Theresa May Lioness with a roar
Foreign Editor
Melbourne
Theresa May is the lioness of Britain, in temperament and daring a worthy successor to Margaret Thatcher and Winston Churchill, though of course she is still at the beginning of her journey as Prime Minister.
The poll she has called is Britain’s Brexit election. There is still a disgruntled, bad-tempered desire by over-entitled elites in London to frustrate the results of the referendum on Brexit and turn back the will of the people, to reverse the Brexit decision.
If May wins a solid majority on June 8 that delusion will be dashed forever. Every victorious Tory will have campaigned on a pro-Brexit platform and they will all owe their position to May. At the previous election the Tories won a notional majority of 12 but, given that Northern Irish Republicans refuse to take their seats in parliament, an effective majority of 17, in truth a bit more with the inevitable support of the Ulster Unionists.
If May wins a majority of 50 her authority within the Conservative Party will be immense. Anything more than that and she will enter the ranks of the Conservative gods and goddesses. A majority approaching 90 probably consigns the wretched Labour Party — manifestly unfit to govern under the eccentric leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, who makes Richard Di Natale look like an advertisement for the political mainstream — to two further terms in opposition.
NSW Has A Maggie May NSW STREET TALKWhy NSW wants to sell WestConnex nowShare via EmailShare on Google PlusPost on facebook wallShare on twitterPost to LinkedinShare on Reddit
WestConnex is a three-stage project, budgeted to cost $16.8 billion. Phil Weymouthby Sarah Thompson Anthony Macdonald Joyce Moullakis
TransGrid, Ausgrid, Endeavour Energy, land titles and now WestConnex.
NSW top brass Gladys Berejiklian and Dominic Perrottet show no signs of slowing down the asset recycling plans of their former boss, paving the way for perhaps the state's largest infrastructure asset auction.
This time it is Sydney Motorway Corporation (SMC); the NSW entity set up to build, own and oversee the $16.8 billion WestConnex roads project.
NSW has given tollroad owners and hopefuls plenty to think about, confirming it wants to sell a controlling stake in SMC at an auction beginning later this year.
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Theresa May has refused to rule out making further cuts to disability benefits in the next Parliament if the Conservatives are returned to government.
Asked by The Independent at a campaign event in Mansfield whether she would rule out any further cuts to support, the Prime Minister avoided giving a direct answer.
“If you look at what we’ve been doing on disability benefits, what we have done is look at focusing disability benefit payments on those who are most in need. In fact we are spending more on disability benefit payments than has been done by any government in the past,” she replied.
We need politicians with balls like May