New Lawyer for President Trump - Trump Era

New York Times: Reports that President Trump has hired a new Lawyer, the lawyer is, Emmet T. Flood, the NYT states the following, " Mr. Flood is expected to take a more adversarial approach to the investigation than Mr. Cobb, who had pushed Mr. Trump to strike a cooperative tone.  "

Lets Get Real:

This follows a pattern by POTUS, he has gotten himself a tougher Secretary of State and National Security Adviser, know he wants his legal team to be tougher with the Russia probe.  POTUS should sack the special prosecutor, the D.C swamp would be up in arms, but then what they can do, if the Democrats win the House and Senate in November it is a sure bet they will try to impeach Trump, so might as well make them peeved now, also it takes a lot to get rid of a President through impeachment, there is a the actions by the House then the Senate has a trial, one doubts that the Democrats will win enough seats to get rid of Trump, and even if they do they get VP Pence, who is a real conservative.   TIME TO DRAIN THE SWAMP, POTUS. 

The Customs Union Debate - Update 2 - Post Brexit

Daily Mail: Reports " May ‘caves in to Tory Brexiteers’: PM’s plans for customs partnership ‘are dead in the water after rebellion by ministers including her new Home Secretary’  "

Lets Get Real:

The hard Brexit supporters are missing the point, they want out of the EU, that will happen on March 2019.   The present fight is about the nature of the customs union with the the EU.   It is really in the weeds stuff, the hard Brexit supporters should take the victory that the UK is OUT in 2019.   The May Government has to be firm with the hard Brexit supporters, the hard remainers need something, so the brexit supporters should allow the PM to give concessions to the remainers.  The Daily Mail writes the following on such a concession," New Customs Partnership —backed by Remainers   It would involve UK officials electronically tracking final destinations of goods coming to Britain. Those heading for Europe would pay the relevant EU tariff and the money handed over to Brussels. Firms selling to the UK would be eligible for a refund, if our tariff levels were lower.  "  One can only hope there are adults on the hard remainers side and also the hard Brexit supporters. 

 

The House of Lords - Brexit Update - Post Brexit

Sky News: Reports on the latest setback for the May Government, " It is the tenth reverse for the Government on the EU Withdrawal Bill in the upper house, although ministers have signalled their intent to overturn changes to the legislation when it returns to the House of Commons.  "

Lets Get Real:

The Government should see the defeats in the House of Lords as life line for the Government, they can argue that they do not have the numbers in the Commons to overturn the Lords reforms.  Thus the UK will still leave the EU, but have the benefits of the Custom Union and the Single Market.  At the end of the day it comes down to how many hard remainers there are on the Conservative backbenches, if its over 15 the government can be forced to rethink its strategy and agenda.   The only threat that the Chief Whip has is the power to threaten a general election if the House of Commons does not support the Government agenda. 

The Windrush Scandal - Post Brexit

BBC News: Reports " MPs have voted against an opposition motion calling on the government to disclose papers on Windrush migrants.  "

Lets Get Real:

The above shows that the Whips have some control of Conservative backbench MPs, it could have gone the other way if enough had rebelled and the Opposition had come in max behind the motion.  From the actual result it looks that some Labour MPs did not bother to vote, the same with the SNP and the Liberal Democrats.   The Conservative Whips have to developed a strategy to deal with reforms that the House of Lords have done to the Brexit Bill.