The British government is in crisis, again. Enter Trump, stage right, again

Trump says he likes things ‘nice and complicated’ – well, in that case, he couldn’t be coming to Britain at a better time. Theresa May’s newly hatched soft Brexit plan, announced on Friday, has triggered two major resignations from her cabinet and another political crisis in Britain. David Davis, the Brexit Secretary, went late last night. Then Boris Johnson, the Foreign Secretary followed early this afternoon. Westminster is now alive with whispers of an imminent leadership coup; the Tory party looks hopelessly divided, the political system unable to cope. We may even have another general election, the third in four years.  

Enter Trump, stage right. He must be licking his lips. The Donald is like a moon to the Brexit tide – there’s some eerie connection, some spooky gravitational pull, between his presidency and British politics. The last time he came to the UK, it was the day after the Brexit vote, and Britain’s political class began committing hari-kari.