Sir Robert Cooper, former UK diplomat and European Commission official says there seems to be a "policy vacuum" in government which is creating a difficult atmosphere because "people don't know where they are going".

But Tom Fletcher, who has been our ambassador to Lebanon and prior to that was foreign policy adviser to three Prime Ministers, says we have our best people working on the Brexit strategy and we need to trust them.

(Image: British and EU flags in front of Big Ben, credit: Reuters)