Tuesday, June 13, 2017
May's Mess: UK PM Struggles to Form Government after Losing Majority
Monday, June 12, 2017
Qatar Airways Chief: Air Blockade ‘Unfair and Illegal’
Labels:
Donald Trump,
Qatar
Oman's Flourishing Youth Consider the Future of Their Nation
Sunday, June 11, 2017
Bad News in the Battle for Freedom of Speech
The Trump Experiment Has Failed – Still Think We Should Run Government Like A Business?
General Election: Britain Post-Brexit – May's Misjudgment
Prior to the referendum, there was no good, rational debate on the subject. Debate was governed by emotion and misinformation. So people ended up voting without knowing the facts.
As a result, the country is divided: younger people tend to be Remainers; older people tend to be Brexiters. Many young people feel they have had their future taken away from them; old people feel that Britain now has a chance to regain sovereignty and take back control.
We are living, however, in an increasingly globalized world; so how much true sovereignty can we expect to regain by leaving the EU? Moreover, what is it going to cost us?
The problem for the Tories is simple to understand. Ever since the UK entered the EU, the Party has been split – split between Europhobes and Europhiles. It seems that no leader has been able to heal the rift between these two groups. Thatcher couldn’t do it; and nor could Cameron. That’s why Cameron called the Brexit referendum: to try and bring his Party together. The mess we have now is the result. So now, instead of just the Tories being divided, the nation is divided too.
May had been herself a Remainer. She’d have been better off sticking to her principles.
© Mark Alexander
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Inside Story - How Long Can Britain's May Cling to Power?
Despite Theresa May's enthusiasm to go forward, the leader of the Scottish Nationalist Party, Nicola Sturgeon, says it is time for May to move on. Sturgeon says she has lost all "authority and credibility". She says the conservatives were "reckless", and Sturgeon is promising to form alliances with any party willing to keep them out of power. So, did Theresa May's call for a snap elections backfire? | Presenter: Jane Dutton | Guests: Alex Deane - former chief of staff to David Cameron, former UK prime minister, and now heads up the public-affairs firm, FTI Consulting; Matthew Goodwin - senior fellow at the Brexit think tank, UK in a Changing Europe; Matt Zarb-Cousin - former spokesman for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn | Source: Al Jazeera News
Brexit Doubts Loom after May's Snap UK Election Gamble Back Fires
Labels:
Brexit,
EU,
Theresa May,
UK election
Saturday, June 10, 2017
Qatar FM in Moscow for Talks with Russia
Merkel Assumes UK Will Stick with Its Brexit Plan
Labels:
Angela Merkel,
Brexit
Brexit: 'I Feel I've Been Excluded' – BBC News
Friday, June 09, 2017
Thursday, June 08, 2017
HARDtalk: Bernie Sanders
Labels:
Bernie Sanders,
Hardtalk
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