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Why Brexit Matters
Most US citizens are vaguely aware of something called Brexit only because Trump has praised that “man of the people” the UK Prime Minister Alexander Boris de Pfeffer Johnson for doing “a great job” despite losing an unprecedented six separate votes on major legislation in the UK Parliament.
In normal times, a single loss in Parliament would automatically trigger the Prime Minister’s resignation but just like Trump, Johnson cares only about preserving himself even at the cost of destroying his own country.
Furthermore, Johnson then attempted to neuter Parliament by shutting it down so he could ignore it entirely. This action was ruled illegal by the British Supreme Court but Johnson has simply said the Court was wrong to say that he committed a crime.
Doubtless we shall see many petty criminals henceforth employ the “Johnson defense” and state that no Court can convict them because Courts are just “wrong” when you don’t agree with their rulings. This does sound rather like Trump as well, doesn’t it?
Although Johnson is bound by legislation to request an extension of the Brexit process if he can’t get a deal through Parliament by 19th October (and there’s no chance of this whatsoever) he continues to state that he will take the UK out of the EU on 31st October by ignoring this law entirely. For Johnson just as for Trump, laws are for…
