important this is to you on twitter @annitabbc #bbcyour questions united in music the slogan for this year s eurovision contest is unveiled as the official eurovsion handover ceremony takes place today in liverpool. and coming up on the third anniversary of brexit, we ll have a special phone in on the impact. my colleague nicky campbell will be asking what your experience has been so far, in the next half an hour. hello and welcome to bbc news. the uk economy is due to get smaller this year and do worse than other major nations, including russia that s according to the world s most important international financial organisation, the international monetary fund. it predicts the uk economy will shrink by 0.6% this year. it believes the uk will be the only country among the world s major economies to see its economy get smaller. it says its forecast reflects the uk s high energy prices, high inflation and high interest rates. the us, germany, france, italy and japan are
morning from people who love the idea of brexit and think it will be and should be a wonderful thing for this nation, for these nations, but they are saying it has not been done right. the politicians are blowing it through their incompetence. this is a facet of the human condition. you see it in religion, you see it in politics and throughout history. if things are not working out, people say it has not been done right. it is not pure enough, we re not going far enough. we are hearing a lot of that. we not going far enough. we are hearing a lot of that- a lot of that. we are. some will conclude it a lot of that. we are. some will conclude it has a lot of that. we are. some will conclude it has not a lot of that. we are. some will conclude it has not worked - a lot of that. we are. some will conclude it has not worked wellj a lot of that. we are. some will - conclude it has not worked well say it has conclude it has not worked well say it has not conclude it has not worked w
because kind of conversation, not least because it kind of conversation, not least because it would not be remotely straightforward. if the uk entertained that idea, the terms of entry entertained that idea, the terms of entry going back and would probably be very entry going back and would probably be very different than the ones we left. be very different than the ones we left so be very different than the ones we left. so instead you are getting an argument which chimes with the conversation we re having this morning. conversation we re having this morning, about trying to make brexit work~ morning, about trying to make brexit work but morning, about trying to make brexit work. but how that happens and the trade-offs work. but how that happens and the trade offs involved will be the essence trade offs involved will be the essence of the debate to come. simon. essence of the debate to come. simon. i essence of the debate to come. simon, i will bring you in in a seco