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Tom McTague, The Atlantic: Britain’s Political Chaos Shows Everything Is Okay
The country’s unwritten constitution is being stretched to its limit, but is still in place—for now.
Boris Johnson has been defeated in Parliament, the first loss of his brief premiership—on his first vote. His government has no majority, members of Parliament are trying to legally stop the government from carrying out its stated agenda, and Johnson is shutting down the legislature for five weeks at the very moment of Britain’s gravest postwar political crisis. All the while, legal challenges are being lodged against the government, and Conservatives are being thrown out of the ruling party en masse or literally crossing the House of Commons floor to defect.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 4, 2019
Brexit: United Kingdom needs to hit restart button to break free of political quagmire -- Samantha Hawley, ABC News Online
No, Boris Johnson isn't defeated -- Monica Showalter, American Thinker
Hezbollah-Israel tension heightens fear of conflict -- Kersten Knipp, DW
Hook, Line and Sinker: The State Department's Iran Hand Steps Up the Pressure on Tehran -- Matthew Petti, National Interest
A US-Iran deal may play a role in Israel's election and Netanyahu's future -- Dov S. Zakheim, The Hill
The Terrible Dilemma at the Heart of American Policy in Afghanistan and Syria -- David French, NRO
The Afghan 'peace' deal will not bring peace to the Afghan people -- Sahar Halaimzai & Horia Mosadiqi, Al Jazeera
Trump Should Reject His Envoy’s Deal With the Taliban -- Bloomberg
The Afghanistan War Is Over, and Pakistan Has Won -- Michael Rubin, National Interest
Japan-South Korea dispute shows no signs of abating -- Julian Ryall, DW
Moment of truth approaching for Trump’s trade war -- Nile Bowie, Asia Times
The Two Ticking Time Bombs of the Coming US Election -- Conrad Black, American Greatness
The Impeachment Summer That Wasn’t -- Russell Berman, The Atlantic
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