British officials expressed relief that Prime Minister Boris Johnson was included in President-elect Joe Biden’s first round of calls with foreign leaders. Some had feared his steadfast promotion of Brexit might put him at the back of the line nyti.ms
Brexit split the country into a polarized state in which facts relating to nearly any subject, from health care to foreign policy, were reduced to props in arguments for leaving or remaining. This legacy of distrust endured as the pandemic emerged. nyti.ms