The EU Ambassador to the UK, João Vale de Almeida, joins Christopher Hope on Chopper's Politics as this week Brussels has moved to bend and break their own rules with new proposals to cool tensions over the implementation of Northern Ireland Protocol. He insists the EU isn't a 'punisher', and argues that the European Court of Justice is a necessary referee in football match of the single market. 

The Telegraph's Europe Editor James Crisp and the Whitehall Editor Harry Yorke react to the Ambassador's words, with James' prediction of a future Brexit as a "damp, flaccid, squib" - oh dear... 

Plus co-Chair of The Conservative Steel Caucus Miriam Cates MP makes the case for the importance of steel in the push towards net zero, and also weighs into the row on biological sex versus gender. 

Read more from James Crisp: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/j/ja-je/james-crisp/ |

Read more from Harry Yorke: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/h/ha-he/harry-yorke/ |

The cancellation of women is bigger than a 'culture war', by Miriam Cates: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/10/11/cancellation-women-bigger-culture-war/ | 

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