Donald Trump plans “big day” for national security including setting the foundations for Mexico border wall January 25, 2017 The President has said a "big day" is planned on national security – and that includes an update on the proposed wall on the border between Mexico and the US. Donald Trump tweeted: "Among many other things, we will build the wall!" Big day planned on NATIONAL SECURITY tomorrow. Among many other things, we will [...]
Now is the time for new coalitions in the Brexit debate January 25, 2017 We live in topsy-turvy times. Chinese President and Communist Party leader Xi Jinping recently emerged as the world’s unlikely flag-bearer for global capitalism, telling dignitaries in Davos: “Pursuing protectionism is just like locking oneself in a dark room: wind and rain might be kept outside but so are light and air.” Xi’s pleasingly poetic and [...]
Breaking EU up will take time to do: Brexit will go on for years January 25, 2017 As expected, the Supreme Court has told the Prime Minister that she needs to get the authority of Parliament before moving forward to remove the rights of EU citizenship from the British people in line with the referendum result. She should have done this from day one. Even the most devoted of Theresa May’s fans [...]
The NHS will never have enough cash: Our national religion needs a reformation January 25, 2017 We British like traditions. A well-established one which comes round every year is the “winter crisis” in the NHS. Health provision is a political hot potato not just for this government, or indeed for any particular UK government, but for governments across the developed world. One of the key assumptions made by economists about human behaviour [...]
With the Supreme Court ruling there is no need to consult Scotland on Article 50, are we at Peak SNP? January 25, 2017 Brian Monteith, a director at Global Britain, says Yes. Yesterday’s Supreme Court decision is the latest of many setbacks since Peak SNP was reached in 2015’s General Election. It has been downhill ever since with only the Labour Party’s worse decline giving the appearance of a buoyant SNP. Nicola Sturgeon lost her overall majority in [...]
US labelled a “flawed” democracy over collapsing public trust January 25, 2017 The US has been branded a “flawed democracy” thanks to crumbling confidence in its government and institutions. Experts behind the Economist Intelligence Unit's annual Democracy Index rank the governance of countries worldwide, but have this morning cut the status of the American system for 2016. Previously a part of the top level “full” democracy group, [...]
The government will introduce a straight-forward Article 50 Bill “within days” January 25, 2017 A bill granting the government power to begin the UK’s separation from the EU will be brought forward “within days” after yesterday’s landmark Supreme Court verdict on Article 50. The Supreme Court justices yesterday ruled by eight to three that Prime Minister Theresa May needed the support of parliament to trigger Article 50, necessitating the bill. [...]
Another former aide to David Cameron has joined the ranks of lobbyists January 24, 2017 A former aide to David Cameron has become the latest of the ex Prime Minister's staff to join the ranks of lobbyists. Cameron's former deputy chief of staff, Baroness Kate Fall, is to join Brunswick to serve as a senior partner. Fall was part of Cameron's team until she departed office last summer, with the [...]
Airbus senior exec warns on UK future investment over Brexit free movement January 24, 2017 A senior Airbus executive has warned the company's future investment could be hit if Brexit disrupts the movement of talent and products. "At the moment we're continuing to invest because we take the view that Airbus in the UK is an integral part of the family of Airbus, so we're still highly committed to the UK," said Tom Williams, chief operating [...]
The Supreme Court Article 50 decision should help Brexit rather than hinder it January 24, 2017 As I've said in these pages before, the fact that our Parliament is required to have a debate about Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union before the British government exercises our right under it to begin the process of leaving the EU is not a great surprise; nor do I think that the [...]