with me is eileen burbidge, who's a partner at passion capital and a tech entrepreneur.aring for the worst, i spoke to him about davos about his concerns and at the time, your is spent in his prostration about how the two sides within westminster do not seem to come together. since then, of course, theresa may has been on a tour. yeah, i think what the

with me is eileen burbidge, who's a partner at passion capital and a tech entrepreneur.the genre already, brexit, the mental times. speaking about how the chancellor is already preparing for the worst, i spoke to him about davos about his concerns and at the time, your is spent in his prostration about how the two sides within westminster do not seem to come together. since then, of course, theresa may has been on a tour. yeah, i think what the chancellor is trying to do is to reassure businesses and to try and ensure that the uk economy is not going to total freefall, try to encourage greater investment in the uk and give a sense of calming nerves. he obviously has a difficult task at hand though with the numbers coming out that the economy was at its lowest growth rate since the financial crisis, he has the bank of england saying that there is a 25% chance that the uk economy is going to go into recession this year, so you really does have a tough task ahead. he has been quite open about the fact that he is a strong remainer, he does want to have the uk relationship cl

eileen burbidge, who's a partner at passion capital and technology entrepreneur, joins me now.y she is going to update mps in parliament. she had some pretty important meetings in northern ireland and brussels last week. she had said that she was going to get some changes to the backstop but it was confusing at the end of the conversations, i remember some people were reporting that they would be some changes and conversations. others reporting that they won't be any reopening of the negotiations at all. she has to say something. it was a day earlier than originally planned but there is a debate scheduled for thursday summit seemed she can frame the conversation the way that she wants to. we have seen some in westminster showing signs that they want to get some consensus. i.e. , showing signs that they want to get some consensus. i.e., the opposition leader of the labour party talking to theresa may and the government, talking about what they see as a way forward. again, we can't see where they will marry their ideas especially on the idea of being in a customs union. i think w