Good morning. Guest good morning. Host could you remind viewers of vote leave when it comes to brexit, in your role in it. Officialere was an leave campaign and an official remain campaign, and vote leave was the official leave campaign. Host what convinced you leaving the opinion was the best up for the 90 kingdom . Guest United Kingdom . Guest when David Cameron brought it up, i was open to try to getting a different better deal, but he did not get much in his negotiation. No power was brought back to the u. K. We are in a situation where 60 of the laws from the of the u. K. Come from the eu, which many in the u. K. Feel is undemocratic, and unaccountable to voters. Host what kind of laws how did it affect you in day to day life there in the United Kingdom . Guest sure. It started off with being trade a lot of economic laws and business laws, but from the early19 90s, it starts to include other areas including affairs, mental issues, and all sorts of policy areas. To have 60 of our laws made by a body that is much less accountable, and much less democratic than the u. K. Voters,nt was, for many myself included, be on the path. Host we saw the vote passed. Remind viewers how much it passed by . 52 , quiteon by narrow in some senses. To win such an historic victory effort, as an historic and now 70 of people support resin. Since the referendum brexit. Since the referendum, the economy has not collapsed, for investment is doing well, and they are happy with the decision that has happened. Host our guest is with us until 9 00 p. M. 9 00 a. M. If you ,ant to ask him about brexit the relations with other countries, specifics of it Host International callers, if you want to get perspective on this host talk about the timeline, then what steps have to be undertaken to get it done . Guest we are looking at a two year progress, and about eight years ago theresa may triggered article 50. Article 50 was the formal mechanism giving notice the u. K. Wants to leave the eu, and from that point it is a twoyear process. Both sides want the deal to be done by september, 2018, and that will give the national parliament, the european parliament, three or four months to ratify, and that britain will leave sometime in early2019. Host in unwinding the relations with other countries, what are the hurdles that have to be faced . Guest in some ways it is quite civil. Theresa may has gone for a clean record. She wants to leave the single market, the justice union, the the court of justice, but the Supreme Court over here, and support independence. At the same time we need to make tradee get an euu. K. Deal to make sure the free trade we enjoy the moment can continue. Upsetting this matter other countries, is this going to be a difficult process . Guest it is interesting some say other countries will punish the u. K. For leaving. Things have changed. In the heat of last summer, some said that, but now theyre looking for a winwin situation where we can keep the trade deal, and cooperate on matters like the environment and Justice Matters that go beyond borders. Positive reaction than from the major countries, or some hesitancy or regret . Recent elections in france, and there is one coming up in germany and during the course of the campaign you get heated words and people say things they dont quite mean. I would say outside of election campaigning, people say lets get on with the deal, make sure things are not drawn out. Host president mccrone acron a guest at one point he was skeptical about living, and other he is president he has spoken to theresa may and he has made certain he wants to cooperate. Host august, matthew elliott, the former ceo of vote leave, the effort that spurred brexit. Callers national what isinstitute that . Guest it is a think tank based in london, and it looks how to bring people from poverty to prosperity, and i focus on things like trade, and the change in politics, the rights of populace. Vote,when it came to the one of the people that gave it credence was President Trump. How much influence do you think he had . Guest different americans played a role. Present obama said president obama said britain would be pushed to the back of the queue in trade deals. President trump was supportive, and i think i did have a positive impact. Lets go back in time, the day after the vote in scotland. We will get a little bit of his comments and then your comment on it. [video clip] mr. Trump what i like to see is people getting their country back that is what is happening and United States, and many other places in the world. They are tired and they want to take their country back. When people asked me what i thought was going to happen, as you know, i said i think are going to break away, and it was surprising, because the polls indicated probably that it wouldnt happen, 80 , and when i landed this morning, the first that, and id was mean, it was fairly close, but it wasnt that close. Well see what happens. I think will be a good thing. You are taking a country back, let people that you want into your country, and people you dont want or people that wont be appropriate for your country or good for your country, you wont have to take. Europe, but the United States, has made like the United States, has made tremendous mistakes. You look at germany, some of the things that are happening, two minutes mistakes have been made, so i think it will be a good thing, but it will take time. Host matthew elliott, not only did he talk about the vote, but he raised issues of immigration. How does that factor into what happens with brazen . Brexit . Guest immigration was one of the issues, not the most important one. He talked about taking control that, and a slogan we had a vote leave was take back control. Immigration was part of that. One of the motivating factor was to make sure britain had its own democratic accountable migration policy. Host the first call for you comes from joseph in tennessee, independent line. Joseph, you are on with mr. Elliott. Go ahead. Caller highly had one question, and that is regarding the u. K. Citizens that voted for brexit, and how do they feel about the eu in general as a positive force for other countries, and the they view it do they view it as a negative for all of your . Guest that is a good question. I would tear a lot of them did not want to interfere in other countries. Toy would feel this is up people in france, germany, to make up their own mind when it comes to the eu. It could be good for some countries, bad for others. On balance, they thought it was bad for the u. K. , but who are we to say it is good for other countries in the eu . T this idea of populism are they related topics or at least thinking when it comes to what happened in the u. K. Compared to what happened in the United States . Host this is part of it guest this is part of it. With populism, one of the key feelings is the antiestablishment feeling, with the establishment gets out of touch with the ordinary man on the street, and that was the case with the eu. People felt the eu was out of touch with what is good for the individual citizens of the u. K. Line out n guest withess our us, matthew elliott. Talk about theresa may what faces her specifically not only practical, the politically as she goes forward on this. Guest sure. At the moment she is in the middle of a general election campaign. We have an election on the eighth of june. Most people think she will get back with a bigger majority in the house of commons, which will strengthen her hands in the negotiations, but she does have a tough negotiation ahead of her. I think she is well prepared for it. One of her defining features is she does her homework and prepares for battles ahead of starting them. I think shell be in a good position for the negotiations. Host again host and you are far if you are a International Caller host you talk about support. You mentioned 70 . Is this polling, man on the street interviews how is that determined as far as the people of the u. K. And what they think about it . Guest the 70 came from a poll times,e financial which is on the eu set of things. I think it is now at 70 rather than 52 because a proportion of the rename supporters did a really remain supporters did not really like the eu, but feared what would happen if the u. K. Left, now that they are seeing the economy did not collapse, they are more supportive of brexit. Host democrats like. California. This is steve. Caller good morning, america. Good morning, cspan did i have been listening to you guys for 20 years. I am disabled right now, so i get to stay on top of all the coverage. Thank you so much. I would love to see donald trump go in front of the house of commons and have to take those questions like the Prime Minister does. I did not vote for donald trump, but i appreciate what he said just a minute ago when you replayed when he was over in europe. I am glad you took back over your country. I dont agree with giving away our sovereignty to all of these different, you know, committees, and brexit and all of that stuff. Good luck with your next election. I am so sorry that we hijacked your english language, and kind of butcher it. Articulate, and we are so lucky in america that we have water surrounding us to protect us. You guys are all, basically, states over there. As big as america is, most of our americans dont even know we tried to invade canada in the 1800s. Luckily they are friends now. Keep up the good work. You did a heck of a job in the campaign, and take care. Guest thank you. Thank you very much. What is really interesting from that perspective is the link between the u. K. And the u. S. , i think. It is interesting that u. S. Is the biggest foreign investor in the u. K. , and vice versa, and if you are an american working for andownedwned four company, it is likely to be a british company. One of the things i am pushing for is a u. S. U. K. Trade deal. Fors easy to make the case that. They are wealthy countries. Mr. Trump visits the u. K. , i hope that will be at the top of the agenda. Host one of the things that has always been described is a special relationship. What you think of the relationship under the Obama Administration and now under the Trump Administration . Guest i hope it is still close. It was quite significant when the election happened. The government did not go along with the other european governments and having this emergency conference and saying it was terrible that President Trump had been elected. Theresa may congratulated the president. Boris johnson did as well. I think that put britain in a positive position. Indeed, i think theresa may was the first foreign head of government to come over to the white house to meet President Trump. I think it is a Good Relationship there. Host new jersey. Democrats on. My, youre next. Caller democrats line. Mike, you are next. Caller thank you for cspan. My question is how do you feel about scotland breaking away from the u. K. Are you as enthusiastic about that as you were about the u. K. Breaking away from the European Union . Guest i am not, actually. Im in favor of the u. K. Sticking together. You are right to bring this up. Scotland was one of the parts of the u. K. That voted by majority four remaining, and since then the first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, has tried to stir things up by calling for a second referendum on scottish independence, but there is not support for that. She may actually lose a few mps buddha comes to the national election. When itwe have seen comes to the national election. I think we have seen peak scottish populism. I think theyre looking to see what happens in the u. K. , but if the eu does not reform, become more affordable, give more power back to the Member States, i could see other countries following us down the line. Host one of the people commenting as early as the sunday is nigel farage. Remind people who he is. Guest he was very important in pushing for the referendum, but coakley was the but vocally was part of the campaign for leaving the eu. Host he spoke at an event. We will play you some of that audio into your response. [video clip] mr. Nigel farage there will be widespread public anger in this country in a way that we have never seen before. [applause] if that happens as much as i am enjoying myself [indiscernible] enjoyed my trips to the brexitbut it is not only that i spent 25 years of my life working for [indiscernible] all, matthewf elliott, what you think about his rhetoric . Guest he is a great showman, in some ways, and an advocate of working stirring people up for leave, but here he has marginal appeal. His appeal in the u. K. Is about 25 , and noted to leave we need a separate, more mainstream Campaign Including people at johnson,cretary boris because swing voters want to hear from more sensible and mainstream politicians. Host as far as his confidence in theresa may is that a minority opinion about her ability to get this done . Guest i have great confidence in what she is doing, and most observers thinks she is doing a superb job. She was on the remaining side of the referendum remain side of the referendum, machines she has become but since she has become Prime Minister, she has taken to this with the zeal of a convert. Host what has been the response from the crown by the way . Guest from the queen . The queen stays out of politics. During the campaign it was said she was in favor of brexit and skeptical of the eu. Host independent line. Medina, ohio. Doug. Hello. Caller yes, you keep saying that the United Kingdom economy hasnt collapsed yet, but there has been no change in your ,elationship with the eu yet so, when that happens, there still could be a collapse in your economy. Are, too, i think you swimming upstream on this because the u. K. Is a member of the wto, and they have their roles rules, so youre going to have to follow those. Host ok, color. Thanks. Guest sure. Caller. Thanks. Guest sure. You make a fair point. The u. K. Has not actually left yet, but people were making the point that if the u. K. Voted to leave, markets would collapse, and that has not happened. Markets have a way of factoring in big things that are about to happen, and affected things are still going well the footsie is at an alltime high the se is at an ft alltime high, people like to government. E we will maintain our trade with other countries. One of the great things is that tariffs have actually come down massively from where they were in the 1970s. They are not that big an issue now in many sectors. Only a few sectors now. Host independent line. Kyle in california. Caller how are you doing . I was going to ask you you have to join a trade union to trade. I dont understand that. If i have something you want to buy, i want to sell it to you, you have something to sell that i want to buy, you sell it. That is how it works. What you have to join a trade union . It sounds funny. When you say you are not the that, you all say america is the richest country in the world why do you keep lying about that we are the poorest country in the world. Trade, youres to right, you can buy American Goods and supermarkets and shops in the u k, so you dont need a trade deal, but they help to give it of the tariffs to make trade easier between countries. Ae u. S. , i would say, is wealthy country if you look at it gdp per capita. It is right up there with the u. K. We are in a fortunate position. When it comes to trade positions between equally wealthy countries, it is a nobrainer. It helps things and drives prosperity. Host from our independent line as well. Rick. Schenectady, new york. Hi. I will push the line. Im sorry. Restart your thought or question. Caller hello. Thank you very much for bringing this topic on. I think it is great. I have a question that probably relates to my age. I was born at the end of the second world war, and your guest is reasonably young, and perhaps was not schooled the way we were here in the idea that the European Union would bring the European Union people together. You know, during the 20th century there were two major wars fought in europe in which england was involved in, of course, significantly involved in terrible wars. The idea was when we were schooled to the idea that the European Union would bring you know, link people together in a way that would develop cooperation that would avoid a future war. I dont know does that sentiment still is it still there is it gone now . Are we in a society where no one thinks about that anymore . I would love to hear your guests thought on that. Guest thank you. You are right, peace in europe was one of the Key Driving Forces of the European Union after the second world war. You are right about that, but because integration went so far, it is becoming counterproductive. If you look at the southern european Member States of the eu, for example the ones that are suffering high levels of youth unemployment from being members of the eurozone im thinking of countries like greece, spain, italy, for example you are seeing a buildup of resentment in those countries, and indeed, in some cases, there have been riots and disturbances in the streets. You could say that in those cases, it has not engendered piece in europe. The eu process that credit overall has gone progress overall has gone too far. Host are you currently serving a role in this breakup, so to speak . Guest i am on the sidelines, looking at this from a think tank point of view, trying to push for the u. K. U. S. Trade you. I am having seen the process and how it develops. Clues werebe the signals youre looking for the to stay good decision that the separation is going well . What are you looking for specifically . Guest im looking for Economic Indicators where is growth at the moment. Is at the highest growth levels of european countries. That is a great indicator. Later in the year, once to , iman elections are over will look at the start of negotiations, how do they develop. Due to politically political leaders get on, or go on with that situation question situation