Art of the deal
KEMI Badenoch says a ready-made US trade deal is sitting on the shelf from 2020 negotiations.
If so, Labour should read it urgently,
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There is a massive opportunity to take advantage of a new US President who looks favourably on Brexit Britain as a potential partner.
So far Chancellor Rachel Reeves has only spoken out against Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs on all foreign imports.
And Labour seems more keen on cosying up to the EU instead.
Taking on Trump while siding with a bloated and failed European bloc could prove a costly mistake.
Tax hits us all
TREASURY minister Darren Jones may blithely agree with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg suggestion that supermarket bosses moaning about Labour’s national insurance rise should simply “suck it up.”
But claiming Tesco can afford a £1billion bill ignores the fact it will be the lowest paid in society who will really have to swallow it.
Not just in terms of having to fork out higher prices at the tills but also through lack of pay increases – and possibly even the loss of their jobs.
The reduction in the earnings threshold to just £5,000 means almost every full and part-time worker will be affected. And that means millions of small businesses being hit, too.
Not for nothing are AI and robot manufacturers rubbing their hands with glee over the Budget.
Time to tool up
DEFENCE chief Tony Radakin has fired a broadside at the Government — demanding more munitions and investment to counter a global security threat.
War on our doorstep has shown Europe has to start coughing up now rather than relying on US goodwill.
Yet Britain still has no concrete plans to get to 2.5 per cent of GDP for defence — and experts say we need at least three per cent. The Government insists it needs to wait for a lengthy strategic review to be completed.
Why? The threats from Russia, China and Iran are not going away.
We do not have time to waste.
Brexit betrayal
HOW rage-inducing is the dossier put forward by former Home Secretary Lord Howard showing how criminals using human rights to escape justice.
Brexit was supposed to be about taking back control — not meekly accepting existing laws. Yet our courts and our Parliament are still being by-passed.
That’s not what Brits voted for.
