Boris Johnson won the general election of 2019 on the promise that he would get Brexit done. But it has not been done. Instead of stabilising, post-divorce relations are worsening. Not surprisingly, they are most fraught where the responsibilities remain shared. Fisheries are one such point of contention. But the most dangerous by far is Northern Ireland. Back in October 2019, Johnson declared he had reached a “great new deal”. Now he would like to tear it up. That is characteristic, alas. But it is dangerous not just for the UK, but also for the EU and wider west.
2019年，鮑里斯?約翰遜(Boris Johnson)依靠搞定脫歐的承諾贏得大選。但脫歐現在仍未搞定。“離婚后”的英歐關系不但沒有趨于穩定，反而在惡化。不出意料，雙方在責任仍要共享的地方關系最緊張。漁業就是這樣的沖突點之一。但最危險的是北愛爾蘭。2019年10月，約翰遜曾宣稱他達成了一份“偉大的新協議”。現在他想撕毀這份協議。這很有約翰遜特色。但這不僅對英國很危險，而且對歐盟和整個西方都很危險。