Shadow Policing Minister Sarah Jones broadcast round: Sky News (8.05 a.m.) … Times Radio (8.35 a.m.) … LBC Radio (8.50 a.m.). Get real: As Playbook has noted before, the reality is that thousands of businesses and millions of white-collar workers are finding home-working is a win-win for them, saving time and money all round. The idea they will be guilt-tripped by politicians or newspapers into returning to potentially COVID-ridden offices for no better reason than to save the little sandwich shop on the corner is for the birds. With sake exports growing to 18.7 billion yen in 2018, marking the eighth consecutive year of record-setting export volumes according to Japan’s National Tax Agency, overseas demand for sake is only expected to increase and Michael is optimistic. “I’d like to think we’re at the start of what’s going to be a quite a big wave,” he says, although he recognises that Four Fox is one of a few brands taking this westernised approach. “I’m hopeful we can be the first premium sake brand that everyone is aware of, and I think the real test of that is when someone walks into a bar in London or LA or Sydney and says, I want a bottle of Fox. That’ll be the day that I know we’ve made it: when you have that brand call, that brand recognition instantly.” The bottom of this bag is worked flat using regular sc sts. Once the base is done, project is worked in the round

Mate 3:“Couldn’t park on our street yesterday for all the extra cars. Three families would have been celebrating Eid and probably thought f**k it, we’ve made our plans …” Using the chart provided, mod-sc each st. Remember to do each row of the graph twice, (to complete the graphic image on both sides of the bag). I placed the strap approx. 5 rows down from the top of the inside of the bag. Then I sewed around the strap end using the tail ends. Good news from the East: Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi will fly into London tomorrow for trade talks with Fox’s successor at the department for international trade, Liz Truss. Motegi announced this morning that he will be in the U.K. from August 5-7 to hold talks on the early conclusion of a U.K.-Japan free-trade agreement, my POLITICO Morning Trade UK colleague Graham Lanktree reports this morning. The Sun revealed last week that a deal should be signed in a matter of weeks, largely replicating the EU-Japan trade agreement but with added wins for both sides. It will come into force when the Brexit transition period ends on December 31. Motegi’s visit tomorrow will be the first overseas trip made by any Japanese ministers since the coronavirus outbreak began, he said. Four Fox’s bottle design pays further tribute to its origins; the metallic finish aims to mirror the superior metal of the ancient swordsmiths blessed by Inari. This tribute continues in the Katana samurai sword strikingly cut-out on each side.

When you get to the end of the chart, sl st and fasten off. Finally, weave in your ends. Handles (make one) Also on Julia Hartley-Brewer at breakfast (TalkRADIO): UK Hospitality CEO Kate Nicholls (7.50 a.m.) … Former Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell (8.05 a.m.) … ConservativeHome Assistant Editor Henry Hill (8.30 a.m.) … Pimlico Plumbers founder Charlie Mullins (9.05 a.m.) … Spectator columnist Toby Young (9.30 a.m.). Also on the Today program: Jasmina Panovska-Griffiths, a senior research fellow and lecturer in mathematical modeling at University College London, and WHO special envoy on COVID-19 David Nabarro (8.10 a.m.). Also on LBC breakfast show: Tony Blair’s former chief of staff Jonathan Powell (7.20 a.m.) … Former GCHQ Deputy Director for Intelligence Brian Lord and former Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington (both 8.05 a.m.).

Continent Latest news, analysis and comment from POLITICO’s editors and guest writers on the continent. Local Government Minister Simon Clarke broadcast round: Sky News (7.05 a.m.) … Times Radio (7.20 a.m.) … BBC Breakfast (7.30 a.m.) … LBC Radio (7.50 a.m.) … Today program (8.20 a.m.) … TalkRADIO (8.30 a.m.). Four Fox Saké has launched to the UK, with a mission to “revitalise” the ancient tradition of sake in London. ICYMI: The U.K.’s High Commissioner to New Delhi Philip Barton has been unveiled as permanent secretary at the newly created Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. He replaces the departing Simon McDonald and will take up his new role on September 1. The BBC’s James Landale has a profile, describing him as “a classic Foreign Office lifer who has had postings all over the world.”Rnd 3: Ch 1 and 3sc in the same st, sc the next 59 sts, 3sc, sc, 3sc, sc the next 59 sts, 3sc in next, sc in last st finally, sl st to connect. (132 sts) Ever since we met the EMW team at Vinexpo Shanghai 2019, we knew that we wanted to work with them,” says Michael Campion, Managing Director of Four Fox Saké. “We’re delighted that they share our vision for a modern and exciting saké brand in China, and believe them to be the best possible partner to realise our potential.” PLAYBOOK COULDN’T HAPPEN WITHOUT: My editor Zoya Sheftalovich, research assistant Andrew McDonald and producer Miriam Webber. Rnd 1: sc across in the second ch from the hook and then in each st across (60 sts), when you reach the end, you will rotate your work and sc across the other side of your initial ch., then sl st into top of first sc (120 sts)

START YOUR DAY: With U.S. President Donald Trump trying to explain on TV how America is actually doing *better* at dealing with the coronavirus than countries such as South Korea, which has a population of 51 million people and yet has suffered only 301 deaths. DRIVING THE DAY Mate 5 (again):“Totally agree. And you can’t tell a nation they can go to the pub, but can’t go to their parents’ or friends’ houses. It defies logic, and confuses everyone even more than they already are.” Times Radio breakfast show: Trade adviser Shanker Singham (7.35 a.m.) … Former Prime Minister Tony Blair (8.05 a.m.) … Liverpool’s Director of Public Health Matthew Ashton (8.20 a.m.) … Former Crystal Palace F.C. owner Simon Jordan (9.35 a.m.). Hong Kong liquor label Four Fox Sake is modernising Japanese rice wine with a new approach and a sleek brand. Learn how they’re transforming the premium alcohol market from Australia to London.

The spirit originates in the mountains of Niigata, and is made with pure snowmelt water and 100% local Gohyakumangoku rice. Also on Kay Burley at Breakfast (Sky News): Mask Our Heroes co-founder Matthew McGahan (7.45 a.m.) … Cornwall Council deputy leader Adam Paynter (8.30 a.m.). Daily Star: Free honk! — Bozo insists he will slash Lords … just days after his friends and family get gongs. Sake, though still a small category globally, has experienced constant year on year growth in the past decade in export markets, with volume doubling since 2006 and value more than doubling!” says Nimbility Founding Partner Ian Ford. “China is growing even faster than other areas, already taking over Hong Kong in terms of volume in 2020, and likely to exceed in value in 2021, positioning it as sake’s primary export market. The timing is therefore perfect to build a premium brand such as Four Fox Saké in China. Partnering with a leading company as serious and professional as EMW for the import and distribution of the brand is the first major step towards this goal and the Nimbility team is incredibly excited to be working with both Four Fox Saké and EMW to make this vision a reality.”