, saying the peers are uniting to soft "brexit", to soften "brexit", theresa may may not like this.cilroy she was hanging over their shoulders, this. mcilroy she was hanging over theirshoulders, imploring this. mcilroy she was hanging over their shoulders, imploring them to do the right thing, and available of the people. unlike in the house of commons, where there were not any amendments put forward to the bill, and it passed through the house of commons, now there will be opportunities for peers to put down amendments and in fact they have, many of them, but the ones gaining the most support include one which promises to guarantee rights of eu citizens already living here, and also one which would give everyone in parliament an opportunity to sort of vote on the final deal when it is done. and it's interesting because if you think about the composition of the house of lords, they don't have the same issue of patronage that they do in the house of commons, in that sense they are a lot more free to vote with their conscience. indeed, many of them are now telling the sunday telegraph

i'm on the cross party brexit committee, which is scrutinising every inch of brexit negotiations, andink is agreed we should have a vote on the final deal. but let's not have any guises for holding up or frustrating the verdict by the british people. there is going to be a vote, though, in the coming days in westminster. you now welcoming the debate. because there is going to be a debate, we know that various opposition mps, whether they be labour or scottish nationalists, have specific amendments to put forward. it is going to be a lively, passionate debate. surely that's something you welcome? terrific. this is going to be something like the 16th or 17th debate we have had on brexit. this is not about debate or scrutiny. equally, every democrat in the house of commons and in the house of lords will have their cards called. are we really talking about scrutiny, or are some people trying to frustrate the will of the british people and delay or even scupper brexit altogether? i don't think that will happen but everybody will have to be accountable to the british people. well, they will

a was the whole "brexit" thing about... ? a lot was the whole "brexit" thing about...?that, and that is one of the questions i was raising in the house today. how will you vote on the bill? we'll have to see, and amendments coming up in the committee stage, the house of commons will have the final position but what a number of people in the house of lords are saying is that maybe the government is not quite ready, we had a white paper, which is not really have any costed plans, so we are not quite sure what all this "brexit" is actually going to mean. maybe we should not rush to quickly. what is interesting, reading what david davis has said, he has made a great case for immigration, he should be the immigration minister! the arguments he presents about the hospitality sector, and interesting that the president of the nfu, the national farmers union, has said that if farm workers and so on do not come, seasonal workers, we might have great difficulty in getting food! this is one of the issues we will have to deal with as we move forward , have to deal with as we move fo

are you ignoring the fact that the brexit referendum took place and brexit is brexit.r pitch, unlike others we have produced a paper. it's la la land to coina produced a paper. it's la la land to coin a phrase. it is absolutely not. it's our pitch for what northern ireland needs. access to the customs union is important in terms of the cost — union is important in terms of the cost - you may think it's what northern ireland needs. there's no chance of your getting it. you don't know that, with all due respect. you won't be round the table when the negotiations take place. i don't need to convince you. i into ed to convince the irish government and the 27 other eu states. and british government who have said there's no special status. the british government can say that they want. they don't have a plan. they are going to be round the table and they have said no special status. they don't have a plan that includes northern ireland or takes our issues seriously. we do. so we will be taking that to the other nations within europe. we will be taking that to the irish gover

mark: blair's brexit battle cry. minister triese to change the minds of those who voted to leave the e.u. and he speaks exclusively to rally runsce." the out. the largest winning streak for u.k.-u.s. equities in three years finally takes a breath. is this a pause or the start of a correction? and vice president pence seeks to reassure european leaders on his first or an foray in the new job. will the u.s. be a reliable ally, despite trump's america first strategy? this is "bloomberg surveillance." i am mark barton in london. equities are on track for a third weekly game. on wednesday, the stoxx 600 reached its highest level since december. down for a second day since then as investors question this reflation trade. the bloomberg dollar spot index is rising today. on a weekly basis, it is falling for the seventh week in eight. a six-week run ended last week, the worst losing run since 2010. the u.s. 10 year yield a second or two ago was rising for the sixth day in seven. it is unchanged now. fudgedld has barely since

to begin the brexit process.rexit process. it will go to the house of lords after the 20th of february. most observers believe it will be very difficult for the unelected lords to try to block or amend this bill when it has gone through the house of commons clean, as they say, so unamended. let's give you a taste of the debate there has been this afternoon well, the conservative mp john redwood tried to allay fears tried to allay fears in the house of commons debate on brexit this afternoon that the decision to leave the eu would be bad for the uk and sour relations with our european neighbours. of course we wish to preserve the peace in northern ireland, of course we wish to have excellent trading arrangements with the european union for goods and services free of tariff, of course we wish to have lots of cooperative activities with eu member states and institutions in education, research and science and so education, research and science and so forth, and of course we wish to maintain the important rights and l

corbyn braced forfresh brexit rebellion, it independent, jeremy corbyn braced for fresh brexit rebellionressure. this will be the story. it won't be the conservatives. they've probably never been so united. this is the story, diane abbott has a six—day, having a migraine... a brexit migraine. she said she was ill and thatis migraine. she said she was ill and that is why she didn‘t turn up. migraine. she said she was ill and that is why she didn't turn up. her owi'i that is why she didn't turn up. her own party don't believe that. caroline flint saying that today. this will be interesting. what will she do next week? she cannot beat you with a migraine this coming week. she will have to vote. —— she cannot be all with a migraine. what will happen when other people didn't wa nt will happen when other people didn't want to vote, they wanted at stein, he said no and they've lost their place in the shadow cabinet. —— they wanted to abstain. i think this is the start of jeremy wanted to abstain. i think this is the start ofjeremy corbyn's demise and him going for what diane abbott has done. yo

is brexit splitting labour? good bye.it process last night, but dozens disobeyed. some resigning from his shadow cabinet. jeremy corbyn couldn't even rely on one of his closest allies, diane abbott. she was taken ill, shortly after this debate, and just before the crucial vote, and had to go home. but some colleagues don't believe her. it is extraordinary that diane abbott sneaks off, saying that she's ill. you know, people who are well enough at five o'clock to be in parliament are well enough to be there for the vote at 7am. i think we know what's going on here. she bottled the vote. tonight, malta is preparing to host a summit of all 28 eu leaders. theresa may's set out her intentions. she'll leave early so everyone else can discuss their brexit tactics. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. that is it. you are up—to—date. now it is time for newsnight. the mexicans with the wall and the eu seeking its destruction and then the australian prime minister, not to mention the iranians. if they measured in the president's appa

the reason she has a boulevard now is that she can go on sometimes inanely saying brexit means brexit other shoe that has yet to drop is what happens when article 50 is triggered, when some of the real—life effects begin to take hold? that is when, particularly inside the tory party, it will be worth watching. you need somebody to take advantage of that, don't you? you do and she may start considering an early election now because the momentum that she has at the moment, she won't keep when article 50 is triggered, we assume. so now‘s the time to consider calling an early election. when could you ever say that a conservative prime minister's popularity grows the further north you go until you reach scotland? that is remarkable. copeland is the north and labour and the north... but do you think that, into this vacuum, tony blair could come back? david miliband? a good question because, of course, tony blair is the man that the british love to hate but he was the only sensical voice. that was a week ago when he talked about europe. not everybody thinks that, i should say. even people wh

that would, in effect, move the post-brexit e.u. border from ireland to the rest of the u.k. >> this is the most successful peace process there is in the last half-century. but it needs to be nurtured. it needs to be nourished. so the sensible, decent thing for the british prime minister to do is to go for the principle of a special deal for the north within the european union, a special designated status. >> reporter: but prime minister may's government calls special status for northern ireland th"" wrong approach." northern ireland's democratic unionist party agrees. sammy wilson is a member of the british parliament and the d.u.p.s chief spokesman on brexit. >> our position on that is quite clear: we do not wish to have any special status at all, and indeed, brexit should not be used as an excuse to weaken the union. >> reporter: wilson says, fears of a return to hardened borders after brexit are overblown. >> given the methods that we now have of checking movements, of not just people but also of goods, it is entirely possible u

i can go along with the prime minister that brexit means brexit. cannot go along with the idea that brexit means trump. nor do i believe that that is inevitable, nor do i believe that is what the british people want. but the danger is this. the prime ministerfeels it is an inevitable consequence of leaving the eu that we are driven into the arms of president trump. if this house says we'll go ahead with hard tory brexit, or "full english brexit", as we call it in scotland now, we will sweep aside the concerns across this house in terms of the political damage. we will not accept the proposals from scotland to follow the votes of people in the nation of scotland abd retain our european connection. we're not interested in preserving scottishjobs. if that is the criteria and attitude of government, if that is what this prime minister wants to do with scotland, if she's determined to throw down that gauntlet, then she can be absolutely sure that nicola sturgeon as first minister will pick it up. we will need to have a bridge to the free trade agreement

john major hits out at the brexiteers, accusing them of attempting to silence the 48% who voted remain. freedom of speech is absolute in our country. it's not arrogant or brazen or elitist or remotely delusional to express concern about our future after brexit. first amongst brexit cheerleaders, ian duncan smith tells me the former prime minister sounds angry and strangely bitter. also tonight: the experts are terrible. i think the people in this country have had enough of experts. we kept hearing winning politicians say they've had enough of them, but what does michael gove think of experts now? many of those making assertions on the remain side were relying on people meekly submitting to authority as though we were still operating in the pre—reformation catholic church rather than making proper arguments. we'll speak to those who think mr gove was putting his finger on something. and, of course, the oscars. i'm sorry. no. there's a mistake. moonlight, you won best picture. no, not that, this... the oscar winner for best documentary is about the civilian rescue workers in syria. we'll

it will be good news for people who oppose brexit, the lords have the power to delay brexit.o there? they will be able to delay it for one week only. it is likely they will amend the bill in some small areas. some important areas to do with the eu nationals and the final vote on the final deal in 2019. they may amend it slightly and send it back to the commons, but in the end of the commons will prevail and we will still be triggering article 50 by the end of march. they have been warned off about making too many amendments. they have been warned off by david davis. could they do anything other than quake in their boots? they are not an elected house. the tories are saying, you love things like a house of lords. it seems very strange to hear somebody politically to the right suddenly standing up and saying that the house of lords cannot have their day. we will wait and see what they daren‘t do. cannot have their day. we will wait and see what they daren't do. the politicians are out there arguing for this brexit to continue and they are the least popular in the country, tony

i am very worried about had brexit. i am also worried about had brexit.eard from the candidates. labour could not be with us. you can see the full list on the bbc website. let's return to our main story. mps are to be given a vote on the government's final deal on brexit before it is put to the european parliament. shadow brexit secretary kier starmer says it is a significant move, but david jones said the government would not renegotiate the deal if it was rejected by parliament. vicky young is at westminster. everyone here trying to work out how much of a concession this is. kier starmer may regret instantly welcoming it as significant. other mps area welcoming it as significant. other mps are a bit unsure about exactly what to say —— what say this parliament will have. some say the european parliament is able to reject the deal and ask for more negotiations. many of them want that to be the case for the british parliament, too. i'm joined to be the case for the british parliament, too. i'mjoined by to be the case for the british parliament, too. i'm jo

how do you keep go forward now that brexit is happening.ng they get rid of the only standing mp. that is ukip's problem. theresa may is going forward with brexit in a coherent fashion. if there is any slippage on the part of may, they'll be relevant and important again. i don't know how you can get rid of douglas carswell. he is either unelected by his constituents or he withdraws the whip from himself, which seems unlikely. it points to the underlying ridiculousness of ukip. they only have this one mp who isa ukip. they only have this one mp who is a constant odds with other people in the party, people like nigel farage and adam banks, who is always demanding to take over the party. you never know with ukip. at any moment nigel farage cle comeback. it looks as if he had aaron banks on his side. tough new migrant rules. free movement could be ended within weeks. this is something that may be not everyone thought about, that the rules kick in when article $50. not everyone thought about, that the rules kick in when article $50m will be inter

brexit means brexit was perhaps the most unwise of all statements following the referendum.ll pompously and hopefully enact ratsly named great repeal bill and consequent legislation has been completed, none of us know what brexit will look like. that‘s created uncertainty for science environmentalists and worringly for both eu citizens living and working in the uk and uk citizens living and working in other eu countries. it has become obvious that no thought had been given to our citizens in gibraltar or the implications for northern ireland and the good friday agreement. my lords, a recent report identified 1957 as the happiest year of the last century. a good year because it‘s when my mum and dad met andi because it‘s when my mum and dad met and i followed soon after. why was it such a happy year, notjust because of that? ! it was a time of low wages, poor housing and we hadn‘t had the benefit of the social reform and legislation of the 60s and 70s. but my lords, it was a time of optimism. few of our young people today, the mill ennials as they are often termed, will talk

let's get more on brexit.o an area out in which brexit will be good for britain. a professor from m.i.t. joins us. still with us is jeffrey sachs. reenen, have you had enough after just leaving london? john: no, i -- francine: what is your take on brexit. -- what is your take on brexit? is it the same fear that if donald trump that led to brexit? all this report does is pull the work together that we have been doing the last few years. there is a benefit to brexit, which is that the u.k. sends less money to europe than it is at the moment. but there's a big cost, and that will be some trade barriers that go up between britain and the rest of europe through the european single market is the biggest market on the earth, half a billion people, relatively wealthy. because of that, trade is likely to fall between britain and the rest of europe, and that will cost us. we can argue about how big dork small that -- we can argue about how big or small the cost is. but the big question here is what type of brexit we hav

brexit model.e not to vote for that? i wouldn't, because i think that the bill is a process bill about the triggering of article 50. i do think that there are amendments down about parliamentary scrutiny and about the vote at the end and they will be debated next week. i think there is a separate white paper process about the pillars that the prime minister has set out, and i do think, as i say, that parliament has a really important role in informing ministers about what's happening on the ground in our constituency, what people are saying about the effects on their economy, their businesses, regulations, i am getting lobbied all the time by people who are saying how is this going to work? can we make sure there is no cliff edge for example, in march 2019? those things are important ministers hear. rachael, do you think this indicates a computer collapse of discipline in the labour party? you voted what, threeways, for, against, in between, the party frontbenches, whips, everybody voting as they f

a couple of brexit stories... choose, you had me worried. -- small of. and isn't it right that £10 would just about buy you a drink in islington? with straws. on the independent, mandelson. the brexit bill goes to the lord's this week, lots of them are going to have lots to say, will they meant it in any significant fashion? yes they will. almost certainly the bill will be amended in some fashion and it will have to go back to the commons and it will ping—pong as the saying goes. in the end you assume the commons will get its way over the commons will get its way over theissues the commons will get its way over the issues of eu nationals and what kind of vote takes place on the final deal the prime minister seals. lord mandelson was on the tivo this morning, certainly trying to bolster a few morning, certainly trying to bolster afew in morning, certainly trying to bolster a few in the lord's to stand up against the brexit bill —— on the tv. he certainly believes the british public will change its mind when they se

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francine: brexit battle. the u.k. government hits bac k after the chancellor tells bloomberg britain has a bill to settle. theresa may's ruling party scores a historic election victory. we have the latest. frexit fears. ubs, blackrock, and barclays meet marine le pen's team for answers on her economic plan. is a national front victory starting to look like a possible reality? obvious lays out a 2 billion pound plan. good morning, everyone. this is "bloomberg surveillance ." there's quite a lot going on in the markets. investors once again trying to adopt status quo as they are trying to figure out what happens next. it is a cautious tone at the end of a positive week for global stocks. next week we have a major speech from donald trump. a lot of industry and market participants probably waiting to hear what comes next in terms of his reflationary measures. tactically00 unchanged. i want to show you volatility. we are seeing a little movement when it comes to these yields. 12 54.05. one of the stress tests when it come

and yet there will be a tussle about the shape of brexit. we have heard the shape of brexit. heard the conservative mps who are saying the conservative mps who are saying the fight is not over. can we expect parliamentary tussles over brexit? i think we will have a full range of debate on the issue in parliament and that is quite right. we have already i? had i think 60 hours of questions and debates relating to brexit and that is to be expected because we live in a parliamentary democracy. it is right that parliament have a full debate and i think the government is very anxious and keen that parliament is involved. and should mps have a vote before to reza may agree a final bill? she has promised one afterwards. —— theresa may. i don't think there needs to be a vote before it is finalised. we need to trigger this to enter the negotiations and once the negotiations and once the negotiations have concluded, for me that would be the right time to have a vote. and how tough are those talks going to be? we heard from sir ivan rogers suggesting the eu were going to demand billions

she may also be forced to leave the uk after brexit. i was quite shocked by the brexit vote.ike this. i felt a bit betrayed because these are the people that we look after, so are the people that we look after, so they can see the level of care we provide, they can see how we work. to think that they act the professor as not being hair, it was a bit of a shock. she believes that brexit is going to throw up numerous obstacles for eu nurses wanted to work here. going to throw up numerous obstacles for eu nurses wanted to work herelj think there is going to be first of all a psychological impact on nurses wanting to come here, and then there is the practicalities. need a visa? they might say you can't stay here unless you have a certain minimum income. what if they lose theirjob for whatever reason? do they need to be deported? currently, recruiting nurses from the eu is relatively straightforward. the european directive ensures that training standards are the same across all the member states. post brexit, this is likely to change. if we do have to treat those coming from spain

the ft leads on the votes to trigger brexit. the sun leads with the story ofa brexit. was called before the court for calling a man a pussy. if you miss the programme any evening, you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it endlessly on iplayer. i do. i don't! goodbye. good evening. we are monitoring developments in the atlantic closely. there is a potential storm for friday. thursday will be wet and windy enough for many. the rain piles into the south and west through the night, limiting the fall in temperature. in north of scotland, there could still frost under clear skies. there will be a little sunshine here to start the day. for the rest, a drab affair with rain until fog. day. for the rest, a drab affair with rain untilfog. gale day. for the rest, a drab affair with rain until fog. gale force winds around southern and western coasts, up into northern ireland. brighter spells in the afternoon, potentially, then more showers later. with all the rain and cloud, it's not going to be cold. that low moves away to the north. this is the one we are monitoring a

people may have voted brexit but brexit just doesn't mean ukip.p is all about, brexit. they've got no coherent policies whatsoever, whereas labour had. stoke has long been a labour stronghold, a collection of west midlands towns with a rich industrial heritage. a prime target for the ukip leader, who is keen to prove that the party can win over working people. but paul nuttall had a tough campaign, forced to correct claims he had lost close personal friends at hillsborough. senior figures say that did play a part, but insist he's still the right man to lead ukip. was this a ukip failure or a paul nuttall failure? this is a party failure. we haven't won. that is a party failure. winning by—elections like this takes time and people have to get used to you as a party. you have been around for years! we have been around for years, as a party. yes, focused on one single issue, getting britain out of the european union and we are now evolving into something bigger and we have to get that across to the electorate. this was a significant defeat for ukip,

a lot of people say this is not going to be a choice between a soft brexit and a hard brexit. some are already saying it's a choice between hard exit and very hard brexit. others are saying perhaps they are looking to europe hoping for some concessions. genie: this was voted in by an overwhelming majority in the british parliament. there are significant levels of dissent. mps versus was 498 114 against. those numbers are significant when you break it down. the labor leader jeremy corbyn gave marking origins telling them you vote with the government on this. rebelled.ps they're not voting for it. you've got the scottish nationalist party. all of them voting against this bill to trigger the brexit talks. on all sides they are vowing to table. this is not the beginning of brexit talks. this is simply giving the green light to more debate next week. brexit talksue from monday to wednesday. we can expect to see a lot of the dissenters tabling amendments to try to get softer terms. it's going to be very interesting how that shapes up. there's a lot of defiance and opposition. severa

there will be high drama with brexit ministers weeping with i°y with brexit ministers weeping with joy called the german chancellor angela merkel his ‘closest international partner'. donald trump hasn't been nearly as complimentary. in fact on tuesday, his trade adviser accused germany of using — in his words — an "undervalued euro" to exploit both its eu partners and the us. but berlin and washington have long enjoyed strong ties. ich bin ein berliner. mr gorbachev, open this gate. berlin ist frei. berlin is free. before the burlington wall brought new hope of that very closeness —— fifa biba and wall i've been speaking tojens spahn — the deputy finance minister — i've been speaking tojens spahn the deputy finance minister — a rising star in angela merkel‘s ruling cdu party. potentially a future rival. i asked him if he agreed with european council president donald tusk that the european project is now in real danger. the united states has a specific change of order. after world war ii, the united states were like parents, some kind of, for europe and the european, but that might chan

what do you think about brexit? brazil? no, not brazil, brexit! a problem of communication.sting we should tax robots. that would put them in their place. on a serious note, we do need to think about what we do to support people who might be made unemployed through these developments. in finland, they have brought in a universal income, partly to help people whose jobs are being digitised. tax robots? try sending a tax bill to the terminator. i will leave that to you. i won't try that myself. thank you, both. that is it for now. thank you forjoining us, bye—bye. 0 not everyone is seeing rain, sleet oi’ 0 not everyone is seeing rain, sleet or snow today. we are seeing lovely sunshine across the north and north—west of scotland. and britter, sunnier breaks into corn wall. it is windy pretty much anywhere you are. evidence of that is north wales today, with a choppy looking sea here. so a windy, cold picture, snowing enthusiastically into the pennines at the moment. so bear that in mind fivejourney in pennines at the moment. so bear that in mind five journey in the highest rout

is brexit the beak issue?00 labour majority. could ukip take their seat or is it beyond their reach? it was 5000 in it last time. no, it is not without their reach. it is quite conceivable. at the moment, they are calling it neck and neck and labour are worried. so, the bookies are normally quite good on these things. paul hanley has even got a shop —— the uk independence party candidate has even got a shop with banners up here, but it had a very low turnout. 4996. it also had a low turnout for brexit. i would say the turnout will be even lower because it is always low in the by—elections. i would say that labour need to get their core vote out. stoke on trent is one of those many cities across the north of england that has had a rare deal for quite a long time. all the best investment goes elsewhere, if you don‘t mind me saying so, to the south—east, birmingham, manchester, wales, scotland. places like stoke get nothing. labour was in powerfor 13 years, it didn‘t do much for stoke—on—trent. do you think it is

they argue that after brexit things are going to change.ge in the context of people coming from the european union, we don't quite know. but they believe it isa don't quite know. but they believe it is a quick win for the nut —— in the uk to say something early on in the uk to say something early on in the brexit process about what happens to people arriving from the commonwealth. they say it can happen at the same time as the brexit negotiations because those countries are outside of the european union. before they get onto any conversation about visas, it is more about how it works for people arriving from the commonwealth. despite their historic links... they said there aren't these cultural and historic ties on a country to country level. for individual families, there could be family ties as well. you arrive in the uk and if you are from a commonwealth country it doesn't matter a jot. they say in this letter that the first thing you could do was to change the side where it says the rest of the world, to say the commonwealth and the res

last year, we had brexit.plause] last year we had brexit and brexit was spearheaded by a man who loves this country, who wants and end to uncontrolled mass migration, who wants our secure borders and wants us to be a proud sovereign nation again. [applause] i used to work for that man. he is a member of the european , he traveled up the dell the country sometimes speaking to rooms -- up and down the country sometimes speaking to rooms of three or four people just to have his message heard. he has been a mentor to me and a friend to so many of us and he has also been really a father figure to so many of us. he survived cancer, he survived a car crash. he survived a plane crash, he survived bbc, cnn, the establishment, european parliament. [applause] he is also a very demanding man. he is a man who when i worked for him, would be just like president trump, call at the most inopportune time possibly -- yes, nigel, i am nearly done. gentlemen,ladies and nigel farage, my good friend. please welcome him to the stage

euro brexit bill.der said it's nonsense. we'll get some thoughts on that in a moment . our next guest says we're at a crossroads regarding western ttitudes to trade. for more, we're joaned by global managing partner and former head of the u.k. foreign office sir simon fraser. fwret to have you on the program once again. you delivered a lecture last night setting out your thoughts around tpwhrobalization and around trade and where we are on that. the loose of the u.k. and the u.s. as hoomps of free trade, are we really there? do you take at face value everything that donald trump said about trade? >> i think it's clear there's a loss of confidence among a lot of people in richer wen countries about the benefits they derive from the system of globalization and open trade that we've seen over the last couple of decades. i think there is one of the reasons that lies behind the political shocks we've seen in the last year in the u.k. brexit and obviously the election of president trump in the u.s. as we loo

negotiate a brexit. doing this as an elder statesman and if he is really second referendum, it will be interesting to see how also the u.k. parliament and british voters respond to that. it will bect -- fascinating to hear his views on this in this speech. is he calling for a referendum on terms or a referendum on the exit? that is an important distinction. matt, we are minutes from the market open. up next, we will be talking about what is going on in munich. mike pence's first trip to europe as vp. angela merkel will be on his list of people to meet. is he on damage control? we are in munich next with a guest. this is the open. the open 11 minutes away now. ♪ ♪ guy: welcome back. president trump's team continues its first diplomatic meeting today by many press -- mike pence where he will attend the munich security conference and meet angela merkel. matt is in munich. with i am standing by professor james davis. he is the dean of the school of economics at university same gallon. two angela merkel and a

the brexiteers were quite manning the barricades. 40 years, the way democracy is meant to work will actually be able to work. this was a nationwide referendum of the british people at the british people spoke. in the unlikely event it was news to anyone, oui’ former in the unlikely event it was news to anyone, ourformer top in the unlikely event it was news to anyone, our former top diplomat in the unlikely event it was news to anyone, ourformer top diplomat in brussels, now out of his job, want mps today of bumpy times ahead. feisty talks and potentially at bill of billions to get out of the european club. this is going to be ona european club. this is going to be on a humongous scale, going to have enormous amounts of businesses running up various different channels, total financial liability, as they see it. it might be in the order of 40— 60 billion euros. as they see it. it might be in the order of 40- 60 billion euros. that prospect and principal means some labour mps have actually quit their common stock team rather than obey

may's brexit process, but m ps start theresa may's brexit process, but mps start voting in about fiveif that danger has passed. why is this because potential tory rebels have backed away, and ministers are standing firm against the rest. the government has promised that parliament will have a vote on the final brexit deal but that will be a ta ke final brexit deal but that will be a take it or leaf it deal. a choice been saying yes, and accepting the best deal the government can do, or saying no, and falling back on international trading rules which would mean new tariffs and rules on experts and imports and few mps want that. it looks as if the government not parliament will work on the final brexit deal. there will be more votes tomorrow. labour is as split adds ever, that will help theresa may. then i is go [el reluctant to goagainst'the'witbof ;:: house reluctant to gcraga'rnat'the'witbcf aéfi— house of commons. so tlie elettee f'e'ee’e’et eehfifiehee’eee fi stan, the elettee f'e'ee’e’et ee'h’hhehe’e’eee fi stan, george, the elettee f'e'ee’e’et ee'h’hhe’he’e’eee fi stan, george, it look

what do you think about brexit? brazil? no, not brazil, brexit! a problem of communication.ts. that would put them in their place. on a serious note, we do need to think about what we do to support people who have been made unemployed through these developments. in finland, they have brought in a universal income, partly to help people whose jobs are being digitised. tax robots? try sending a tax bill to the terminator. i will leave that to you. i won‘t try that myself. thank you, both. that is it for now. thank you forjoining us, bye—bye. hi there. most of the snow that we‘ve seen build up so far over the last 2a hours has been up over high ground. for example, near the pennines, bramhope in west yorkshire, near leeds, a good covering of snow in the last 2a hours. thanks to our weather watcher for sending that picture. generally a fine line between rain and snow. a lot of what you can see on the charts at the moment is rain coming in, but that said, there is the prospect of seeing an odd centimetre or two of snow maybe in east anglia and maybe across the hills of central so

controlling our own laws and ensuring orderly brexit, pa rt laws and ensuring orderly brexit, part oforities for the government. it amounts to one goal, a new, positive and constructive partnership between britain and the eu that works in our mutual interests. in front of ministers and diplomats last month, the prime minister spelt out her plan, a clue to the contents of her white paper. what i am proposing cannot mean membership of the single market. out of the special club that allows free movement of goods, services, capital and people. instead into a new trade deal aiming for access without barriers or ta riffs for access without barriers or tariffs and crucially getting control of migration. mps hope all of this detail means it can be properly scrutinised, especially as after last night's vote, it seems we are past the point of no return. it was a historic moment. the ayes have it. with dozens of labour mps voted against, the opposition is in disarray. several sacrificed front benchjobs disarray. several sacrificed front bench jobs rather than a disarray. several sacrificed front

i do not like the phrase hard brexit, it is a clea n the phrase hard brexit, it is a clean brexit. to stoke—on—trent. gareth snell won byjust over 2600 votes a nd gareth snell won byjust over 2600 votes and the ukip leader paul nuttall was second and the conservatives third. the former ukip leader and mep diane james, who now sits as an independent, denied that this would spell the end of paul nuttall as party leader. he has gone through a bruising experience in terms of the onslaught from the labour party. the labour party was able to mobilise their resources very quickly. they had the people on the ground and the machinery. he took a very high risk strategy in terms of standing. that is one he might regret going forward. but i do not want to see him stand down. he will be a very good leader and ukip has a good future. i predicate those comments on the basis that as he has said and as the team has said, this was number 72 said and as the team has said, this was number72 in said and as the team has said, this was number 72 in ukip target seeds and it has been a good experience, a g

in the brexit referendum back injune.t is the difficulty of this entire decision with scotland and northern ireland voting to remain and wales and england voting to leave. and then 9098, that need to be enforced going forward no matter what happens with brexit because we need peace with ireland. —— 1998. brexit because we need peace with ireland. “1998. in a way, this is a continuation of what was agreed. moving on, because we want to get to the last story. the financial times. romanians and bob kerrey and is coming in and the police going back home. —— bulgarians. or going home to germany. is this surprising? there was a referendum which made people feel uncomfortable and unwelcome. this is one of the beauties of the eu, you can work in any of the member states. for some of them to go to a different member state with a better economy, that makes sense. doesn't surprise me some people pile in to the uk to stay here and build lives, because we have not decided what happens to eu citizens yet. there will be some interesting

talking in the most positive terms about britain post—brexit.ur hand as an eu negotiator, does it not, that britain is now looking at this very close relationship with donald trump? i am not reasoning in those terms because i know that the interest of the uk is more in europe than in the us. you know the figures, you know the figures. 44% of the exports of britain goes to the continent, to europe. only 12% goes to the us. so whatever free trade agreement is made between the us and the uk, the main interest of the british industry, the british companies, british workers, british citizens, sits in europe and is in europe. and so these negotiations will be very important. and i am very open about it. i think fairness is the basic principle we need to apply in these negotiations. so when theresa may says, alongside donald trump, that, she said to donald, "as you renew your nation, we renew ours, the opportunity is here to renew the special relationship, the post—eu britain and trump's america will lead together again," your response to that is? my r

not so much on brexit.europe for a long time. europa united states of europe in 2006. as prime minister. you wrote another book in 2009 called how europe can save the world emerging from cri5i5. you have written the5e book5, from cri5i5. you have written the5e books, which now looked like mu5eum pieces, the world has moved on, europe has moved on. it's no more about union and federation. it's the opposite that is happening, you are laughing a bit about my books but at the same time i was the one who said we need a banking union before we can overcome the financial crisis. you agree that the banking union is now in place. how europe can save the world was your title in 2009. frankly europe has done nothing to save the world in the last seven years. we didn't have the institutions on a european level that were necessary. i explained, we are still a loose confederation of nation states based on the unanimity rule where we act too little too late. i have described the financial cri5i5 late. i have described the

the conservatives have reoriented after brexit.me signs of life in the dead lib dem bird, twitching away. and the labour party is is it's own personal agony right now. and ukip, you see them trying to supplant labour as the party of the working class, but kind of failing in stoke. but it is interesting, this idea that the 48% of the population voted to remain. but who is the effective voice for them? it is not labour. but it's not — it was tony blair. but his position is not the position that the labour party can adopt. he can articulate it well. and take the blame for copeland? well, no. i think that's absurb. they have tried to blame everything — the weather, peter mandelson, tony blair, all the rest of it, all events in the labour party going back to the 19505. but no, i mean, copeland was a disaster. and you know, the labour party is going to have to deal with that. and how does the labour party deal with that? because it's interesting. jeremy corbyn resolutely, even in the face ofjohn mcdonnell and dave prentice, refuses to th

how is it that labour has ended up backing the government on brexit when most labour members oppose brexitabour members oppose brexit, many labour mps oppose brexit and your party seems poised to overwhelmingly endorsed theresa may's approach? how on earth has that happened? that is a question i keep asking myself. i did not come into politics to vote for something i sincerely believe will make my constituents poorer, is not in the national interest, and especially now we know what theresa may is proposing. she has been utterly captured by the hard right wing of the tory party who have been baying for this ideological exit from europe for the last 30 years. she is giving them what they want, the hardest possible brexit from the european union. utterly damaging to my constituents and labour should be fighting back. labour should be fighting back. labour should be fighting for what we believe is in the national interest and that is not leaving the eu on these terms. let me ask you this, some of your collea g u es let me ask you this, some of your colleagues believe that theresa may has not b

theresa may has got a mandate for brexit.have every right to lobby to account and personally i think we should have had a free vote. there are many collea g u es had a free vote. there are many colleagues who were torn about the best response. in my conscience, i felt the best thing to do was to vote against triggering article 50. but you leadership, jeremy corbyn and sir kier starmer, he said that labour party is about democracy and democracy is about listening to the will of the people. yes, we accept the decision to leave the european union. the question now is that the speech that theresa may made, saying we will leave the single market and the customs union, this is playing russian roulette with our financial interests, with jobs, russian roulette with our financial interests, withjobs, potentially millions ofjobs. i know100,000 jobs will go in london in the financial services, and these are jobs that my constituents do. ijust don't think that is what people voted for. that is what we had to express by voting against it.

believe that the prime minister isa brexiteers believe that the prime minister is a born—again brexitt is unwise to invoke article 50 until you know what the end destination will be. subsequently, i find what the end destination will be. subsequently, ifind it what the end destination will be. subsequently, i find it difficult to believe that we will leave until you know what the alternative will be. instead of giving these points away and putting all the negotiating power into the hands of those you are negotiating with, is a tension between two parties, and any negotiation would depend on the cards you have in your hand, and it the other side knows that that sword comes down after two years then it puts them in a much more powerful position in negotiation. puts them in a much more powerful position in negotiationlj puts them in a much more powerful position in negotiation. i thank thee on the ball gentleman, and that's why it's important we get an amendment on this until we know where we're going. why don't we put the front bench on a course to learn how to negotiate. i agree. ithin