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a changing europe. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. what do you make of this appointment? what will liz truss be bringing to brexit table? i appointment? what will liz truss be bringing to brexit table? bringing to brexit table? i think there are three bringing to brexit table? i think there are three ways bringing to brexit table? i think there are three ways to - bringing to brexit table? i think there are three ways to look - bringing to brexit table? i think there are three ways to look at| bringing to brexit table? i think i there are three ways to look at it, firstly is procedural. here i think it makes a lot of sense that it is the foreign office that is now dealing with the question of the negotiations because there was always something slightly strange about having this part of our external relations, but that dealt with the eu, broken off from the rest so in procedural terms you can see this as a kind of rationalisation politically, think liz truss is an interesting
what are the strings that they are going to attach to this deal with theresa may. so, i think a lot of distraction away from the brexit table and not the ability for the uk to focus on the task at hand when these discussions kick off on june 19th. if it weren t already complicated enough, now this. thank you senior political correspondent for politico. we appreciate you joining us. the testimony had millions of americans glued to their televisions. we re all watching the same thing. how could the media see this so differently.