tie or tie less -Jeremy Hunt

I watched Jeremy Hunt being interviewed by Robert Peston last night - he wasn't wearing a tie-why? Had he forgotten to put one on or was he making a 'statement' -saying to the viewer -look I am not a stuffy  Conservative politician who want's to be Prime Minister but a 'right on' sort of person who can appeal to the 'yuff' vote?

Well -sorry -it's pathetic - he is Foreign Secretary for goodness sake - so dress like one. I have written about this  arrogance of politicians before who seem to think that by taking off their coat and rolling up their sleeves (David Cameron) the voters are conned into believing they are working hard. Sorry it doesn't work - all you do is come across as a phoney - which is exactly what Jeremy Hunt achieved last night.

A great night and a great victory for the Brexit Party.  Now every thinking member of the Conservative party must know that unless they deliver Brexit they are doomed at the next General Election as the Brexit Party will wipe the floor with them.

The next Conservative leader needs to understand that Brexit is this countries 'War of Independence.' If you are in a war the first thing you must do is write your 'War AIM' and stick with it. That was what was so disappointing about Mrs May -she wrote good 'War Aims' -'Brexit means Brexit' -'No deal is better than a bad deal' and then allowed herself to be talked out of them by snakes like Phillip Hammond. She 'talked the talk' but couldn't 'walk the walk.'

There is another point about wars which the next Prime Minister must be prepared to accept- casualties. You cannot win a war if you are afraid of taking casualties not - of course-in this one human dead and wounded -but there will -in all probability -be some economic casualties in the short term.  If we go out though without a deal though we will have a 'war chest ' of the £39 billion we won't be paying out in the so called 'Divorce Settlement' which should go some way to alleviating such short term economic problems.

As I tell my children - you are living through history now so make a note of it because - in fifty or so years time - one of your grandchildren is going to say to you: "G'pa we are doing Brexit in history -what was it like to live through the Great Debate and what side were you on? "