incoming UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson at Conservative Party headquarters, London, July 23, 2019 (Leon Neal/AFP/Getty)
In our latest Week in Review, talkRADIO’s Paul Ross and I devote the 15 minutes to the UK’s Brexit future as Boris Johnson — celebrity politician, plagiarist, serial cheater, and teller of untruths — becomes Prime Minister.
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Is there any prospect of avoiding the No Deal departure from the European Union which Johnson has promised?
We discuss the timetable before the October 31, likely to include a Constitutional crisis, and the other issues — housing, education, health care, and transport — which could be part of a General Election. Even before that, there is the prospect of a rebellion within the Conservative Party, including departing Ministers, against Johnson.
There’s also a reminder, as Donald Trump praises “Britain Trump”, how the Trump camp worked with Johnson to get him into 10 Downing Street: “They think Johnson will weaken the European Union and break it up as a rival to the US.”
We close with a look at how the UK, now with Johnson nominally at the helm, is dealing with tensions with Iran after the seizure of a UK-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz.
