AFP photo By Hazel Speed There is no doubt that since the Conservative Manifesto was launched, Labour have narrowed the political lead of the Tory camp, according to commentators and polls.
Posts Tagged ‘BREXIT’
Mrs May vs Mr Corbyn: A Question of Honour
May 22nd, 2017 
Administrator AFP/Reuters photo By Hazel Speed Ruth Davidson, the Official Opposition (Conservative representative) of Nicola Sturgeon SNP, First Minister for Scotland, has always been loyal to her Conservative Party and Mrs May, that is, until now.
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Tags: Blue Labour, BREXIT, Conservative Manifesto, General Election, Hazel Speed, Jeremy Corbyn, June 8 election, Labour Party, Nicola Sturgeon, Opinion, Politics, Prime Minister, Ruth Davidson, Scotland, SNP, social care, Theresa May, Tory Manifesto, Trident, UK, Winter Fuel Allowance 
No Comments »Observations of an Expat: Macronian Clouds on the Horizon
May 19th, 2017 Administrator Reuters photo By Tom Arms All Hail Macron! All Hail Macron! The new French President is the latest international political darling, man of the hour and flavour of—well at least a month.
Posted in OPINION Tags: Angela Merkel, BREXIT, Bruno Le Maire, Climate Change, Donald Trump, Economy, Emmanuel Macron, EU, Europe, European Union, Foreign Policy, France, Germany, globalisation, Jean-Luc Melenchon, LookAhead News, Marine Le Pen, NATO, Observations of an Expat, Opinion, Politics, Syria, Tom Arms, trade, United States, Wolfgang Schäuble No Comments »Mrs May’s Manifesto: Clever or Too Clever?
May 19th, 2017 Administrator PA photo By Hazel Speed Mrs May has taken the opportunity to capitalise on a predicted landslide ‘Brexit steered’ General Election victory to add a few surprises.
Posted in OPINION Tags: BREXIT, Conservative party, General Election, Hazel Speed, June 8 election, Manifesto, NHS, Opinion, pensions, Politics, Prime Minister, residential care, Schools, Theresa May, UK, Winter Fuel Allowance No Comments »60 years after the Suez crisis, Britain still needs to learn the lessons from that conflict
May 18th, 2017 Administrator AFP photo By Rupen Savoulian The Suez crisis marked the end of an empire, but the lessons of that historic episode remain to be understood.
Posted in OPINION Tags: Anthony Eden, Antipodean Atheist, Boris Johnson, BREXIT, British Empire, conflict, Dwight Eisenhower, Egypt, France, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Great Britain, Israel, Muslim Brotherhood, Opinion, Politics, Rule Britannia, Rupen Savoulian, Sinai War, Suez Canal, Suez Crisis, Tripartite Aggression 1 Comment »Tim Farron’s Manifesto: Still, there’s always the church!
May 18th, 2017 Administrator EPA photo By Hazel Speed Liberal Democrats – what can be said about Tim Farron‘s Manifesto?
Posted in OPINION Tags: BREXIT, Change Britain's Future, Commonwealth, EU, General Election, Great Britain, Hazel Speed, June 8 election, Lib Dems, Manifesto, Opinion, Parliament, Politics, Theresa May, Tim Farron, UK No Comments »Labour’s Manifesto or Jeremy Corbyn’s political bucket list?
May 17th, 2017 Administrator Reuters photo By Hazel Speed In political terms, Jeremy Corbyn’s Manifesto may indeed be his political ‘bucket list’.
Posted in OPINION Tags: BREXIT, For The Many Not The Few, General Election, Hazel Speed, Jeremy Corbyn, June 8 election, Labour Party, Manifesto, Opinion, Politics, Theresa May, Trident, UK No Comments »Merkel and Macron agree to draw up roadmap to deeper EU integration
May 16th, 2017 Administrator Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters By Paul Carrel and Michel Rose German Chancellor Angela Merkel and new French President Emmanuel Macron agreed on Monday to draw up a roadmap to deeper European Union integration and opened the door to changing the bloc’s treaties to facilitate ambitious reform.
Posted in OPINION Tags: Angela Merkel, BREXIT, Economy, Election, Emmanuel Macron, EU, Eurobond, Europe, European Union, France, Franco-German, Germany, Marine Le Pen, Martin Schulz, Michel Rose, news, Paul Carrel, Politics, Thomson Reuters Foundation No Comments »Brexit, Barnier and Irish border issues
May 15th, 2017 Administrator Reuters photo By Hazel Speed David Davis, Secretary for Exiting Europe, has voiced his concerns as to the proposed agenda (Phase 1), in respect of discussions between the EU and the UK regarding leaving Europe, and there will be many who agree with him.
Posted in OPINION Tags: Article 50, BREXIT, David Davis, EU, Europe, European Union, General Election, Hazel Speed, June 8 election, Michel Barnier, Northern Ireland, Opinion, Parliament, Politics, Republic of Ireland, Theresa May, UK No Comments »Political Brexit ‘Flapjacker’ Tim Farron
May 11th, 2017 Administrator Reuters photo By Hazel Speed Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has repeatedly guaranteed to voters that he will not form any coalitions or deals with any other political parties.
Posted in OPINION Tags: BREXIT, EU, General Election, Hazel Speed, June 8 election, Lib Dems, Opinion, Politics, Tim Farron, UK No Comments »Stephen Kinnock: The Leader of the Labour Party if they ever hope to win an Election
May 8th, 2017 Administrator PA photo By Hazel Speed Taking a hint is difficult, as is blunt speaking, but when a whole country and someone like Labour MP Stephen Kinnock keeps declaring that the Labour Party, and its present (albeit nice man, but, etc), needs to change its act, perhaps even Mr Corbyn may listen this time.
Posted in OPINION Tags: BREXIT, Election, Emily Thornberry, EU, General Election, Hazel Speed, Jeremy Corbyn, June 8 election, Labour Party, Local elections, Nuclear weapons, Opinion, Politics, Stephen Kinnock, Theresa May, UK, UKIP No Comments »Macron wins French Election but is that good or bad news for British Brexiteers?
May 8th, 2017 Administrator Reuters photo By Hazel Speed Mr Macron has had a decisive victory in winning the French election. Marine Le Pen has also reminded everyone that she remains the official opposition Party.
Brexit, EU and the General Election
May 4th, 2017 Administrator By Hazel Speed Yesterday a group of younger non-voters were interviewed due to the fact that most had either never voted, nor had any plans to vote this year or ever.
Posted in OPINION Tags: BREXIT, EU, Europe, European Union, General Election, Hazel Speed, Jeremy Corbyn, June 8 election, Nicola Sturgeon, Opinion, Politics, Scotland, Theresa May, Tim Farron, UK No Comments »Brexit: No deal is better than a bad deal
May 3rd, 2017 Administrator Reuters photo By Hazel Speed At last, the Empire strikes back with a warning for Europe.
Posted in OPINION Tags: BREXIT, Emmanuel Macron, EU, Europe, European Union, France, Frexit, Hazel Speed, Jean-Claude Juncker, NHS, Opinion, Politics, Theresa May, UK No Comments »No sympathy was shown to Diane Abbott
May 3rd, 2017 Administrator BBC photo By Hazel Speed It was by pure chance that I happened to hear the radio interview this morning with Labour MP and Shadow Home Secretary, Diane Abbott, then later on, was most surprised to see her being interviewed on the BBC’s Daily Politics show.
Posted in OPINION Tags: Andrew Neil, BBC, BREXIT, Conservative party, Diane Abbott, Dominic Raab, General Election, Hazel Speed, Jeremy Corbyn, Jo Coburn, John Nott, June 8 election, Labour Party, LBC, Nick Ferrari, Opinion, Politics, UK No Comments »The Trade Dreams of Boris Johnson
May 2nd, 2017 Administrator Reuters photo By Binoy Kampmark “My chances of being PM are about as good as the chances of finding Elvis on Mars, or my being reincarnated as an olive.” Boris Johnson, UK Foreign Secretary
Posted in OPINION Tags: Binoy Kampmark, Boris Johnson, BREXIT, Conservative party, David Cameron, Donald Trump, EU, Europe, European Union, General Election, Jeremy Corbyn, June 8 election, Opinion, Politics, Theresa May, Tom Watson, trade, UK No Comments »Mr Corbyn: Your worst nightmare – Blair is back
May 2nd, 2017 Administrator AFP photo By Hazel Speed Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear! Imagine Jeremy Corbyn and his Labour front bench enjoying a working lunch together…
Posted in OPINION Tags: BREXIT, Emily Thornberry, EU, Europe, European Union, food bank, General Election, Hazel Speed, Jeremy Corbyn, June 8 election, Keir Starmer, Labour Party, Opinion, Politics, Prime Minister, Theresa May, Tony Blair, UK No Comments »Mrs May: Why Britain needs her now to deal with EU negotiations
May 1st, 2017 Administrator Eric Vidal/Reuters By Hazel Speed It is a bit incredulous that when the EU Countries could have given a basic guideline once they knew the UK were leaving Europe, they have chosen to outline their categorical imperatives (as opposed to hypothetical ones), or preliminary demands, whilst the UK is in the middle of a […]
Posted in OPINION Tags: BREXIT, Election, EU, Europe, European Union, General Election, Gina Miller, Hazel Speed, Jeremy Corbyn, June 8 election, Nicola Sturgeon, Opinion, Politics, Theresa May, UK No Comments »Dangerous Political Games
April 28th, 2017 Administrator AFP photo By Hazel Speed Prior to the Brexit Referendum itself, announced by the then Prime Minister (Mr Cameron), neither he, The Speaker nor the scribes or legal Members in Parliament (either Houses); nor the months of campaigning leading up to the vote gave mention, nor challenge in respect of any irregularities as to […]
Posted in OPINION Tags: Article 50, Boris Johnson, BREXIT, David Cameron, Donald Trump, EU, Europe, European Union, General Election, Gina Miller, Great Repeal Bill, Hazel Speed, June 8 election, North Korea, Opinion, Parliament, Politics, Referendum, Supreme Court, Theresa May, UK, United States No Comments »Mrs May vs Mr Corbyn in last pre-election PMQs
April 27th, 2017 Administrator Reuters/PA By Hazel Speed This was the most bizarre and incongruous event.
Posted in OPINION Tags: BREXIT, Conservative party, Eric Pickles, EU, General Election, Hazel Speed, Jeremy Corbyn, John Bercow, June 8 election, Labour Party, Opinion, Opposition party, Parliament, PMQs, Politics, Prime Minister, SNP, Theresa May, UK, WASPI, Westminster No Comments »Sir Keir’s Brexit is as clear as mud
April 26th, 2017 Administrator AFP photo By Hazel Speed I watched Sir Keir Starmer speaking live on TV ‘explaining’ as Shadow Brexit Minister, what Labour’s view of Brexit is, but to be honest, I am not sure I understand it sufficiently myself to outline herein.
Posted in OPINION Tags: BREXIT, EU, General Election, Great Repeal Bill, Hazel Speed, Jeremy Corbyn, June 8 election, Keir Starmer, Labour Party, Opinion, Politics, UK No Comments »The runners in the UK Political Grand National
April 25th, 2017 Administrator Reuters photo By Hazel Speed Only Nicola Sturgeon has the ability (since the days of Mrs Thatcher) to have the effect on people that when she appears on TV, the First Scottish Minister is at risk of having a similar drink named after her. If she hasn’t already.
Posted in OPINION Tags: BREXIT, Conservative party, Election, England, EU, General Election, Grand National, Hazel Speed, Jeremy Corbyn, June 8 election, Labour Party, Lib Dems, Nicola Sturgeon, Northern Ireland, Opinion, Paul Nuttall, Politics, Scotland, SNP, Theresa May, Tim Farron, UK, UKIP, Wales No Comments »Corbyn puts icing on a half-baked cake
April 24th, 2017 Administrator Reuters photo By Hazel Speed Jeremy Corbyn has proposed four Bank Holidays to celebrate the Saints of each Constituent Country of the United Kingdom.
Posted in OPINION Tags: Bank Holiday, BREXIT, Conservative party, EU, General Election, Hazel Speed, Jeremy Corbyn, June 8 election, Labour Party, Lib Dems, Nicola Sturgeon, Opinion, Politics, SNP, Theresa May, UK, UKIP No Comments »Jeremy Corbyn gives a speech suited more to a former age
April 21st, 2017 Administrator Reuters photo By Hazel Speed Sometimes, it is said, that people can wait for something for so long, that when the optimum moment arrives, the message has been superseded by events, or usurped by others.
Posted in OPINION Tags: BREXIT, General Election, Hazel Speed, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Party, Neil Kinnock, Opinion, Politics, Stephen Kinnock, Theresa May, UK, WASPI No Comments »PMQs or a visit to the Hellfire Club?
April 20th, 2017 Administrator HOC photo By Hazel Speed Prime Minister’s Question Time yesterday, (followed by the Prime Minister’s statement, then debate, after which a vote took place in respect of a snap General Election), was such a loud, bawdy and undignified affair, that I am sure the historic Hellfire Club would seem more sedate in comparison.
Posted in OPINION Tags: Angus Robertson, BREXIT, Conservative party, David Cameron, Dennis Skinner, Election, election fraud, EU, General Election, George Osborne, Hazel Speed, Jean-Claude Juncker, Jeremy Corbyn, John Bercow, June 8 election, Labour Party, Lib Dems, Nicola Sturgeon, Opinion, Parliament, PMQs, Politics, Prime Minister, SNP, Theresa May, Tim Farron, TV debate, UK, Westminster, Yvette Cooper No Comments »Observations of an Expat: May U-Turn
April 19th, 2017 Administrator Reuters photo By Tom Arms The Lady turned—big time.
Posted in OPINION Tags: BREXIT, Conservative party, electoral fraud, EU, Europe, European Union, General Election, Jeremy Corbyn, June 8 election, Labour Party, Lib Dems, LookAhead News, Nicola Sturgeon, Nigel Farage, Northern Ireland, Opinion, Politics, Prime Minister, Scotland, Sinn Fein, SNP, Theresa May, Tom Arms, UK, UKIP, Westminster No Comments »UK General Election: How the vultures are gathering
April 19th, 2017 Administrator SNP photo By Hazel Speed It has been quite sickening to watch the broadcasts today – already ‘wall to wall’ arguing-the-toss between political parties.
Posted in OPINION Tags: BREXIT, EU, Europe, European Parliament, European Union, General Election, Hazel Speed, Jeremy Corbyn, June 8 election, Nicola Sturgeon, Northern Ireland, Opinion, Plaid Cymru, Politics, Prime Minister, Ruth Davidson, Scotland, Scottish independence, SNP, Theresa May, UK, Wales, Westminster No Comments »Mrs May calls General Election for 8th June – Was this wise?
April 19th, 2017 Administrator PA photo By Hazel Speed Yesterday morning, Mrs May made a surprise announcement outside No 10 Downing Street that she will be putting forth a Motion in Parliament on Wednesday in accordance with the Fixed Term Parliament Act in the hope she will achieve a two thirds vote to have a General Election on […]
Posted in OPINION Tags: BREXIT, Conservative party, EU, Europe, European Union, Fixed Term Parliament Act, General Election, Great Repeal Bill, Hazel Speed, Jeremy Corbyn, June 8 election, Labour Party, Lib Dems, Nicola Sturgeon, Northern Ireland, Opinion, Parliament, Politics, Prime Minister, Scotland, Theresa May, UK, UKIP, Westminster No Comments »European Parliament negotiates Brexit terms
April 6th, 2017 Administrator EP photo By Hazel Speed It is appreciated that Brexit is a subject of which we can all be tired. Even the most ardent commentators and journalists have moments of sighing when reporting on the same.
Posted in OPINION Tags: BREXIT, EU, Europe, European Parliament, European Union, Hazel Speed, Jean-Claude Juncker, MEPs, Nigel Farage, Opinion, Politics, Referendum, Theresa May, UK No Comments »Nicola Sturgeon, don’t bite the hand that battles for you
April 3rd, 2017 Administrator Reuters photo By Hazel Speed The Scots are, rightly so, a proud Nation, but currently they are still a ‘Constituent’ Country within the United Kingdom.
Posted in OPINION Tags: BREXIT, EU, Europe, European Union, Hazel Speed, IndyRef2, Nicola Sturgeon, Opinion, Politics, Scotland, Scottish independence, Scottish referendum, Theresa May, UK No Comments »
