Paul. We are where we are as my US friends would say so, yes, we will be leaving the EU. However, as I've noted elsewhere, Johnson does have to contend with a Scotland and Northern Ireland that are now essentially biased towards remaining in the EU and nationalism. I'm not sure how he will do that, particularly if there is a customs border of some sort between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Possibly, as I believe Johnson is at heart pro European and with his new majority he can to some ignore the ERG and Farage - and he needs to build bridges with just under 50% of the UK, we'll end up with a softer Brexit during next year's negotiations; to be honest, I'm not sure, but then would Brexit really be worth the rules without the participation? Mind you, I was joking with a friend last night who lived in the US for a couple of decades and is now a British expat in France - what does one call England and Wales? Little Britain? Or perhaps we revert to Roman Britain: at least Rome over engineered Hadrian's Wall so we can reinstate it when Scotland joins Schengen and the Euro!
Michael Ixer ● 2524d