Election 2017

I know we are all rather fed up with politics but I feel I must give my initial reaction to the results. The poor showing of the May government must be down  to the dogged insistence on a hard Brexit and clamp on immigration. I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at the John Redmond interview when he tried to maintain we are all in agreement on a hard Brexit. This is so obviously not the case.

I have supported More United in their efforts although sadly they only supported one Conservative in Anna Soubry  It is worrying that the loony hard left will be emboldened by the result as already some Labourites are trying to interpret the result as an endorsement of the spend more and nationalise agenda. Labour MP’s need to reassert a sane policy. The still huge deficit seems to have disappeared from view. The idea that austerity is just a policy choice is false until the deficit is reduced by a lot

Clearly Conservative MP’s need to  assert themselves. The anti EU fanatics have had far too much say in a tragic policy.   I don’t trust the negotiating team to recognise the problem which is that we made a thoroughly bad decision in the referendum which leaves us in a very weak position now.

I fear a relapse into the kind of protectionist policy which would be a complete disaster. I thought that Trump, who is at heart a little America protectionist, would be a very weak reed on which to rest hopes of a free trade deal.