The Tory landslide is good news for Britain for 3 different reasons
1) It buries Corbyn and his clique. The problem Remainers had with casting a tactical vote for the Liberals was that, in a hung parliament, Corbyn would have survived as a vital power-broker in blocking no deal. Thus, to kill Corbyn and rescue the Labor Party from virtue signalling middle class cretins, well off Remainers as well as the Northern working class had to hold their nose and vote for bumbling Bo Jo.
2) If buries the DUP and the Liberals- both are historical anachronisms and should just fuck off and die already. It also means the Scottish Labor and Tory parties are going to become increasingly independent. Hopefully, it would be in the interest of England and Wales to reduce Scottish representation at Westminster in return for fiscal independence for Scotland. Assuming England and Wales go down a Free Trade route, the pressure would be on Europe because it would be difficult for them to refuse membership to an independent Scotland- in other words there is a bargaining chip of a negative kind here.
3) Bumbling Bo Jo will have to be a roi faineant because Tory knives are already out for him. They are a ruthless bunch. One bumble too many and he will be out on his arse. He is seen as a cartoonish figure whose great utility lay in his being able to kill off another cartoonish figure- Nigel Farage. There's enough dirt on him to get him to go quietly so he really is an ideal figure head.
I was Remain but- like the rest of the country, have had to accept that Brexit is here to stay. Bo Jo has a good majority and has a better hand to play with Europe thanks to his ruthless stab in the back of the unlovable DUP.
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