Week of May 14 – 20 – US Daily Review

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By Steve Parkhurst, Senior Editor, USDR.

Looking at the news and opinion out of London each day.

5-20-19

Our country needs One Nation Toryism more than ever. And we will measure leadership candidates against its ideals.

I am clear that if the Party decides to focus its appeal mainly towards Brexit Party supporters, our demise will be swift.

5-18-19

May and Corbyn blame each other as Brexit talks collapse

Tories and Labour point to each other’s internal divisions after negotiations fail

5-17-19

How the ‘men in grey suits’ called time on Theresa May’s premiership

When the moment she had been dreading finally came, Theresa May raged against the dying of the light.

How to win the Conservative leadership contest

In the coming months, the Conservative Party could see more than a dozen serious leadership candidates emerge, all with a distinct pitch. With this many candidates in the field, the next leader will be decided by the party membership, not by MPs. The winning candidate will be the one who runs the most effective digital grassroots campaign, with a compelling message that appeals to the membership.

Remain voters are left with no choice but to ignore Labour next week

Change UK’s launch may have been hamfisted, but the Lib Dems and Greens still offer viable alternatives

Young families could benefit from poverty reforms

A new way to measure poverty set to be adopted by the government could lead to a big shift in state support away from pensioners and towards families with children.

5-16-19

The collapse of great political parties on the continent

When I wrote my book about populism a few weeks ago I drew a contrast between the long trends on the continent to the demise of the Christian Democrats and Social Democrats in most places, and the recovery of support for Conservative and Labour in the 2017 election. In February this year as I sent it to the printers the Conservatives were on a healthy 43% in the polls. The reason was simple.

5-14-19

Theresa May considering ‘definitive votes’ as last throw of dice to break Brexit deadlock

Theresa May is moving towards holding a series of “definitive votes” on different Brexit options in a bid to break the impasse if compromise talks with Labour break down.

Brexit party will unveil full policies after EU elections, says Farage

Party leader ramps up attacks on BBC and says he will only talk about Brexit until vote

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Across The Pond is edited daily by Steve Parkhurst. Steve is a political consultant, a baseball beat writer, a writer at his blog as well as a Senior Editor here at US Daily Review. Follow Steve on Twitter @SteveParkhurst