The outrageous oaf that is Jean Claude Juncker is the epitome of why Brits chose to leave the EU
WHAT the preposterous oaf Jean-Claude Juncker says about Brexit should be of zero significance to anyone, especially this side of the Channel.
He is a habitual liar who typifies the Brussels arrogance that fuelled the Brexit vote.
So when he says our Government’s position is unsatisfactory, who cares?
Sadly, some seem to.
Diehard Remainers desperate to reverse Brexit or see it fail seize on Juncker’s every self-serving snippet as “evidence” of our Government’s failings.
But what else would he say?
That he has never encountered a negotiating strategy so meticulously constructed?
We do have a couple of reservations of our own — not least that our team didn’t think Brexit talks urgent enough to disrupt their Bank Holiday.
But what we’ve seen from them so far has looked eminently reasonable.
Unlike the childish, posturing amateurs in Brussels briefing endlessly against them.
Pull the plug
NORTH Korea won’t commit suicide by starting a nuclear war.
Kim Jong-un is weird and evil but not entirely crazy.
But he cannot continue menacing millions around the world with missiles.
The Chinese talk about getting tough on Kim but never do. That must change.
They must be persuaded that enforcing proper sanctions, if necessary starving North Korea of essentials until its leader sees reason, can keep the world safe and has to trump its self-interest.
America and China uniting in a common cause is the only route out of this crisis.
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It's indefensible
ONLY Britain would give terrorists a free pass while interrogating army veterans in their 80s over incidents four decades ago.
So we back Tory MP Richard Benyon’s call for them to resist this politically-driven witch-hunt by the MoD.
Killings by the Army during the Troubles have already been exhaustively investigated, while many IRA murders remain unsolved.
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon must scrap the probe now.
Fruit loops
SCIENTISTS told us five fruit and veg portions a day was no longer enough — that we needed ten.
Months later, others say that’s twaddle.
Similarly, our Governments warned us for decades to cut out fat.
Now a huge study concludes that pasta and bread are the enemy and we need more butter.
We do know this: fretting about contradictory diet edicts WILL shorten your life.
Our advice? Have whatever you fancy, in strict moderation.
Double at weekends.