Month: August 2017

Tory Leadership: May Changes The Game

August 31, 2017 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

This blog has already commentated on the political game changer of Labour’s decision to back the UK staying in the customs union and single market. Now May has seized the moment and announced that she is, in political terms, here for keeps, i.e. until after the 2022 general election. This turns on its head the […]

May In Japan

August 30, 2017 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

May is arriving in Japan to drum up interest in fixing a trade deal post Brexit. She touches down just as the country is caught up in the North Korean missile crisis. She will offer words of solidarity and encouragement, but really the UK is hardly a player in this strategic area any more. She will […]

Labour and Brexit: Not a U-Turn

August 29, 2017 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Hard Brexiteers are  naturally accusing the Labour leadership of a U-Turn over Brexit, because as the realities become ever clearer, it has decided to advocate the only course available to reduce the negative impact of the whole Brexit folly. This is to support a transitional period when, after formally leaving, we remain inside both the […]

Brexit: Labour’s Dramatic Move

August 27, 2017 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Like many key events which occur in politics today, Labour’s decision to go for remaining in both the Customs Union and the Single Market during a transition period and additionally not ruling out remaining in both as part of a Brexit settlement, is a game changer. So far few commentators have remarked on it in […]

Trump White House: Now Gorka Goes

August 26, 2017 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

General Kelly was tasked with sorting out the dysfunctional White House. He appears, with the sacking of Sebastian Gorka, to have completed the main phase. Some will ring their hands in anxiety and wonder if the Trump project is on the rocks. Regular readers will know that this blog judges Trump on his actions. Sometimes […]

Boris and Libya: He Is Right

August 25, 2017 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

It is not often that the blog comes out in support of Boris, but the Foreign Secretary’s visit to Libya, a minor coup for him, revealed a far more realistic minister than the showman clown we have become used to. He told the Libyans not to make the same mistake as Theresa May and call […]