Tonight’s cartoon on Trump
Cartoons by Helen Cochrane and Nicholas Leonard.
John Bercow says he will block Trump from addressing Parliament during the President’s State Visit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwJCyld4ac0 #BREAKING: John Bercow will oppose plan to let Donald Trump address parliament due to 'sexism and racism'https://t.co/Eme7D2U5SH pic.twitter.com/M5GkqEXwG2 — The Telegraph (@Telegraph) February 6, 2017 The Speaker was often a thorn in Cameron's side. But this is huge slap down for Theresa May. https://t.co/WB9NP9nv78 — Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) February 6, 2017 Speaker: "As far as this place is concerned I feel very strongly that our opposition to racism and sexism" ..means he shd not be invited — Sam Coates…
More data from today’s Trump visit YouGov polling
YouGov polling on how Brits would feel is measures similar to Trump's were brought in here. pic.twitter.com/732XOGj7Z2 — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) February 1, 2017 The YouGov "Should Trump's visit go ahead" poll – the party and referendum splits pic.twitter.com/qSIenZLwXd — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) February 1, 2017 Tweet
First polling on Trump’s UK visit has 49% supporting and 36% opposing
Embed from Getty Images In spite of the massive petition against it and the huge furore and demonstrations within the last 48 hours new UK polling this morning finds that 49% telling a YouGov Times poll that the visit should go ahead with 36% saying it shouldn’t. That means that public appeared to be backing Theresa Mays line on the controversial invitation. I suspect that if it’s felt that the security issues would be so great a polite way of…
The lack of options for Brexit Britain
Embed from Getty Images Since the Brexit vote, British politics has been curiously alternativeless. The government rules without any effective opposition. The Prime Minister was installed by her party as the only imaginable choice once the other would-be contenders had been properly scrutinised. Theresa May was not particularly inspiring. But what else could the Conservative party have done? The Prime Minister has spent some months reviewing her options, only to find that she has none. She has rightly concluded…
Why I’ve taken the 5/1 on Trump not to visit the UK in 2017 and the latest PB cartoon
Ladbrokes have put up a market on Donald Trump no to visit the UK before the end of 2017. I took the 5/1 which I thought was a good price, especially in the light of William Hill offering 4/6 on Trump not to make a state visit in 2017, William Hill are offering 11/10 that a state visit will take place. Whilst the terms aren’t quite the same, I’m prepared to stake money on the 5/1 for the following reasons….
Angels and Fools. Cyclefree on Trump’s latest Executive Order
Embed from Getty Images “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” Well, to judge by the commentary over the last 48 hours Trump is a fool – and a chaotic and illiberal one to boot. Whatever the many issues with his latest Executive Order, it could just as easily be said that only a fool would rush in to opine. But at the risk of looking foolish, one criticism of the Trump approach is that it looks at the…
Trump’s net Gallup approval ratings drops 8 points in first week.
See full report on the latest ratings here. The Gallup picture is in broad alignment with a Quinnipiac survey which found 44% disapproving to 36% approving. These are quite remarkable figures. New Presidents usually enjoy a polling honeymoon. Mike Smithson Follow @MSmithsonPB Tweet