david_herdson

The Brexit vote is null now anyway. The mandate from it expired as soon as we left. You can't hold an electorate hostage to a decision taken in the past if the will is there to change it. Labour camp… (View Post)

You don't but it makes it easier and cheaper. But then that argument applies across the board and the defence case should just be used as an example as to why it's a sensible policy overall. (View Post)

Churchill proposed a political union with France in 1940. So actually, yes. Apart from anything else, there is a critical need for Europe (including the UK) to co-operate on developing defence capabi… (View Post)

Wouldn't it just be easier for them to say that, in that case? But then they already have. No sane government is relying on the US right now for protection. (View Post)

It won't be about changing Trump's mind directly; it's about Carney getting his ducks lined up domestically and in terms of wider global opinion and making explicit that the US govt is an unreliable … (View Post)