Friday, December 13, 2019

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 13, 2019



DW: What happens with Brexit after Boris Johnson's victory?

Boris Johnson will command an absolute majority in the House of Commons, giving him the votes to push through his Brexit divorce deal. But this is just a first step, and the UK might still crash out of the EU.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson recorded a resounding victory in the UK snap election and cleared the way for his version of the Brexit divorce deal. Backed by an absolute majority, Johnson is likely to once again present the exit bill to the House of Commons in the coming weeks.

The assembly is virtually guaranteed to vote for the proposal and allow the UK to leave on January 31.

Thus, the UK will officially be out of the EU — but the messy divorce procedure will be far from over.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 13, 2019

How Boris Johnson's election gamble paid off -- Elizabeth Piper, Reuters

What Will Boris Johnson's Majority Mean for Brexit? -- Anand Menon, Guardian

Johnson’s Smashing Win Heralds a New Toryism -- James Forsyth, Spectator

Joe Biden and his allies are seizing on the left's crushing defeat in the UK as proof that only a centrist can beat Trump -- Business Insider

Why Boris Johnson’s Victory and Impeachment Could Augur a Trump Triumph in 2020 -- Jacob Heilbrunn, National Interest

In four years as the Washington bureau chief, I watched Donald Trump explode the limits of what a politician can get away with -- Zoe Daniel, ABC News Online

Understanding Iran’s Nuclear Escalation Strategy -- Eric Brewer and Ariane Tabatabai, War On The Rocks

Trump’s Iran strategy is working. Here’s why -- Saeed Ghasseminejad, FOX News

Lessons to Be Learned from the Afghanistan Papers -- James Carroll, New Yorker

Looking Through the Eyes of North Korea: Gaming Out Kim Jong-Un's Coming 'Provocation' -- Daniel R. DePetris, National Interest

‘The Lady’ is a liar: Suu Kyi’s genocide whitewash -- Phelim Kine, Asia Times

How Mexico's leftist president quietly made peace with big business -- Dave Graham, Reuters

3 Key Changes in the New NAFTA -- Amanda Countryman, The Conversation

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

“They’re standing there, President Trump is holding court. And he says, ‘Oh, by the way, no pressure.’ And you saw President Zelensky shaking his head as if his daughter was downstairs in the basement, duct-taped,

Hank "Guam will flip over" Johnson (D)*


* D stands for Democrat or Dumb. Same thing really.


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