Above all, don’t neglect the obvious. May is vulnerable to Tory revolts – as the NICs debacle proved. She wants a real working majority.
One virtue of democracy is that it does not give special prominence to the loudest people in judging the mood of a crowd.
Since the strike on Syria, Bannon’s influence is waning while Kushner’s waxes.
The Government seems to get the message, but Conservative MPs should be vigilant. An Islamist government in Damascus would be in neither Syria’s interest nor ours.
Obama’s desperate and impotent decision to abandon the Middle East to the Russians is being overturned. Not before time.
The bottom line is that America cannot simply sit back, and wait for North Korea to become a direct threat.
A consequence of Brexit is a danger that the UK ends up having less influence on EU member states over such responses – or sanctions against Russia.
We should take the opportunity to remind ourselves what real progress means and rededicate ourselves to its cause.
She tells Andrew Marr that the international community needs to ensure Syria’s chemical weapons are “got rid of”.
Protectionism and isolationism don’t allow the President to cut a grand figure on the world stage. Could he ever really have stood for that?
If the Government thinks that we cannot have our Brexit cake and eat it, Ministers must be careful not to let expectations get out of hand.