3rd March 2019

In a few short weeks our son will start a new life in the US. Yes, just before the UK’s set to leave the EU, our son flies west - far away from all the Brexit turmoil. Yet, when he arrives in the ‘land of the free’, things will be very different. Some say the President has suffered his worst week yet.  But you wouldn’t know it, listening to his fiery speech at the Conservative Political Action conference. Was he worried that his former lawyer gave damning testimony against him or that the much-hyped summit with North Korea ended in failure? No. Donald Trump’s presidency is all about him and his own ego.  However, don’t write him off just yet.  He could well win again.  In a way I understand this.  A democratic election should never be about one person. Individuals can always be replaced. It’s the policies that matter and if the US voters decide their lives are better at present, then they’ll vote Republican again irrespective of what they think of the current president. So, whether the UK or the US: it’s the policies, stupid.