Saturday, June 17, 2017

Theresa May on Grenfell Tower - Full BBC Newsnight Interview


The prime minister defends the government's response to the deadly fire in west London in an interview with Emily Maitlis.

Friday, June 16, 2017

'Putin Is Deadly Serious about Attacking US Democracy'


Top U.S. & World Headlines — June 16, 2017


'May's Election Gamble': What Happened? - BBC Newsnight


Newsnight's Political Editor Nick Watt looks back at what happened during the Conservative election campaign.

Sir John Major | Why Britain Should Remain in the EU | Oxford Union (2016)


EU Debate – Oxford Union | Lord Michael Heseltine (2016)


Lord Heseltine Brexit Is the Cancer Gnawing at the Heart of the Conservative Party


Lord Heseltine Talks Theresa May and Brexit


Brexit Is Dead: A Wave of Anger Crashes over Britain


SPIEGEL ONLINE INTERNATIONAL: Europe used to have a fearful respect of the Tories. But those days have long since passed. Now, the weakened party may have accidentally killed off Brexit -- a pet project that most party leaders didn't want in the first place.

Once upon a time, under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher, the Tories filled all of Europe with trepidation. French President François Mitterrand complained to his psychologist that he was plagued by nightmares caused by the British leader and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, as unclassified British documents revealed in late 2016, once preferred to chow down on a cream pie in Salzburg than meet with the British prime minister.

Many in the UK thought a bit of fear was a good thing. Fear sounded like respect and influence -- and, more than anything, like good deals. But now, after two catastrophic elections in less than a year, that is over. Completely.

"The country looks ridiculous," the Financial Times -- not exactly a leftist mouthpiece -- wrote recently. Indeed, the party of Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher has turned into a gaggle of high rollers and unwitting clowns. » | An Editorial by Thomas Hüetlin | Thursday, June 15, 2017