Theresa may

Johnson did try to change Trump’s course, attempting unsuccessfully to coax him back into the Iran nuclear deal. He also initially resisted U.S. pressure to ban the Chinese technology company Huawei from Britain’s 5G telecommunications network —- although he eventually caved in. Meanwhile, the coveted U.K.-U.S. trade deal has yet to emerge. … [Read more...] about Leaders like UK’s Johnson who wooed Trump face tricky reset

Jack described “images being conjured of massive warehouses being filled with emergency rations to see the nation through as if on a war footing”, echoing recent claims by EU loyalist Dominic Grieve MP — de facto leader of the anti-Brexit rebels within the Tory parliamentary party — that a ‘No Deal’ Brexit would plunge the country into a state of “national emergency”. … [Read more...] about BBC Achieves Peak Project Fear with ‘Brexit Threat to Sandwiches’ Headline

All those stories you read about anything from climate change to species extinction to threatened reefs, glaciers and atolls – they may sound superficially plausible because they are delivered with passion and urgency and “expert” testimony in apparently respectable media outlets. But they are like elaborate edifices which look magnificent from a distance only to be revealed, on closer examination, to be crumbling facades riddled with woodworm and dry rot, botched with poor materials and third-rate workmanship. … [Read more...] about Delingpole: Every Story You Read About the Environment Is #FakeNews

While no officers were convicted of criminal wrongdoing, the fight and its aftermath led to greater civilian oversight of the Police Department and helped pave the way for a massive overhaul of how policing is done in the city, an effort now being gradually introduced. … [Read more...] about S.F. police panel closes books on Fajitagate

“It’s not a democratic choice, you have a democratic duty to say, ‘Thanks but no thanks.’ There’s no escape to this Brexit cul-de-sac that doesn’t start with MPs taking that courageous decision this autumn.” … [Read more...] about Europhile Nick Clegg Admits ‘Soft Brexit Dead,’ UK Will Leave Single Market