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Boris Johnson loses Parliamentary majority, faces Brexit showdown
Britain's Parliament returns from its summer recess and is facing a titanic showdown over Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plans to leave the European Union. Here's what we know:
● Johnson has lost his majority in Parliament, with the defection of Conservative Phillip Lee to the Liberal Democrats.
● The opposition, including members of Johnson's party, is seeking to pass legislation to delay Brexit.
● Johnson has said that if his foes succeed he will call early elections.
List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by length of tenure
#54: George Canning, 119 days (1827)
#55: Boris Johnson, 40 days (Incumbent) (2019)
See also: Brexit: Tory MP defects ahead of crucial no-deal vote
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by sjames on Wednesday September 04 2019, @08:12AM (5 children)
Kinda like when a child "runs away from home" for half an hour or so (to the back yard, generally) because he wants ice cream instead of peas, only to discover that the back yard offers neither ice cream nor peas? Only in this case, they discover that the locks are changed and the porch light is off after the half hour?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 04 2019, @09:05AM
More like when an adult gets married, then decides to get a divorce, then realizes that their spouse walks the dog and buys the groceries. Oh no! Now we're going to have to do that all ourselves? We'll be ruined. Ruined, I tell you. Wait... she gets the dog? All good then.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 04 2019, @07:24PM (3 children)
Britain ruled the world before. Your "child" talk has no connection to reality.
If any country has shown themselves to be capable of navigating themselves on the seas of nations, it would be the UK.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 04 2019, @08:17PM
Any amounts of wishful thinking can not bring back neither the long-gone people, nor the long-gone economic situation.
(Score: 1) by Akemi Homura on Thursday September 05 2019, @01:53AM
And do you forget what has changed since Britain ruled the world? It has been nearly a century. There was no global communications infrastructure, no routine international travel in the span of hours or days, and most countries were Iron-Age or early Industrial-Age at best. Britain was also horrendously cruel to many of its colonies. Why do you wish to recreate these times of suffering and ignorance?
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus
(Score: 3, Insightful) by sjames on Thursday September 05 2019, @05:45AM
I might buy that if they had something like preparation or a plan. Apparently, the current 'plan' being pushed is "no need for a plan, pack nothing, just start walking".
It's going to be hard to navigate anything when the maps, compass, and sextant have been left behind. And you better believe there will be a morale problem when the crew finds out that there are no rations and worse, no rum.