I had a thought in recent days – concerning the June 8th election. And then I had a look online and realised other people had been having the same thought: specifically, the possibility that Theresa May and the Tories are deliberately hoping to lose this election. It had been occurring to me for some weeks […]
Back in December, when I first began writing about how Theresa May was not the strong and decisive Prime Minister the British establishment was making her out to be, I was alone in saying it. The British general election has turned my solitary view into a consensus.
As Britain gears up to a general election which everyone assumes the Conservative Party will win by a landslide, the British media today is full of a story of a meeting between British Prime Minister Theresa May and EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, which is said to have gone disastrously badly, and which supposedly led to Juncker reporting to German Chancellor Merkel that May is “in another galaxy”.
Theresa May’s sudden call for a General Election – to be held on June 8th – caught many by surprise. Having previously said on multiple occasions that she didn’t intend to hold another election, she suddenly changed her mind. The question is why. Some have quickly suggested that, aside from seeking to strengthen her mandate […]
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British Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that a General Election will take place on June 8th.
A coup against Jeremy Corbyn is now underway in the Labour Party. Some expect him to ‘do the right thing’ and stand down. Numerous media commentators are calling for him to step aside. As are senior members of the Labour Party. As many as a dozen members of Corbyn’s Shadow Cabinet have resigned yesterday, abandoning […]
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But he can he accomplish his objective?
In the following episode of CrossTalk, a panel gets into a very heated discussion on that very question.
