via @OpiniumResearch, 08 May Chgs. w/ 23 Apr
Daily Archives: 11. Mai 2019
European Parliament voting intention: BREX: 34% (+6) LAB: 21% (-7) LDEM: 12% (+5) CON: 11% (-3) GRN: 8% (+2) UKIP: 4% (+1) CHUK: 3% (-4)
via @OpiniumResearch, 08 May Chgs. w/ 23 Apr
Brexit Party beats Tories in general election poll and would win 49 seats in Commons
A ComRes survey found that if a general election campaign led by Theresa May took place now, it would put the Tories on course for their worst result in history – apparently confirming the fears of Conservative MPs and activists in uproar over the Prime Minister’s handling of Brexit.
Brexit Party will win more votes than Labour and Conservatives COMBINED in European elections – and would be nearly neck-and-neck with the Tories in a General Election, poll reveals
– The Brexit Party is slated to win 34% of the vote in upcoming European elections
– Labour is on 21% and the Tories are predicted to win just 11% of the vote
– The data, from Opinium, also puts Labour first on 28% for a General Election
– This is ahead of Conservatives on 22%, with the Brexit Party third on 21%
Voters are now powerless in the face of our post-democratic Remain elites
You read it here first. Some weeks ago (or maybe it was months, I’ve lost track of time), this column presented a step-by-step trajectory for Remain forces to deliver the stop-Brexit plan that so many of them had been confidently predicting (“This is never going to happen…”) since June 2016.
If you don’t believe in free speech for people who you hate, fear and disagree with, then you don’t believe in free speech.
La musique au cœur de l‘#Acte26 des #GiletsJaunes à #Montpellier
L’érosion du mouvement… #giletsjaunes #BFMTV #acte26 #MacronDemission
Le cortège de l’#Acte26 démarre à Nantes pour les #GiletsJaunes Direct à suivre sur Brut.
Dem leaders feel squeeze on Trump strategy
“All I hear from my constituents is that we‘ve got to get rid of this president — that‘s basically all I hear,” said Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.), chairman of the House Budget Committee, who warned of the political risk if the Democrats’ investigations don’t produce some public results in the next few months.
“If we get to the fall and nothing‘s happened, and no report has been issued and no referrals have been made, then we risk demoralizing all of our people who are pushing us very hard to take action against the administration,” Yarmuth said.
The main responsibility of the president is to keep Americans safe. Trump has failed—undermining our national security by tearing up the Iran nuclear deal, threatening military action, bringing us closer to war with Iran that will be far worse than war in Iraq.
Once that‘s accomplished, she writes, Netanyahu‘s govt will move to pass a series of laws that give the PM immunity from indictment/prosecution, and in exchange give the far-right parties the pro-annexation laws they crave. 2/2
In e-blast to @meretzparty supporters, chair Tamar Zandberg warns that Netanyahu‘s next coalition will try to pass an ‚override clause‘ that would allow it to effectively ignore High Court rulings. 1/2
Ahed Tamimi: Protest icon to join pro-Palestinian march in London this weekend
West Bank teenager will join MPs including Diane Abbott in march demanding Israel be held accountable for violations of international law
Europäische Union: Offensive ausgesetzt
Ursprünglich hatten die »EU-27« nach dem britischen Austrittsreferendum vom 23. Juni 2016 ein zweigleisiges Vorgehen geplant. Zum einen sollte der EU-Austritt für Großbritannien so nachteilig wie möglich gestaltet werden, um an dem Land ein abschreckendes Exempel zu statuieren und allen, die auch nur im entferntesten daran dachten, gleichfalls die Union zu verlassen, bereits den Gedanken daran ein für allemal auszutreiben. Das ist, jedenfalls auf den ersten Blick, weitgehend gelungen.
Trump und der Handelsstreit: Eskalation als Taktik
Denn das Ziel der USA ist ein Handelsabkommen mit China. Aber um das Ziel zu erreichen, setzt die Trump-Administration offenbar auf Eskalation. Beinahe alle Importe aus China könnten bald mit 25 Prozent verzollt werden, heißt es in einer Mitteilung des US-Handelsbeauftragten Robert Lighthizer. Details will dessen Behörde am Montag auf ihrer Homepage bekannt geben. Das heißt nicht, dass am Montag die zusätzlichen Abgaben bereits fällig werden.
USA entsenden weiteres Kriegsschiff
Das Pentagon schickt ein Raketenabwehrsystem und ein weiteres Kriegsschiff in den Nahen Osten, um nach eigenen Angaben auf Drohungen aus dem Iran reagieren zu können. Der kommissarische Verteidigungsminister Patrick Shanahan habe der Verlegung der „USS Arlington“ und eines Patriot-Systems in die Region zugestimmt, teilte das Pentagon mit.
The Brexit Party will put the EU and its Westminster stooges straight — in 12 days
Guy Verhofstadt and Vince ‚B***ocks to Democracy‘ Cable have no grasp of the rage among Brits
Theresa May REFUSES to set a resignation date despite Tory demands ‚because she believes it will make passing her Brexit deal impossible‘
Setting a definite date could see the Prime Minister‘s Brexiteer critics hold out for her departure, rather than backing her deal for the UK to leave the EU.
But chairman of the 1922 Committee of Conservative backbenchers Sir Graham Brady is still insisting Mrs May sets a leaving date when she meets with his executive team next Thursday, the Sun reported.
It might be time for Graham Brady to think of a new career, as the 1922 committee is far from influential any more.
Sir Graham Brady has already ruled himself out as a potential leader with the membership by being such a wet lettuce over May’s resignation.
Sir Graham Brady considering running to replace Theresa May as Tory leader
Brexiteer Sir Graham told BBC Radio 4’s Week in Westminster programme: “I’ve heard people suggest I would be an interim Prime Minister.
“My simple answer to that is I don’t think we need an interim Prime Minister.
“I don’t think the British people want people to be stepping in to do interim jobs. I think they’re be looking to chose someone for the long term.”
Throughout my life, I have always believed that we need a mass movement of people over many years to bring about the change that we need. That is what this political revolution is about—returning power to the people, where it belongs.
The fight for Brexit continues
Can the Brexit Party triumph at the EU elections? Should MPs be protected from public anger? Why did Britain abandon Asia Bibi? Brendan O’Neill, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss all this and more on this week’s spiked podcast.
Former Cabinet minister Dominic Grieve faces deselection vote next month from Tory activists furious over Brexit
Mr Grieve, the chairman of Parliament‘s intelligence watchdog, has been heavily criticised locally for his efforts in the House of Commons to frustrate attempts to take the UK out of the European Union.
Now 66 local activists – more than the 50 required under the party’s rules – have submitted a formal notice calling for a deselection vote at a special general meeting.
How do the Project Fear prophets explain the good news about Britain’s economy?
Yet you might think that hardened Remainers could just admit to a tiny of nugget of good news in that the economy has continued to defy the recession they so confidently predicted would result from a vote for Brexit. But not a bit of it. According to a Guardian news report on the story, the unexpectedly strong performance of the economy was “helped by unprecedented stockpiling by manufacturers fearful of the impact from a no-deal Brexit.”
Trump Renews Trade War as China Talks End Without a Deal
Mr. Trump is now moving ahead with plans to impose 25 percent tariffs on all remaining Chinese imports. Those new tariffs could go into effect in a matter of weeks.
In a statement Friday evening, the United States trade representative said Mr. Trump had “ordered us to begin the process of raising tariffs on essentially all remaining imports from China, which are valued at approximately $300 billion.”
Scorched earth legal battle between PM, AG- analysis
Of course, Mandelblit pointed out that he had signaled he would make a decision by February, before the Prime Minister declared early elections and dared the attorney-general to back-off.
Mandelblit, who slow-walked the investigations against Netanyahu for years, is no longer willing to play-ball.