Boris Johnson Love Bombs the Other Union
As Brexit pulls the United Kingdom apart, the prime minister is struggling to keep it together.
Princes Street in Edinburgh.
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One of the first things Boris Johnson did as prime minister was to give himself a new title: Minister of the Union. That’s a laugh, say many Scots. They suspect the move is aimed at appeasing traditionalists in what is still, officially at least, the Conservative and Unionist Party.
Brexit has big constitutional implications beyond the parliamentary wrangles to come over leaving the European Union: It could lead to the breakup of the United Kingdom. An opinion poll published this week showed Scots are, for the first time in two years, in favor of independence from England.