The political drama that is unfolding in Britain is a reminder that reality does not go away when you stop believing in it. Like everywhere else in the West, the Brits have been on a long holiday from reality. Maybe the correct way to put it is that it was reality that was on an extended vacation. Regardless, reality is back in Britain and the political class now finds itself in a crisis.
The crisis started with the systematic undermining of Boris Johnson by the media and members of his own party. The truth is the British political class all opposed Brexit, but some found it useful as a political tool. Johnson was one of the latter and he has never been forgiven for it. The people who are actually in charge decided to use the Covid scandal as a way to exact some revenge.
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