A triumph of dogged negotiation by May then, briefly, Johnson, has fulfilled the most pointless, masochistic ambition ever dreamed of in the history of these islands. We also learned that the UK, not the EU, opted for our maroon rather than patriotic blue passports. The Brexit leadership and the leader of the opposition were always in a hurry to start article 50’s two-year stopwatch. The lesson of our nation’s history these past centuries is plain: turmoil in continental Europe will draw us into bloody conflicts. Its champion is Johnson’s Vote Leave cabinet whose monument will forever be a special kind of smirk, perfected back in the days of the old Soviet Union.

Source: The Guardian February 01, 2020 06:00 UTC