May meets union leaders in bid to break Brexit deadlock

It's been a long time since a Conservative prime minister has called trade union bosses to Downing Street for talks on policy. But today four union general secretaries were invited for separate chats with Theresa May about Brexit.

Also tonight, we report from Davos, where the chancellor has urged businesses to accept Brexit. But the aircraft manufacturer Airbus issued it's starkest warning yet, saying it could move manufacturing out of the UK in the event of no deal.

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[garybarrett]

Dyson is the only straight shooter. He voted leave and he left.

[chrismckellar]

Airbus has said after the 2016 referendum, if there was a no deal or hard Brexit, they will leave the UK, so Airbus CEO statement is fact not scare mongering.

[bishboshs]

"I voted out for me not for him" I kind of feel bad for him. He feels so dismissed by the world going by him that he's willing to throw his son under the bus to make a statement.

[HeliBoyVR]

Bananas.... that's the basic problem...

Or general stupidity... Jesus....

[propergander]

Row, row, row your boat
Gently off a cliff

[ngp]

Sales rose to £9.6bn in the first half, compared with £8.7bn reported this time last year!

[jamesdavis]

No jobs but we can decide what size bananas we can have

[Relisysification]

"I voted out for me, not for him" sums up the divide between generations

However I never thought it hear a father say that about his son with a straight face

[LZE.]

No surprise. Airbus is owned by EADS which is a French, German and Spanish partnership. BAe sold its shares in 2006.

[ButchEMS]

Man, EU will gain SO much UK businesses EU will start drinking tea and biscuits at noon!

[woodlandbiker]

Brexit is not in deadlock. We know what we want. Deadlock is just another name for trying to find a way to get out of it.

[moocowfat]

Should read "May meets unions leaders in bid to keep Brexit IN deadlock" it's obvious she is doing everything in her power to no leave the EU, opposition party should be kissing her wrinkled hindend.

[MastAlade]

This airbus company should be made to pay for his comments. He is lucky this is the UK. He has no right to use his platform to create fear in the minds of the general public - Who does he think he is? With his German accent.

[gushtosticketv]

Pensioners will not be affected by no deal. They enjoyed the EU.

[nicknic]

They don't want "no deal" and they don't want the deal..

[johnmoser]

I am really looking forward for no deal brexit showdown ... it's going to be spectacular. In case of a no deal brexit, I'd say less then 30 days for UK coming back to EU. More popcorn pls.

[horusbaals]

Bae who own airbus - Sales rose to £9.6bn in the first half, compared with £8.7bn reported this time last year!

[johnnyfeve]

The question.. If a business sits for tow years for a out come that is not good Buiness.. The Question.. Did this company or how many of these companies had a shear of the 600billion before the referendum... Public would like to know

[nigthetig]

we're doomed! yet more project fear. we've heard it all before with the millennium bug and joining the euro. give it a rest, its not working!

[callumhenry]

Whats worrying is most of this process now happening (party discussion, union and business discussions) Should have happened at the start, instead of allowing this situation to develop and a botched and failed plan to leave under the CONservatives