Why should Theresa have taken any notice of advice tendered by a narcissist blowhard who bankrupted casinos, not once but four times? Casinos are designed to make profits aren't they?

"Label and Dismiss is a particularly nasty PR trick
eg calling people "stupid", "thick", "thugs", "racist"
is hatey
Jul 9, 2019 at 3:42 PM | stewgreen"

If you don't like it, have you thought of quitting?

" ... and this country can roll over and purr loudly. What a prospect."

Jul 9, 2019 at 1:41 PM | AK

Being rolled over and fleeced by the EU has not been a success. UK Prime Ministers, MPs and Civil Servants need to put British interests first. The EU Elite have put their interests first, and continue to do so.

Sir Kim noted that Trump was likely to remain as President. It would be sensible to have a better relationship with the US, as the EU falters.

Why should the UK be controlled by EU interests post BREXIT? The EU keep saying there is nothing that they can negotiate on, whereas Trump is.

Jul 9, 2019 at 1:37 PM | TinyCO2
Jul 9, 2019 at 1:13 PM | Mailman

Part of Churchill's success as a Wartime Leader was his "ACTION THIS DAY" Stamp on Orders and Official Correspondence. I am NOT trying to compare their skills and achievements, but Trump has a "Cut The Crap" attitude, and has stamped it through the White House, and his administration.

His patience throughout all the (British) Steele Dodgy Dossier crap, that could have been buried by the UK Prime Minister and/or top UK Diplomatic and Secret Squirrel intervention has surprised me, and probably many others.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/13/trump-dossier-uk-ambassador-moscow-john-mccain-andrew-wood
"A former British ambassador to Moscow has revealed the role he played in bringing the explosive dossier about Donald Trump’s alleged links to Russia to the attention of the US intelligence agencies.

Sir Andrew Wood was consulted about the claims by Senator John McCain at a security conference in Canada shortly after the US election.

Wood said he did not have the dossier but that McCain obtained it from his own sources. It was written by former British MI6 agent Christopher Steele and handed to the director of the FBI, James Comey.

“I told him I was aware of what was in the report but I had not read it myself, that it might be true, it might be untrue. I had no means of judging really,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme."

Obviously it is possible that May assured Trump a few years ago that Steele was dodgy, and that HMG did not support Sir Andrew Wood's involvement, but why should Trump trust May or her administration, or her Ambassadors?

He did not throw his toys out of the pram. I expect he has many scores he would like to settle, but so far, he has shown restraint.

Mailman - I don't use toddler as a derogatory word, just to describe a behaviour method - I've been known to be a toddler myself on more than one occasion and I know it can be effective. He's a spoilt man and knows how to get what he wants. Including throwing a tantrum over the diplomat, even while he probably doesn't care very much.

Well Mailman I'm sure you will soon be getting your wish and we will be getting our very own toddler with a very similar hair tint. He is sure to acquiesce to the Donald's demand for his very own (small) hand picked British Ambassador and this country can roll over and purr loudly. What a prospect.

AK, any behaviour once we all had nuclear weapons has been potentially disastrous. China steals, threatens and expands with impunity. Russia has gone back to its old ways. Iran, North Korea, Syria and countless other countries are just itching to start pushing the West around. And they do, because grown up behaviours sees us back off and pretend we can't see them. Today, Kennedy would let the USSR install those Cuban missiles. I'm afraid that quite a few toddlers now have nuclear weapons and they are only wary of other toddlers.