security and military cooperation and it is a big deal that they didn t know. and in quite a revealing way, we asked borisjohnson about this on the train and one of my colleagues in the lobby said, come on, you must understand why he was right to be a bit sore and he said, it s human nature to put off the really hard conversations, isn t it? surely you not loathe that from your emotional lives you lot know that from your emotional lives and you put it off until the last minute and it was a bit hard to know where
i have had a fair amount of flak as a result of it, . but sometimes when you get into situations like this, i you have to be straight- about it and ijust think this was a huge mistake. in the background of this video conferencing shot, there is something that looks like a trombone. have you become a trombonist? during covid, i felt i needed something to do and seized| the opportunity to learn i a new skill, so i decided. do you want to give us a go? give us a blow! hang on, i decided to learn- the trombone and i have done it for about nine months now and i am dreadful. - you don t want to put your viewers off. i 0h, we do! are you taking it to conference? the labour conference, at the end, everyone always sings the red flag, sojohn, you could reveal here that you have been practising the red flag on your trombone and you re going to take it down to brighton and you could give us a blast, a preview.