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Opinion – David Cameron and Ken Clarke join Tory heavyweights urging Theresa May to abandon hard Brexit stance | The Independent

June 18, 2017 By in Brexit, Business Administration, Extreme left, Extreme right, Far Left, Far Right, Far-left politics, Fiscal Policy, Foreign Policy, Immigration, People, Politics Tags: , , , , , , , , , , Leave a comment
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This is a good read from the Independent. It reports that David Cameron and Ken Clarke have joined a concerted push by Conservative heavyweights for Theresa May to accept that her hard Brexit policy is doomed. It quotes the former prime minister urging his successor to “consult more widely” with other parties on the exit talks, saying: “I think there will be pressure for a softer Brexit.” It adds that the call was quickly followed by a plea from Mr Clarke, the former Chancellor, for new trade barriers “between us and our most important market in the world” to be avoided at all costs.

Source: David Cameron and Ken Clarke join Tory heavyweights urging Theresa May to abandon hard Brexit stance | The Independent

The Chancellor, Philip Hamond, can makes waves knowing that he has powerful support from big business and ordinary working people, as well as from ordinary Europeans and their governments.

Meanwhile, ‘the three stooges’, the triumvarite of ministers leading Brexit negotiations, are expected to continue to press for a hard Brexit. This will show European negotiators that the UK is hopelessly divided on Brexit.

I expect pressures to build with heavy-weight evidence from international experts piling in on the side of a soft Brexit. With the Far Right sponsors of a hard Brexit likely to intervene agressively, we can expect the reemergence of Nigel Farage. It’s possible that the UK people will be facing a stark choice between populists on the Far Right and those on the Far Left – the common denominator will be supression of truth and evidence, with rhetoric and dogma prevailing. But when the end justifies the means, freedoms and liberties are supressed in favor of the political will leaders and sponsors. Ordinary people should remember the story of the Pied Piper of Hamlin

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Opinion – Electoral victory will make France’s president a potent force – Economist

June 16, 2017 By in Austerity, Brexit, Business Administration, Defense Policy, Democracy, Education, Extreme left, Extreme right, Far Left, Far Right, Far-left politics, Fiscal Policy, Foreign Policy, George Osborne, Growth, Healthcare, Immigration, Jeremy Corbyn, Neoliberal, NHS, People, Politics, Theresa May Tags: , , , , , , , , , Leave a comment
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Tired of May and Corbyn, then Britain needs a radical centrist, like Macron. The Economist warns that whilst electoral victory  will make France’s president a potent force, he will still have to face down a challenge from the street.

Source: Electoral victory will make France’s president a potent force

If Macron is able to reform France, he will succeed where left and right wing presidents have failed in the past. France is a wealthy country but large parts of it are in decay. There are the fortunates and the unfortunates.

The UK has very different challenges to France but they too threaten a powerful and wealthy country. Sadly, the scars are evident from news of the devastating loss of life from a London high rise, a failed social housing project.

Politics in the UK is deeply polarized. On the one hand May’s weak and wobbly government panders to the support of right wing MPs ready to press for a hard Brexit, even if it destroys the popularity of the party for a generation because of the resulting relative poverty. On the other hand, the traditional Labour Party, proudly supporting socialism has been hijacked by shadowy far-left radicals who are pulling Jeremy Corbyn‘s puppet strings. For both the Far Left and the Far Right, the end justifies the means, including violence, persecution of minorities, false news, pandering to populism but supporting the narrow bigoted agenda of leaders and sponsors. Simply in the UK’s case, a radical left-wing government would precipitate a revolution.

It’s not enough to say that May’s preferable to Corbyn. Both offer trajectories with deep downside risks and very limited upside opportunity. Throw in technology change and the outlook for the UK is dire.

Sadly, the Liberal Democrats offer little hope, with their leader having resigned this week.

The right of the Labour Party and the Left of the Conservative have produced some outstanding political leaders.

So how will Britain’s radical centre be spawned? Is there a British Macron on the horizon?

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