Stradageek wrote: ↑1 Jul 2022, 9:12am
So it takes one man (Putin) to cause international chaos by starting a war (just to bolster his ego and prove to himself how important he is), another, (Trump) to cripple women's rights for the next 40 years by installing his right wing cronies in the Supreme Court and another (Johnson) to destroy the British economy just to get himself elected to the role of Prime Minister that he (and he alone) has always felt he deserved.
"The UK's trade performance has fallen to its worst level since records began in 1955, placing pressure on the falling value of the pound even further, the Financial Times reports. The paper says the "weak performance" of exports and a significant growth in imports
"highlight the economic effects of Brexit" on the economy."
When will people see that a 'strong leader' is just a disaster waiting to happen and instead bring in the representative democracy that the rest of Europe enjoys
While I agree with some of what you are saying, Boris did not bring about the Brexit referendum result. All sorts of things did, going back a decade or more. Boris's main contribution was getting Brexit over the line when he became PM, with the NI fudge. Prior to the Brexit referendum campaign, all Boris was to most of us was this comical bloke who, for some reason, the folk in London (a distant place) had chosen as mayor, and who appeared on Have I Got News For You occasionally. He had no cred with me. What little I knew of him gave me no reason to think I should listen to him.
I might add that if there is one good thing to say about him, it is that he has given Ukraine some decent backing since the Russian invasion started. Better than most European states. The UK is second only to the USA in military support for Ukraine. So even Boris can get something right. Maybe down to the chimpanzee with a pencil principle, but there we are.