They had the jawbone of an ass to lead them and the Philistines won this one. Boris Johnson proved he is an ass and he led the Brits down a path they should never have followed.
But it is a path the English and the Welsh might travel, without the Scots or the people of Ulster taking part. The ass has torn apart the United Kingdom and centuries of history. He has likely rebuilt Hadrian’s Wall (along the border of Scotland) and restored the Emerald Isle to its united destiny.
But like his friend Donald Trump, he did it with lies and evasion. He talked incessantly about getting Brexit done without discussing the implications. It was as though he had no understanding of what he was asking people to do.
One can only wonder at what the English-speaking world is becoming? With Johnson in the United Kingdom, Trump in the United States and people such as Ontario’s Doug Ford emerging in Canada. Where are we headed but downhill?
All of them are posing as conservatives and none of them could explain the basics of conservative philosophy. They use bluster for facts, slogans for rhetoric, lies for promises and smears for their opponents.
But even worse are the conservative Templars who protect them. These conservative shock troops of lawyers, government relations professionals and communications specialists form symbiotic relationships with these populists, feeding their egos and feasting off the business-benefits they obtain for them and their clients. The pro-big business and pro-development smaller, nonintrusive government attitude of the Trump-Johnson-Ford ilk are highly profitable for these inner circles.
In a hastily-called election, two-years before it was due, Johnson played a virtuoso tune on the opposition. He read the labour fatigue outside of London and drove at the anger with thousands of Facebook ads. Those ads had little to do with facts and fed misconceptions and anger. His trade off was that he might bring down the United Kingdom. He now has to fight the separation of Ulster and Scotland.
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