Tuesday, 15 May 2018 14:57

Reality check

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Last month we saw Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern swanning around Europe having cosy chats with the three big M’s -- Macron, May and Merkel, as well as British Royalty.

However, the Hound suggests nice smiles at press conference podiums and beautiful photos of Maori cloaks is very different from the reality and angst that exists in many European capitals, notably Dublin, London and Brussels, over Brexit. So it’s a joke that NZ’s lamestream media excitedly reported that the Commonwealth, of all organisations, could soon negotiate an FTA with the EU and Britain. Though the EU and NZ could, possibly, think about negotiations on an FTA, actual negotiations for such a deal are years away at best.

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