Hello, and welcome to dateline londons look ahead to 2017. What a joyful year its going to be. Britain will move calmly towards brexit, the European Union will solve all its problems with migration, unemployment and insolvent banks, donald trump will begin a glorious four years as president , The Middle East will finally be at peace, and we can all dream. Back in the real world, lets hear what our expert panel think. Im joined by Stryker Mcguire of bloomberg markets, Abdel Bari Atwan who is a writer and broadcaster on arab affairs, Agnes Poirier of marianne, and Steve Richards who is a british political commentator. Britain first, to coin a phrase, and we can all predict that article 50 will indeed be invoked by march, beginning the formal process of leaving the European Union. But where will brexit, and indeed the eu, be by the end of 2017 . With political change in france and italy, and possibly in germany too. What do we think is going to happen . I think 2017 will be much more diff
Dateline londons look ahead to 2017. What a joyful year its going to be. Britain will move calmly towards brexit, the European Union will solve all its problems with migration, unemployment and insolvent banks, donald trump will begin a glorious four years as president , The Middle East will finally be at peace, and we can all dream. Back in the real world, lets hear what our expert panel think. Im joined by Stryker Mcguire of bloomberg markets, Abdel Bari Atwan who is a writer and broadcaster on arab affairs, Agnes Poirier of marianne, and Steve Richards who is a british political commentator. Britain first, to coin a phrase, and we can all predict that article 50 will indeed be invoked by march, beginning the formal process of leaving the European Union. But where will brexit, and indeed the eu, be by the end of 2017 . With political change in france and italy, and possibly in germany too. What do we think is going to happen . I think 2017 will be much more difficult than this artifi
At tomorrow mornings front pages, including the Financial Times which says the Prime Minister is keen to calm eu fears when she unveils her Brexit Blueprint on tuesday. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Labour Leader, jeremy corbyn, has accused the government of threatening a trade war with europe, if it doesnt get the deal it wants over brexit. He was responding to comments by the chancellor, phillip hammond, who told a german newspaper that the uk wouldnt lie down, if access to the Single Market was closed off. Mr hammond hinted at steep cuts in business taxes, to regain competitiveness. This week, theresa may is expected to reveal details of her brexit strategy. Heres our Political Correspondent vicki young. Slowly, a picture is emerging of Theresa Mays Brexit plans. If she gets her way, Exit Negotiations will be triggered injust over two months. Today, one of her most senior ministers made it clear that britain is prepared to play hard ball. Philip hammond was asked by a ge
At tomorrow mornings front pages, including the Financial Times which says the Prime Minister is keen to calm eu fears when she unveils her Brexit Blueprint on tuesday. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Labour Leader, jeremy corbyn, has accused the government of threatening a trade war with europe, if it doesnt get the deal it wants over brexit. He was responding to comments by the chancellor, phillip hammond, who told a german newspaper that the uk wouldnt lie down, if access to the Single Market was closed off. Mr hammond hinted at steep cuts in business taxes, to regain competitiveness. This week, theresa may is expected to reveal details of her brexit strategy. Heres our Political Correspondent vicki young. Slowly, a picture is emerging of Theresa Mays Brexit plans. If she gets her way, Exit Negotiations will be triggered injust over two months. Today, one of her most senior ministers made it clear that britain is prepared to play hard ball. Philip hammond was asked by a ge
At tomorrow mornings front pages, including the Financial Times which says the Prime Minister is keen to calm eu fears when she unveils her Brexit Blueprint on tuesday. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Labour Leader, jeremy corbyn, has accused the government of threatening a trade war with europe, if it doesnt get the deal it wants over brexit. He was responding to comments by the chancellor, phillip hammond, who told a german newspaper that the uk wouldnt lie down, if access to the Single Market was closed off. Mr hammond hinted at steep cuts in business taxes, to regain competitiveness. This week, theresa may is expected to reveal details of her brexit strategy. Heres our Political Correspondent vicki young. Slowly, a picture is emerging of Theresa Mays Brexit plans. If she gets her way, Exit Negotiations will be triggered injust over two months. Today, one of her most senior ministers made it clear that britain is prepared to play hard ball. Philip hammond was asked by a ge