A relationship with the European Union but ive always said the only way you can do this now on bbc news hardtalk. Is to deliver on the referendum, which is to leave, so to that extent you have to decide your leaving come what may. So right now then, i suppose welcome to hardtalk, if were blunt about it, were in the process of some kind of weird blame game with borisjohnson and key ministers saying theyll only talk im stephen sackur. To brussels, only negotiate, if brussels accepts the Withdrawal Agreement, and, of course, the backstop within it, are completely dead. And they know that brussels can never accept that, so essentially theyre trying the uk is leaving on october 31, he to pile the blame on brussels for the complete failure says deal or no deal. Right now, a of any negotiation. Well, actually the failure of the negotiation goes back deal between london and brussels a long way. Appears unlikely, so what about the it goes back to the way alternative . My guest is iain duncan th