Prime minister Theresa May, otherwise a sensible and sensitive human being is wearing a crown full of thorns- in the shape of Ministers and several MPs in her party.
With a very flimsy majority in the Commons, her position is unenviable. Brexit is the biggest bugbear. On the eve of the final date of the ultimatum, she is going to assemble her Cabinet at the Chequers to agree on the terms to be offered to the EU. Shocking. This should have been done long before triggering Article 50.
British people are more level headed and pro-active. The traditional values and standards have been discarded beyond belief.
Financial Times on Tuesday has a banner headline, “May keeps Cabinet in the dark over customs plan for Brexit”. In the darkness who will stab whom is a serious concern. How to circle the square that is the real question. Let’s keep on one side the problems related to immigration, Irish border, Scottish scenario, defence, international relations, sovereignty, British influence worldwide and other issues aside. It’s economy, stupid. So said Bill Clinton.
In 2010 the Coalition government focussed on deficit control and gradual reduction. With lot of pain some gains were achieved. But what is happening now? Helplessly the government has pledged 20bn pounds for NHS, now the chancellor is inundated with demands from his colleagues for huge and perhaps needed amounts for police, armed forces and other important departments.
No one cares that there is no bottomless pit for the government and the Bank of England cannot keep on printing money without serious consequences. Not only business a man on the London omnibus, so to say, is worried about employment, inflation, interest rates on the mortgage and borrowings. Sterling is on the downward trend with foreign currrencies. How and who will raise the necessary fund? Who will bear the burden? It is one thing to promise unendingly and have a spending binge. Look before you leap is a simple caution.
Sajid Javid has entered with a lot of hopes and expectations. The immigration regime is in a total mess and the Windrush episode is a blot on the British national trait. It appears no one has owned up. There is no sense of shame.
Sajid Javid is today praised and flattered, I wonder how long is it going to last? A capable person should not be expected to do wonders and become a scapegoat. If it happens it will be a disaster for many reasons.
The cabinet colleagues of the Prime Minster are quoted sometimes obliquely, sometimes a little bit openly for scramble for powerful positions. Time for the Conservative party, especially the leader and Prime Minister to put aside personal priorities and concentrate on national interest of today tomorrow and the day after.
