support if and when they reach a solution. these negotiations are going on against this backdrop of rising pressure on the government to step in and do something and that is notjust from the industries themselves who are already worrying about some firms having to close production at certain times of day, also warning some factories mayjust have days before they would have to halt production further or even close for part of the week entirely, and also rising pressure from mps. an increasing number of conservative mps one thing the government to intervene, particularly in parts of the uk reliant on energy intensive industries, ceramics industry in stoke on trent, the steel industry is influential across a number of areas in the uk. mps are adding to the political pressure to step in and do something in the weeks to come before firms say it is too late. joining me now is alasdair mcdiarmid, operations director at the community trade union. thank you forjoining us. what do