Stories of the week 3rd January 2019
Japan has warned there is no future with no deal. A Cabinet minister states that May’s plan C is going nowhere as Germany and Ireland dismiss the idea of replacing the backstop with technology. Barclays moves £160bn to Ireland.
There are record rises in stock piling in the UK and, believe it or not, May’s secretly negotiating a customs union. Our old friend, Nigel, returned to Politics this week or, at least, a certain kind of politics. And, oh yes, as almost a perfect metaphor for No Deal Britain, the post Brexit landscape will be full of rotting rubbish. Just some of the headlines and stories this week.
There were chilling reports this week that plans for martial law were being drawn up in the event of No Deal.
In more alarming Brexit news, whatever Brexit we get will leave the UK unstable for decades to come with the break-up of the Union highly likely.
What all sides are beginning to agree on is the fact that Article 50 will need to be extended.
Back at Westminster, May has been accused of ‘pork barrel’ politics by trying to bribe Labour MPs to back her deal in return for money for their constituencies. Brexiteers are beginning to play the blame game say the Press. They demand impossible requests then blame Brussels for being inflexible.
1 in 20 or 2.6m Britain’s are holocaust deniers according to a very disturbing new report. People are also becoming meaner and angrier.
This week was full of surprises in the news but Donald Trump being at the centre of major world news stories wasn’t one of them.
Firstly, Trump’s involvement in the Venezuelan crisis deepened as UK Government Ministers urged the EU to follow suit with sanctions.
Just to lighten the mood a little, Donald Trump also said this week that being President was costing him a fortune. We don’t think he meant in bribes.
It was announced this week that pharmaceuticals are going to be given millions of pounds to develop new anti-biotics to combat drug-resistance. At the same time, ‘superbug’ genes have been found in one of the last Artic wildernesses.
