since 2009, until at least 2010, that they consider seriously that they will bomb iran. something that might ignite the whole area, the whole region into war. in july 2012, american intelligence picked up sensing all sorts of aerial maneuvers by the israeli air force base. and they are convinced that israel is going to strike. and that led, according to our conversation with many sources. that was one of the main reasons that led the americans to start the secret negotiation with iran, behind israel back, without telling the israelis, in moscow, in oman, which led to the jcpoa. if that is true, then the pressure that prime minister exercised in america led to the exact opposite results, led to the instead of convincing the americans to strike iran, it led
of the referendum a few years ago, which was leave the european union without paying. and since leaving the european union involves pain and no one s prepared to admit to that or compromise on that, you essentially now have this electoral contest between the undeliverable, which is a pain-free brexit, and unelectable, which is this marc marxist leader of the labor party. so it s probably not going to be an election that resolves the situation, much to everyone s frustration here. david, is the labor party going to be able to be resolutely the party that wants to stay in the european union? will it be able to present the public with that clear choice? i think that it s unlikely to be able to be wholly convincing in that. clearly, jeremy corbyn has his own history in respect to the european union. he voted against joining on fairly misbegotten grounds that it was a capitalist club.
george, how deep is the rift in the conservative party. is it conceivable that boris johnson could face an internal rebellion, large enough that it could unseat him? i don t think he will be unseated, although he is a bit like one of those greek tragedies that he often quotes. he is cursed to have got the job he always wanted and now to find it impossible to do the job, because, essentially, an important section of the conservative party has been fired by him. now, i think he will reverse that, because he can t govern without their support. and i also think the big picture, you know certainly for an audience around the world is that britain s about to have another general election. the timing is being disputed, but essentially in october or november, probably november, britain will go to the polls, because our political system is unable to deliver on what was perceived to be the instructions
originally. we just don t want to help him on that and give him more by contrast, boris johnson is ammunition to become to be remaking the tories into the outspoken as the tough guy on party of brexit. this issue. and this week expelled 21 conservative members of you point out in the piece, parliament, including very senior figures who disagreed with the new party line. detailing the history, an of course, not every situation extraordinary story where falls neatly on the open/close spectrum. many of the leading brexitiers basically, it really in many ways starts with netanyahu. are staunch free marketieres and and israeli hawks, who then keep insist they want a free britain. pressuring and pressing the american government to attack it s hard to be in favor of free trade, but insist that britain iran. crash out of the eu, one of the and it s an extraordinary story of almost a 15-year campaign. yeah. world s largest free trade areas it s a story of 15 years where and britain s larg
ministers. two from the labor party, three from the tories. all were in favor of britain staying in the european union, including theresa may, originally. by contrast, boris johnson is remaking the tories into the party of brexit. and this week expelled 21 conservative members of parliament, including very senior figures who disagreed with the new party line. of course, not every situation falls neatly on the open/close spectrum. many of the leading brexitiers are staunch free marketieres and insist they want a free britain. it s hard to be in favor of free trade, but insist that britain crash out of the eu, one of the largest free trade areas and britain s largest trading partner. but more significant is the fact that whatever the views of the new tory leaders, the public that voted for brexit and would presumably support what would essentially be a new tory brexit party largely embrace a closed