Sunday 28 April 2019

Why North Korea Now Matters

South Korea needs gas. Russia has it.

Donald Trump wants to his dynasty to supply the world with coal deep into the twenty-second century. North Korea has that coal. Trump also wants his name on an hotel in Pyongyang, just because.

And China wants both South Korea and Japan on the Belt and Road, while they in turn want to be on it.

Kim Jong-un knows all of this, and he is not afraid to use that knowledge, any more than we would be if we were in a similar situation.

North Korea now matters. A lot.

It is a different question how many people in the House of Commons understand any of this. Another hung Parliament is coming, however, and we need our people to hold the balance of power in it.

It has become a local commonplace that I am on 30-30-30 with Labour and the Conservatives here at North West Durham, so that any one of us could be the First Past the Post.

I will stand for this seat, if I can raise the £10,000 necessary to mount a serious campaign. Please email davidaslindsay@hotmail.com. Very many thanks.

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