Boris Johnson is not loved, but he seems likely to win. “This is a transactional election,” said Andrew Gimson, who wrote an early biography of Mr. Johnson. “People are voting for Boris to get Brexit done, not because they love the Conservative Party.” nyti.ms
One of Boris Johnson's billionaire leadership backers was, as early as July, urging the prime-minister-to-be to prorogue parliament to force Brexit. buff.ly
Matteo Salvini seems to have underestimated a large hurdle to early elections: an Italian parliamentary system that makes America’s Electoral College look elementary and the angling around Brexit seem the stuff of babes nyti.ms by @jasondhorowitz
Matteo Salvini seems to have underestimated one rather large hurdle to early elections, an Italian parliamentary system that makes America’s Electoral College look elementary and the angling around Brexit seem the stuff of babes. nyti.ms by @jasondhorowitz
"Boris Johnson is not even trying to run the country, or to negotiate or pass a Brexit deal. He is purely and simply running a campaign team for an early election from 10 Downing Street" buff.ly
With the possibility of a general election looming, a local Welsh vote is an early litmus test of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s tough line on Brexit on.wsj.com
Brexiteers are getting their excuses in early as tests are carried out to determine how much lorry congestion there will be after Brexit. theneweuropean.co.uk
Devoid of bombast and uninterested in personal power, Mrs. May could have been the perfect messenger for a Brexit compromise. But secrecy and an early focus on satisfying hard-Brexiters may have been her undoing. nyti.ms
Devoid of bombast and uninterested in personal power, Mrs. May could have been the perfect messenger for a Brexit compromise. But secrecy and an early focus on satisfying hard-Brexiters may have been her undoing. nyti.ms
