to be Britain’s next prime minister is not a favourite in the rest of Europe. Newspapers have called his potential arrival calamitous. An editorial in France’shas said he would be fatal for Britain. Several commentators draw grim analogies with the arrival of Donald Trump in the White House.
Boris Johnson is, unsurprisingly, blamed for Brexit. As the highest-profile Leave campaigner, he draws flak for having lied to win the referendum in June 2016. He was also considered a terrible foreign secretary from July 2016 until he resigned two years later. His lack of diplomatic skill was evident in his talk of having his cake and eating it and his claim that thewanted to give Britain “punishment beatings…in the manner of some sort of world-war-two movie”.
The question now is whether he believes enough to meet the Brexit deadline. He talks blithely of renegotiating Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement, which Parliament has rejected three times, to take out the Irish backstop to avert a border in Ireland. He has promised that Britain will leave, deal or no deal, on October 31st, though in a debate this week he just called the deadline “eminently achievable”. He insists, against most evidence, that a no-deal Brexit is nothing to worry about.
How firm is the deadline? On the one hand, it has already been extended twice because nobody wanted no-deal, so the same could presumably happen again. On the other, there is growing exasperation all round the. Enrico Letta, a former Italian prime minister now at Sciences-Po in Paris, says several countries now see Brexit as a virus that could infect the entire system unless it is brought to an end.
The 'backstop' in boys' cricket stands behind the wicket keeper to guard the area at his rear. Though some Irish may view the English as their whilom muses, it's hard from the vantage point of America to perceive the English as Ireland's jolly knights astride their white steeds.
Can someone please explain the choice of this picture to illustrate that point
A clown for sure.
Who cares?
Simply a clown and lier. But will be fun to watch, how UK will tear itself apart if he gets elected.
Trump without a hairbrush.
zannymb TheHinduScience TIME theresa_may Well, they never really see my true self, then really. Fitti'g in was what was hampening. Clearly, I was a misfit.. missed TFI company and passion. Boris Johnson is post TFI if you notice. Brexit I am taking if UK Brexits.
It would be nice to see an article that actually maps out a positive outlook for the UK; one that promotes the virtues and strengths of this fantastic group of islands and her people, rather than the necessity of craven submission to the 'righteous & wonderful' EU.
Twinning- and not just in appearance
Not everyone do agree.
Sit back, relax and enjoy the show. 🇪🇺
Wow, all this economic and journalistic talent and that's a bold conclusion, sorry for the sarcasm but it has been pretty obvious how the Trump and Brexit (overall) have mirrored each other all along. Have a look at the lvl of disinformation, lies, violence, asymmetric standards.
Nobody cares what Europe thinks!
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