May, Brexit and Gibraltar. Whitehouse dismisses own climate change report

Internal politics in Spain meant that it raised concerns about Gibraltar ebing tied in to the Withdrawal Agreement between the UK and the EU, to be signed off by the Eu tomorrow, Sunday. In the past (as far back as Dec 2017) the EU had agreed that Gibraltars future was to be decided in negotiations between the UK and Spain. There was therefore frustration that the point had been raised as a potential for Spain to not agree to the EU part of the deal tomorrow.

Last minute talks between Theresa May, Juncker and  officials on both sides led to a confirmation from the UK that Gibraltar would not necessarily be covered by a future trade deal with the EU.

Politically, however, voices in the UK are arguing that the Prime Minister has caved in to demands from the EU again, putting her under pressure She continues to face considerable opposition to her withdrawal deal with the EU from all UK political corners.

So there is already talk that, whilst the EU 27 will agree to the Withdrawal agreement tomorrow, they are also preparing a plan B in case the UK parliament votes against the agreement in a fortnight. The Prime Minister is taking her call for support for the agreement directly to the public.

President Trump pardoned the traditional Turkey on thanksgiving and also comes to an agreement with the Mexicans about the caravan of thousands of refugees that are at teh Mexico-US border. They will be kept in Mexico, whist their asylum/immigration applications are processed.

All this has taken the focus away from the major part 2 of a significant federal multi-departmental report on climate change that concluded that the US would suffer significantly (shrinking the economy and costing hundreds of billions of dollars by the end of the century) because of climate change. Reality avoiding President Trump and the Whitehouse downplayed the report. Their strategy of burying the item appears to have worked.