Is Britains new prime minister Theresa May Margaret Thatcher reincarnated? There are similarities. May is certainly as tough as the Iron Lady. As home secretary for longer than any of her predecessors she has strongly opposed uncontrolled immigration.
The Home Office introduced visa restrictions that require non-European Union immigrants living in Britain for fewer than 10 years to minimally earn the equivalent of about $47000 USD so as not to be a drain on social welfare programs. With Britains planned exit from the EU that policy could be broadened to include all immigrants.
In a speech to her Conservative Party last year and in more recent remarks May has struck a chord with British citizens who feel they are losing their country and its unique characteristics to foreigners who refuse to assimilate (sound familiar?). When immigration is too high when the pace of change is too fast its impossible to build a cohesive society she told fellow party members.
This has driven the left nuts. They have accused her of everything except being a lady. It seems the last thing the British and American left want is a cohesive society because such a society would not allow them to pit groups against each other dividing and conquering at the ballot box.
Heres something else that should appeal to average British citizens at least the older ones who are mostly more reserved than Americans and younger Brits. Says May Im not a showy politician. I dont tour the television studios. I dont gossip over lunch. I dont drink in Parliaments bars. I dont wear my heart on my sleeve. I just get on with the job in front of me.
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That two women competed to replace David Cameron ought to have delighted feminists. Not so. Sophie Walker who heads the Womens Equality Party said of Mays rise to Number 10 Downing Street: While its symbolically important to have women represented at the top of politics ... who look like you ... its as important that the person is creating policies in a way that answers your experiences.
Say what? So it isnt really about electing more women to political office; its about electing more liberals some of whom can be women.
History doesnt always repeat but the political stars seem to be aligning over London and Washington for a possible sequel to what happened with Thatchers election win in 1979. Ronald Reagans victory followed a year later.
While May is ideologically closer to Thatcher than Trump is to Reagan Trump has picked up on a theme that worked for both Reagan and Nixon. Following the Dallas ambush and the protests that have exploded in major cities Trump has styled himself as the law-and-order candidate. That this is occurring in an election year should be no surprise but just as riots in the streets contributed to Republican victories in 1968 the political fallout this year might repeat.
In a recent speech in Virginia Beach Va. Trump said: We must maintain law and order at the highest level or we will cease to have a country ... I am the law and order candidate. Hillary Clinton on the other hand is weak ineffective pandering and as proven by her recent email scandal which was an embarrassment not only to her but to the entire nation as a whole shes either a liar or grossly incompetent. One or the other ... its probably both.
Britain and the U.S. are experiencing social and political turmoil. Both nations are perceived by many to have weak leaders. Trump and May display strength and in troubled times British and American voters have demonstrated that they prefer strength to weakness.
Is Britains new prime minister Theresa May Margaret Thatcher reincarnated? There are similarities. May is certainly as tough as the Iron Lady. As home secretary for longer than any of her predecessors she has strongly opposed uncontrolled immigration.
The Home Office introduced visa restrictions that require non-European Union immigrants living in Britain for fewer than 10 years to minimally earn the equivalent of about $47000 USD so as not to be a drain on social welfare programs. With Britains planned exit from the EU that policy could be broadened to include all immigrants.
In a speech to her Conservative Party last year and in more recent remarks May has struck a chord with British citizens who feel they are losing their country and its unique characteristics to foreigners who refuse to assimilate (sound familiar?). When immigration is too high when the pace of change is too fast its impossible to build a cohesive society she told fellow party members.
This has driven the left nuts. They have accused her of everything except being a lady. It seems the last thing the British and American left want is a cohesive society because such a society would not allow them to pit groups against each other dividing and conquering at the ballot box.
Heres something else that should appeal to average British citizens at least the older ones who are mostly more reserved than Americans and younger Brits. Says May Im not a showy politician. I dont tour the television studios. I dont gossip over lunch. I dont drink in Parliaments bars. I dont wear my heart on my sleeve. I just get on with the job in front of me.
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That two women competed to replace David Cameron ought to have delighted feminists. Not so. Sophie Walker who heads the Womens Equality Party said of Mays rise to Number 10 Downing Street: While its symbolically important to have women represented at the top of politics ... who look like you ... its as important that the person is creating policies in a way that answers your experiences.
Say what? So it isnt really about electing more women to political office; its about electing more liberals some of whom can be women.
History doesnt always repeat but the political stars seem to be aligning over London and Washington for a possible sequel to what happened with Thatchers election win in 1979. Ronald Reagans victory followed a year later.
While May is ideologically closer to Thatcher than Trump is to Reagan Trump has picked up on a theme that worked for both Reagan and Nixon. Following the Dallas ambush and the protests that have exploded in major cities Trump has styled himself as the law-and-order candidate. That this is occurring in an election year should be no surprise but just as riots in the streets contributed to Republican victories in 1968 the political fallout this year might repeat.
In a recent speech in Virginia Beach Va. Trump said: We must maintain law and order at the highest level or we will cease to have a country ... I am the law and order candidate. Hillary Clinton on the other hand is weak ineffective pandering and as proven by her recent email scandal which was an embarrassment not only to her but to the entire nation as a whole shes either a liar or grossly incompetent. One or the other ... its probably both.
Britain and the U.S. are experiencing social and political turmoil. Both nations are perceived by many to have weak leaders. Trump and May display strength and in troubled times British and American voters have demonstrated that they prefer strength to weakness.
