A departure for me as I will offer brief(ish) comments on current stories in the news rather than my normal lengthier piece.
David Cameron and the EU
It seems like Cameron has decided to get a little serious with his negotiations for Britain's continued membership of the European Union. He is apparently going to tell our EU partners that if he can't get what he wants, for Britain, then he will campaign for Britain's exit, the so called Brexit.
Before you jump up an exclaim 'about time!' consider that Cameron isn't really asking for much. And his partners will hold firm on their core desire for 'ever closer union' and pull Britain further and further into their orbit. This is what the Euro-elite want. Not the people of Europe, or more accurately the European Union (note to the BBC Europe and the European Union are not same thing) but for those folks, democracy is an over-rated luxury.
If Cameron really wants to demonstrate that he means business, here is a tip. Have the UK Civil Service start a process of planning for Brexit. I can't think of a better way of showing that you mean business, than showing you are prepared for all outcomes. Have Civil Servants start negotiations with the UK's key trading partners - those outside the EU. Start with China and India and then other Commonwealth countries. The upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, in Malta, would be the perfect launchpad! Develop and publish the replacement for the Common Agriculture Policy. Same for the Fisheries policy. Start to withdraw from cooperation on the ludicrous European Union Foreign Service.
Does anyone think that this won't concentrate the minds of the EU bureaucrats and the so-called political masters.
Obama and Keystone
So Obama decided to pay back his big financial sponsor - Warren Buffet. This was entirely predictable. Buffet's Burlington Northern Santa Fe railway is booking an alleged $2 billion a year in profits from transporting oil, at $30 a barrel from Canada to the southern US versus the $10 a barrel that it would cost to send it down via the Keystone XL pipeline.
The US Presidential race
As a non-US voter, can I say - enough already.
Let's start with the Democrats - surely this can only be seen as a fight between Clinton and Saunders? I appreciate that this is a most unpalatable choice but let's get real. Without Biden, there is no one else. Unless of course, some of the RINOs show their true colours, and change parties? Jeb, Marco?
So will the other Democrat candidates please leave the stage. Then we can have 'looney-Left tunes' Saunders slug it out with the not so much Teflon coated as media-untouchable Hillary. Then we just might see the Dems and their media supporters having to choose between the spend like crazy Saunders and the make no hostages to the future Clinton. Things might get interesting!
Now the Republicans.
'Elephant in the room time' - make that elephants. Jeb, Marco, Kasich and the others, except for Ted Cruz, Donald Trump and Ben Carson, need to leave the field. George Dubya needs to take his brother to one side and say 'save your money and give it up'!
The GOP needs to focus on the real candidates.
Carson may have been wounded by the latest revelations concerning West Point, or he may brush past that. To me it sounds like the media trying to make a story out of next to nothing - so Carson bragged a little, haven't we all?
Trump will I think, start to fade. He has done the GOP a great service by daring to say things that some others, like the ones who should now bow out, have steered away from. While he is a populist, I think that he has to have something more substantial in his policy pocket than just being anti-immigration. Plus he has had past cosy relationships with the Dems.
That just leaves Ted Cruz. Most say that he is by far the best qualified, intellectually but perhaps more importantly, he has displayed a rare consistency in his following truly Republican policies. Some say that this tars him with a Tea Party brush but he would be the most formidable opponent against Hillary. Who knows, if he chose Trump as his running mate, then he might get some of that Donald magic!
Refugees
Too late for me to say too much, tonight, I will come back on this tomorrow. I sense that this issue will still be in the news!
Have a good night!
David Cameron and the EU
It seems like Cameron has decided to get a little serious with his negotiations for Britain's continued membership of the European Union. He is apparently going to tell our EU partners that if he can't get what he wants, for Britain, then he will campaign for Britain's exit, the so called Brexit.
Before you jump up an exclaim 'about time!' consider that Cameron isn't really asking for much. And his partners will hold firm on their core desire for 'ever closer union' and pull Britain further and further into their orbit. This is what the Euro-elite want. Not the people of Europe, or more accurately the European Union (note to the BBC Europe and the European Union are not same thing) but for those folks, democracy is an over-rated luxury.
If Cameron really wants to demonstrate that he means business, here is a tip. Have the UK Civil Service start a process of planning for Brexit. I can't think of a better way of showing that you mean business, than showing you are prepared for all outcomes. Have Civil Servants start negotiations with the UK's key trading partners - those outside the EU. Start with China and India and then other Commonwealth countries. The upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, in Malta, would be the perfect launchpad! Develop and publish the replacement for the Common Agriculture Policy. Same for the Fisheries policy. Start to withdraw from cooperation on the ludicrous European Union Foreign Service.
Does anyone think that this won't concentrate the minds of the EU bureaucrats and the so-called political masters.
Obama and Keystone
So Obama decided to pay back his big financial sponsor - Warren Buffet. This was entirely predictable. Buffet's Burlington Northern Santa Fe railway is booking an alleged $2 billion a year in profits from transporting oil, at $30 a barrel from Canada to the southern US versus the $10 a barrel that it would cost to send it down via the Keystone XL pipeline.
The US Presidential race
As a non-US voter, can I say - enough already.
Let's start with the Democrats - surely this can only be seen as a fight between Clinton and Saunders? I appreciate that this is a most unpalatable choice but let's get real. Without Biden, there is no one else. Unless of course, some of the RINOs show their true colours, and change parties? Jeb, Marco?
So will the other Democrat candidates please leave the stage. Then we can have 'looney-Left tunes' Saunders slug it out with the not so much Teflon coated as media-untouchable Hillary. Then we just might see the Dems and their media supporters having to choose between the spend like crazy Saunders and the make no hostages to the future Clinton. Things might get interesting!
Now the Republicans.
'Elephant in the room time' - make that elephants. Jeb, Marco, Kasich and the others, except for Ted Cruz, Donald Trump and Ben Carson, need to leave the field. George Dubya needs to take his brother to one side and say 'save your money and give it up'!
The GOP needs to focus on the real candidates.
Carson may have been wounded by the latest revelations concerning West Point, or he may brush past that. To me it sounds like the media trying to make a story out of next to nothing - so Carson bragged a little, haven't we all?
Trump will I think, start to fade. He has done the GOP a great service by daring to say things that some others, like the ones who should now bow out, have steered away from. While he is a populist, I think that he has to have something more substantial in his policy pocket than just being anti-immigration. Plus he has had past cosy relationships with the Dems.
That just leaves Ted Cruz. Most say that he is by far the best qualified, intellectually but perhaps more importantly, he has displayed a rare consistency in his following truly Republican policies. Some say that this tars him with a Tea Party brush but he would be the most formidable opponent against Hillary. Who knows, if he chose Trump as his running mate, then he might get some of that Donald magic!
Refugees
Too late for me to say too much, tonight, I will come back on this tomorrow. I sense that this issue will still be in the news!
Have a good night!
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