Dear God it has been bad. I am no fan of Boris and I worried all along that Brexit was left in his hands, but his fall has encouraged the prats no end. Take this:
Brexit was Johnson and Johnson was Brexit. Now that he has gone, Britain must think again
The disgraced former PM and our disastrous exit from the EU were umbilically linked. His fall presents a precious opportunity
Part of this, but not all of it, is about the lies that were integral to both Brexit and Johnson’s fall....lies about Brexit were also the reason why he got into No 10 in the first place. His political banishment and humiliation for one set of lies ought to call into question his earlier political coronation for a different set.these past few days are fundamentally about Brexit. Until recently, Brexit had become a taboo. It felt inevitable that a generation would have to pass before it was politically possible for a new form of relationship to be constructed with the EU that would undo the harm of the vote in 2016. Economic struggles, the challenges of climate and migration, and the war in Ukraine all make the need for that rebuilding more pressing. A steady shift in public opinion towards closer cooperation, followed by Johnson’s fall, now opens the door to a much more determined re-engagement....
the biggest lie that Johnson ever told, and the one that was most widely believed, was over Brexit. It has resulted in the largest piece of damage of the many he inflicted on the country. Johnson’s fall and unpopularity ought, therefore, to reopen Britain’s relationship with Europe. That is too big a question for this or any other future government to keep locked away in the too-difficult box. It is time, in other words, to take back control.
Pretty desperate stuff, indicated by the really sad links, even for a Graun journalist. They could never make up their mind if they hated Johnson more than Brexit, the upper-classes or the lower.
The symbolic nature of the whole thing is still clear -- what on earth would reopening the relationship with Europe actually mean? More free entry for European fruit pickers? Even cheaper strawberries (it's been a great crop this year). Purple passports again? Joining the Euro? More fees for the EC?
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