[Magdalen] Dem convention

[Roger Stokes]

On 29/07/2016 19:55, F von Prondzynski wrote:
> Roger wrote:
>
>> If Boris Johnson had become P< as well that would have even more a case
>> of "Stop the world, I want to get off".
> ‘Even more’, Roger? Boris is worse than Trump?

No, I agree that Trump is worse as a preson and in the damage that he 
could effect as President compared with the power of the UK Prime 
Minister.  That said the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq War, eventually 
released only a few weeks ago, showed that Tony Blair was prone to make 
important decisions without consulting the Foreign and Defence 
Secretaries, and seemed to have applied pressure on the Attorney General 
to come up with a legal opinion saying that war would be justified 
without snother UN Resilution.  The bottom line of the report is that 
not all diplomatic efforts had been used so the necessity of using force 
had not been established.

His personal charisma and self-confidence presumably deterred cabinet 
ministers from demanding more of the "evidence", even if it cost them 
their jobs - which would not only have caused a public reaction but also 
given the monosters the right to make a personal statement in Parliament 
oulimimg the reasons for their departure, much as Geoffrey Howe stuck 
his dagger in Margaret Thatcher's back after his resignation from the 
government. That notable speech is seen by many as lighting the fuse 
that led to Mrs Thatcher's downfall not many days later. Perhaps the UK 
would have been better served, though at the cost of upsetting President 
Bush who wanted toi complete what his father had started by driving 
Saddam's Iraq out of Kuwait.  In that Bush 41 had the benefit of broad 
multi-national support that would never have been forthcoming for what 
Bush 43 purposed..

> Well, he played a less than honest game in the Brexit campaign, but since becoming Foreign Secretary he has played his cards quite well, charming his EU counterparts by speaking French and German and making them laugh. I’m not sure Trump could pull that off!

Almost certainly not.  Although I am disappointed with the refeerendum 
result I think Theresa May has made some astute appointments in Jognson, 
Davis and Fox as those in charge of implementing Brexi.  "He Brexit 
(breaks it; he can fix it." If they fail in that task then she can 
simply say to them "You said this thing could be made to work.  Tou are 
the ones who failed so don't slam the door on the way out.

Roger