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Stories of the week 19 May
As the pressure mounts on Theresa May and the days are counting down until departure, she is determined to bring her deal back for another Commons vote one last time. There seems even less chance of it passing this time unless some miraculous additional offer or change of approach materialises. If the vote, as expected, fails one more time then many pundits suggest there will only be two choices left, Revoke or No Deal.
Meanwhile, a Remain tactical voting site remainvoter.com launches to show Remain voters which Remain party to vote for in their area to make sure their vote really counts. Angela Merkel this week encouraged the EU to unite and stand up against the tyranny of Russia, China and the US.
This week Nigel Farage showed his true leadership credentials by fleeing the scene of a Road traffic Accident. Police asked McDonalds to stop selling milkshakes during a Farage rally in Edinburgh. It was also revealed that Arron Banks had given Farage £450,000 and MPs are considering investigating a Brexit party fake members scam and dark money pouring into the party. Meanwhile the trial of Boris Johnson for misleading the public over the referendum continues. Another reminder of the illegal Leave campaign during the referendum.
Labour announced this week that is was going to renationalise the National Grid as part of its green new deal to cut both emissions and utility bills.
Divisions in the Conservative party continue to plague the country. Reportedly, a tearful Theresa May had to agree to a schedule for her departure. The leadership race is on with all the usual suspects and even some new contenders putting themselves forward for the title.
It was revealed this week that 1 in 4 northerners are paid less than the minimum wage as yet more appalling stories of teachers feeding school children emerged. Some Press reported that child poverty has become the new ‘normal’ with an estimated 500,000 more children trapped in poverty since 2010.
The relationship between the US and Iran is delicately balanced on a knife-edge this week. Supposedly encouraged by Bolton, Donald Trump has upped the war of words with Iran and has sent more ships and troops into the area. Iran has told its militias throughout the region to prepare for a proxy war.
The whole world faced yet another wake-up call this week with the news that more than 20 million babies are born underweight each year. This is a clear indication of health problems to come and a measurement of how healthy our environment actually is.
Stories of the week 4 November
It’s hard to believe but Donald Trump was mentioned many more times in the Press this week than usual.
In South America, Jair Bolsonaro – dubbed the country’s Donald Trump or ‘Tropical Trump’ as one headline was brave enough to say – won the election becoming President of Brazil. A victory for the far-right.
It seems Donald Trump has had an opinion or two on elections himself. His former lawyer, Michael Cohen, claims the President said ‘black people are too stupid to vote for him’.
Continuing the electoral theme, Trump repeated his threat that migrants could be shot on the Mexican border or kept indefinitely in tent cities. Something that many in the Press saw as a cynical ploy for votes in the US midterms.
Philip Hammond’s budget this week was supposed to deliver Theresa May’s promise to end austerity. Did it? The Press didn’t think so. In fact, they pointed out it did the opposite with many hidden details.
More disturbing reports this week on how MI5 has taken over in the fight against right wing extremism.
As if to prove the need, Klu Klux Klansmen were pictured on British streets for the first time. All this on top of a recent report on a divided hate-filled Britain.
The big news this week was not on the final deal but how Arron Banks could afford his donation to the Leave Campaign and on what deal, if any, Theresa May made to stop an earlier investigation. Banks and other Brexit campaigners have been referred to the National Crime Agency over suspected criminal offences.
While the dreadful fate of journalist Jamal Khashoggi continues to unfold and the dreadful war in Yemen continues to take a heavy toll, the UK has fallen out of step with Europe and the US. Germany immediately stopped arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the US is considering sanctions. The UK Government has refused to make any significant comment and Conservative MEP’s abstained from a vote on Europe introducing sanctions too. More questions are being asked about why the UK sends aid to the Yemen and supports bombing raids to destroy the good it does.
Following the recent UN report stating emissions need to be slashed by 2030 or we face a bleak future, another study found that a catastrophic 60% of wildlife on the planet has been wiped out since 1970. In other words, in less than 50 years.
In another environmental story, India have created anti-pollution police to combat the toxic toll on the Ganges.
