an election with someone that most of them knew was not suited to the top job, then along came the pandemic, exposing how he was not suited for the topjob. now, i think. i ve spoken to tory mps who are extraordinarily concerned and some believe and hope that borisjohnson will be replaced pretty shortly after christmas. thank you all very much. let s move on. on friday, germany s chancellor 0laf scholz travelled to paris and brussels, in part to discuss the seven year long stand off with moscow over ukraine. presidentjoe biden spoke to the leaders in germany, france, italy and the uk this week, before his two hour long conference call with vladimir putin. the russian president insisted the thousands of troops he s stationed close to the border are no threat . the united states and its allies see things differently. a casualty could be nord stream 2, the now completed gas pipeline between germany and russia. ian, does 0laf scholz