It’s not good news for the one-party communist state of Cuba – the favourite example of a ‘socialist paradise’ of the British left. Feted by Corbynistas and annoying students for years, it looks like the island is about to go the way of Venezuela…
Speaking to US media overnight President Trump said he would have the “honour” of “taking Cuba, in some form“. Sounds like a prelude to action…
Yesterday, in another example of socialist competence, the entire island had its power knocked out due to a ‘total failure’ of the energy grid. The US has ramped up its blockade on Cuba, it is running out of oil after Trump’s operation in Venezuela…
Few would mourn the demise of the communist regime which has oppressed the people of Cuba for decades. Except in the UK of course, keep your eyes peeled for the reaction…
In Henry Mance’s piece today for the FT, lunching with Nigel Farage:
“Splendido!” Farage says, when the drinks arrive; I suppose it’s a step to European reconciliation. We clink glasses, and he lights the first of two back-to-back Benson & Hedges. A few minutes later, we’re back downstairs. “Are you drinking? Good.” He orders a glass of Sauvignon blanc for each of us — not a bottle, “because it’s Lent” — followed by a bottle of claret, to have with our meal. They say Farage drinks less than he used to. They say a lot of things.”