Jonathan Reynolds: “This government is about solving the problems that really make a difference to people's lives.”

Obviously, if you enter those arrangements, you are doing things collectively. So there would be trade relationships with the UK that were based on Europe, the EU as a whole – that is how the European Union works in terms of its…

The UK currently has no major Chinese manufacturer based in its automotive sector, so we’re not making vehicles here and sending them to the single market through some sort of back door.

Pretty straightforward racism, isn’t it? There’s a potential candidate referenced there; spent decades in this country, huge contribution to her local community, so I think that speaks for itself.

I just want to be clear: when we make any trade decision in terms of trade defence tariffs in relation to the EU, that’s based on the UK interest – it’s not based on any other country asking for that.