Top stories of the week 11 August
Boris Johnson continued his delusional march towards No Deal this week. His optimism is wearing particularly thin as more disastrous news emerges daily. A Business Disaster Fund is being set up to save the UK’s biggest employers from going bankrupt. The UK is entering a recession and No Deal will be economically devastating with bookmakers already taking bets on which foods will be rationed first.
It’s also becoming increasingly apparent that No Deal will mean the break-up of the Union. The majority of Scots now support independence and a popular swing to leave the UK is growing in Wales and Northern Ireland. UK Army combat units are already 40% below strength and the break-up of the Union will lead to further devastation of the UK’s armed forces.
The long awaited trade deal with the US hit more problems this week. Despite Donald Trump enthusiasm for the deal, he threatened to refuse any negotiations until the UK dropped its move to tax the US tech giants. Congress has already stated that no trade deal is possible if the Good Friday Agreement is threatened in anyway. On top of all this, the UK was accused of being ‘too desperate’ to get a good deal.
Unelected Dominic Cummings has been accused of becoming a dictator by the Press. Cummings commented that even after a vote of no confidence, Johnson would refuse to step down politically turning the UK into North Korea. Such an eventuality would necessitate the Queen becoming involved in front line politics because only the Monarch can dismiss a Prime Minister and appoint another. A move that would have seismic repercussions. The Press are divided. Pro-Brexit Press say bringing the Queen into politics is a disgrace. The rest of the Press state that Johnson refusing to act democratically is the real cause.
True to form, Boris Johnson continued his long track record of not telling the truth by claiming he would make a £1.8bn new cash injection into the NHS. The fact that this money was already in the NHS budget and not additional funds at all was quickly revealed.
Two mass shootings in 13 hours claimed 29 lives in dreadful atrocities in the US. Donald Trump was accused of creating racial tensions and turning the US into the United States of Hate. Trump was slated for ‘making America hate again’. Later the President blamed mental health, computer games and social media. He did not mention white right wing terrorism or gun laws at all. Trump had a hostile welcome when he visited one of the scenes.
