Hope and glory
As Britain faces economic instability, it is vital the nation realises Theresa May is the best bet for No 10 — and fast
WE believe Theresa May is the best bet for Prime Minister.
But her Cabinet supporters must learn from the referendum that relentless negative campaigning won’t work.
It will not be enough for one May ally after another to rubbish her rival Andrea Leadsom’s inexperience.
Brexit voters tuned out the endless apocalyptic warnings of Project Fear.
Tory members voting to install our new PM won’t buy into Project Fear 2 either.
Yes, Ms May’s competence and experience will be big considerations.
As will whether she is more electable by the wider public in 2020 than Mrs Leadsom.
But it is crucial Ms May shows a desire to see Brexit through — and a sunny optimism about our golden new opportunity to trade with the big wide world outside the declining Brussels tariff club.
Yes, she backed Remain.
But she must quickly now set out a firm plan for leaving the EU.
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Indeed it is vital the rest of the country beyond the 150,000 Tory members hears that too.
It is scandalous we have been left treading water since the referendum — with David Cameron winding down to retirement — and will still do so until September 9 when the new PM is named.
Uncertainty is feeding economic instability.
It is vital to limit the damage by ending that as fast as possible.
Dozens of MPs are now lobbying to shorten the leadership race substantially and we agree.
The Tory Party apparently wants to spend a leisurely summer pondering Britain’s future.
But appointing a new PM is urgent.
It cannot be allowed to drag on so long.
Race horror
A SNIPER slaughtering police officers as a race protest is an act of monstrous evil.
So is a white cop apparently executing a black man arrested for a minor offence — or reaching for his ID after a routine traffic stop.
How do apparently racist officers who kill so casually ever get on the force in the States?
And why, eight years after it elected its first black President, does America’s racial divide still show no signs of narrowing?
The spike in racist incidents here since the referendum is depressing.
But even those vile attacks are minor compared with the atrocities in parts of America — a country with 300 million guns, too much crime and too many trigger-happy cops.
Come on Britain
IF you have anything planned for tomorrow away from a TV, best cancel it now.
The Euro 2016 final, Lewis Hamilton in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone . . . and Muzza once more on the brink of Wimbledon glory.
Tempers are short at the moment. Let’s unite tomorrow and cheer on Britain.