Finally Boris Johnson has become the Prime Minister of UK despite his many failings and set-backs. In fact the Prime Ministership was a gifted to him by Theresa May. She had mishandled the Brexit negotiations with EU and had wasted precious 3 years and then at the last moment cobbled up a withdrawal agreement which was thrice rejected by the parliament. Thereafter kept on extending unsuccessfully dates to re-negotiate the agreement with EU. Since Boris Johnson has now replaced her, he has openly said it is a ‘do or die’ and no ‘ifs and buts’ situation and he will definitely leave the EU on 31 October, 2019.
He has encountered EU resistance over Brexit plan, and they will not budge despite his threats and intimidations of no deal Brexit. Experts, the business community, opposition parties and even former Tory cabinet members say that no deal or hard Brexit will be devastating not only to UK and EU but also for the Irish economy. This means he will have to withdraw from EU without an agreement. Will British parliament agree to that proposition? He has also demolished the previous Theresa May’s cabinet and replaced it with a new cabinet with hard-line Brexiteers and hard-right warhawks. He is making big promises and talks about unifying the divided country but judging from his actions and utterances he is bringing divisions and polarisation by deepening the chasm.
At present he seems to be riding on his high horse and enjoying the intoxication of power, but time is not far when he will fall with a thump. He is following in the footsteps of his guru Donald Trump and that does not augur well.
Baldev Sharma
Rayners Lane, Harrow
