Month: December 2018 News
Brexit: Hilary Benn amendment to block no‑deal could offer May a way out
Stories of the week 10 December
This week Brexit kept on ramping up to full frenzy.
The Government lost three crucial votes and was found in contempt of Parliament. They duly published the Brexit legal advice.
This, in turn, created a storm over the sticky Northern Irish border question and the dreaded back stop.
In the face of this extraordinary shambles, there is talk of the EU agreeing to extend Article 50 to give the UK more time to sort it out.
The Press were spectacularly divided on the Brexit way forward and what was going to happen next. One thing that did unite them was that Prime Minister May must go.
In alarming news this week, the Press once again focussed on right wing extremism. It seems there is a hidden network linking US billionaires, right wing Australians and Russian trolls to British Far right Activist, Tommy Robinson.
Sir David Attenborough issued a dire warning on climate change, stating the end of civilisation is in sight unless World Leaders act right now.
To support Sir David’s point and in what was described as ‘brutal news’, carbon emissions jumped to an all-time high in 2018.
With allegations against Tommy Robinson and a right wing network coming to light, there was more alarming news when a British neo-Nazi group called Prince Harry ‘a race traitor for marrying Meghan Markle.
Chinese media accused the US of ‘hooliganism’ this week after the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, the Chief Financial Officer of giant Chinese tech company Huawei. Huawei has been accused of violating US sanctions on Iran and Meng Wanzhou has been arrested in Canada for extradition to the US. Markets plummeted around the world.
A ‘Khashoggi Way’ road sign appeared outside the Saudi Arabian embassy in Washington this week as the dreadful story continued. The Senate ignored Donald Trump and Theresa May was accused of double-standards by publicly supporting sanctions whilst privately talking about more arms sales.
Last week, NASA’s incredible Mars InSight probe touched down on the planet. This week amazing history was made when InSight sent back the sound of Mars for humanity to hear. Scientists were amazed to hear Martian wind.
