COUNTRY.
BOTH THE STOCK AND BOND MARKETS.
WE ARE FOLLOWING OTHER FINANCIAL
DEVELOPMENTS, A WHO'S WHO CROWD
GETTING READY TO GO TO DAVOS.
NOT THE SAME CROWD.
NOT THE POLITICAL CROWD.
AN ECONOMIC WHO'S WHO MAYBELY
NOT NECESSARILY THE WESTERN
WORLD WHO'S WHO.
FORMER MARGARET THATCHER AIDE
NILE GARDINER WITH THAT.
FRENCH PRESIDENT MACRON, OUR OWN
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ESCHEWING
TO GO TO THIS EVENT.
I DON'T KNOW WHO LED WHOM BUT
WHAT DO YOU MAKE THE FACT IT
CONTAINS LIKES OF XI XINPING AND
OTHERS, HOST OF OTHERS WHO ARE
OPTING OUT WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?
>> I THINK IT IS VERY
SIGNIFICANT THAT INTRODUCE KNOWS
THIS YEAR, YOU HAVE A LEADERS OF
THE UNITED STATES, FRANCE, GREAT
BRITAIN, SITTING IT OUT.
DAVOS IS INCREASINGLY SEEN AS
SORT OF A TALKING SHOP REALLY.
IT ISN'T A PLACE WHERE FRANKLY
SERIOUS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED.
WHY THE LEADERS OF THE U.S. AND
THE UK IN PARTICULAR ARE STAYING
AT HOME, TO DEAL WITH MORE
PRESSING MATTERS.
AND I THINK THAT DAVOS, REALLY
AT THE END OF THE DAY IS
OVERHYPED CONFERENCE AND IT
DOESN'T REALLY OFTEN ADDRESS YOU
KNOW, REAL WORLD ISSUES.
A LOT OF THE, ATTENDEES AT DAVOS
DIVORCED FROM REALITY.
YOU ALSO HAVE AT DAVOS AS WELL I
THINK A SIGNIFICANT SORT OF
ANTI-TRUMP AUDIENCE THERE AND
SIGNIFICANT ANTI-BREXIT CROWD AS
WELL.
AND SO IT COULD BE ARGUED THAT,
MANY OF THOSE IN ATTENDANCE ARE
OUT OF SYNC WITH A LOT OF BIG
CHANGES HAPPENING ON THE WORLD
STAGE RIGHT NOW.
I THINK, MAKES A LOT OF SENSE
FOR DONALD TRUMP TO STAY WHO
WASHINGTON AND THERESA MAY
WORKING ON VARIOUS SCENARIOS
AHEAD OF BRITAIN'S EXIT FROM THE
EU ON MARCH 29th.
NEIL: HOW IS THAT GOING FOR HER?
I KNOW SHE HAS A REVISED PLAN.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DETAILS
ARE NOW, NOT BEEN MET WITH
OVERWHELMING SUPPORT, SO WHAT DO
WE KNOW?
>> YEAH.
SO JANUARY THE 29th, THERESA
MAY GOES BACK BEFORE THE HOUSE
OF COMMONS ANOTHER BREXIT DEAL
PROPOSAL.
SHE IS TRYING TO RENEGOTIATE HER
EXISTING DEAL WITH THE EUROPEAN
UNION.
EU LEADERS ARE NOT VERY KEEN TO
HELP HER OUT AT THIS STAGE.
THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF
HOSTILITY I WOULD SAY COMING
FROM BRUSSELS AT THE MOMENT AND
NOT A LOT OF WILLINGNESS TO
AMEND THE DEAL THAT HAS ALREADY
BEEN AGREED.
I DO THINK THE ONLY REAL OPTION
FOR THERESA MAY TO PRESS FORWARD
WITH WHAT IS KNOWN AS A MANAGED
NO-DEAL EXIT.
BRITAIN EXITS THE EUROPEAN UNION
UNDER TO HAVE UNION ACROSS THE
UNITED STATES, FAR BETTER COURSE
OF ACTION THAN TRYING TO
BASICALLY PUSH THROUGH HER
EXISTING EU WITHDRAWAL DEAL,
WHICH IS BASICALLY DEAD IN THE
WATER.
UNLESS THERE ARE HUGE DRAMATIC
CHANGES IN THE DEAL BUT I DON'T
THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE A
CHANGES OF REAL SIGNIFICANCE.
SO I VERY MUCH DOUBT THAT
THERESA MAY IS GOING TO WIN A
VOTE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON
SORT OF A REWORKED DEAL
ACTUALLY.
NEIL: MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OF
MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACKING
BUT WHY DIDN'T AFTER THE VOTE
52-48% IN FAVOR OF BRITAIN
BREAKING AWAY FROM EUROPE, THEY
TAKE THEIR CHANCES AND BREAK
AWAY?
CERTAINLY IN 2 1/2 YEARS THEY
WOULD HAVE SORTED A LOT OF THIS
OUT AND WE WOULDN'T BE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THIS DRAMA NOW, WHAT
DO YOU THINK?
>> YEAH, WELL, I MEAN I THINK
THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IDEAL
DEFINITELY FOR BRITAIN TO BREAK
AWAY SOONER BUT THERE ARE ALL
SORTS OF RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE
IN TERMS OF EUROPEAN UNION
TREATIES AND SO ON SO IT'S A
VERY COMPLEX SCENARIO.
BUT THE MAIN THING RIGHT NOW,
NEIL, BRITAIN TO GET OUT OF THE
EU, WHICH IS A SINKING TITANIC
AND --
NEIL: DO YOU THINK THAT IS GOING
TO HAPPEN NOW?
OR THAT DROP-DEAD DATE IN MARCH
WILL COME AND GO YOU WILL STILL
BE PART OF EUROPE?
>> I REMAIN OPTIMISTIC THAT THE
BRITAIN WILL LEAVE THE EU ON
MARCH 29th.
IF BRITAIN DOESN'T LEAVE THE EU
ON MARCH 29th THERE ARE ALL
SORTS FORS IN THE UK PARLIAMENT
AND DERAIL BREXIT AND REVERSE
THE BREXIT VOTE ALL TOGETHER.
IT IS VITAL THAT BRITAIN SEIZES
THIS OPPORTUNITY NOW TO BECOME A
TRULY SOVEREIGN, FREE, NATION.
MARCH 29th, IS HUGELY
IMPORTANT DATE FOR THE BRITISH
PEOPLE, AND IT IS VITAL FOR THE
BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND
PARLIAMENT RESPECT THE WILL OF
THE BRITISH PEOPLE.
THEY VOTED TO LEAVE THE EU THEY
MUST RESPECT THAT, THE BRITISH
PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE