Address Brexit
Ruth Davidson is fast becoming the darling of the Conservative Party. She is telling it like it is to her colleagues. She tells them to “get over their nervous breakdown and man up”.
It is a pity, then, that like David Cameron, who put the interests of the Conservative Party over those of the country and the Union, when he called the Brexit referendum, Ruth Davidson is devoting her energies to saving Theresa May’s skin rather than addressing the major issues affecting the country, of which Brexit is number 1. Ms Davidson and many of her Tory MPS voted to remain in the EU, so why is she not being true to her beliefs and using her influence to force a change in the Government’s hard Brexit position?
At last week’s Labour conference, and fringe meetings, there were impassioned debates about Brexit and the NHS, education, housing and rail privatisation, ending austerity, reforming tuition fees andchanginguniversalcredit. The Conservatives, Ruth Davidson and her merry band are more concerned about Boris Johnson than trying to stay in the single market and the customs union. The Tories are in disarray and the country – its businesses, trade and jobs – is going down the pan.
PHIL TATE Craiglockhart Road, Edinburgh The ball is in the EU’S court, says Theresa May. One wonders what is happening in No 10. Is it aiming to shift blame on to the EU because it is not being fair and acceding to No 10’s entitlement to discuss trade issues before exit matters have been concluded?
So far, nothing substantive or definitive has come from David Davis’ team on the three key issues and it looks like constructive ambiguity is still in place. A change of tone outwardly from Theresa May has been noted, but she still stated, between coughs, that no deal is better than a bad deal. The lady who stated haughtily that she could be difficult, strong and stable has simply deflated. She is now, within her party, weak and vulnerable. When all talk is about how long she might stay or whether she will lead the party into the next election, the ground is already shifting.
Throwing in the towel, as Theresa May has now done, is an admission of total inadequacy. No 10 has failed even to formulate substantive proposals for presentation. The UK Government opted to give up its already favourable bespoke relationship within the EU. The EU will simply sit it out now and the UK Govern-