David Cameron lets slip that Brexit is 'not a disaster'
Brexit has turned out "less badly" than feared, David Cameron has said.
In unguarded comments caught on camera, the former prime minister said it was a "mistake" to leave the European Union but it was "not a disaster".
Mr Cameron was talking to steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal at the World Economic Forum in Swiss ski resort Davos.
In footage highlighted by Channel 5 News, Mr Cameron was asked about Brexit.
He said it was "frustrating" and "as I keep saying, it's a mistake, not a disaster".
"It's turned out less badly than we first thought."
The man who called the EU referendum says what he really thinks about Brexit...
In the corridors of the @wef, @David_Cameron is overheard speaking with business and political leaders from around the world - and they're all asking about Brexit. #WEF18pic.twitter.com/z1pcbUJ87A
-- 5News (@5_News) January 24, 2018
But "it's still going to be difficult", he added.