Brexit Enters Its Meghan and Harry Phase
As Boris Johnson seeks his own independence from the court of Brussels, he’s going to have to make some serious compromises in the trade talks.
I want to break free.
Photographer: CHRIS JACKSON/AFPBrexit has felt a little like Meghan and Harry’s decision to stay linked to the Royal Family but “financially independent” of it. It has been hard to imagine what the new order will look like, but it’s obvious that getting there will be messy. As he seeks regulatory independence from the European Union, Boris Johnson (like the royal couple) will have to make some real trade-offs.
So far it’s been smooth sailing. The Brexit legislation that was a Sisyphean burden for his predecessor Theresa May for much of last year proved an easy lift Thursday with Johnson’s new parliamentary majority. The House of Lords may wag a few fingers (for example, protesting the clause that gives ministers the power to tell courts where they can depart from EU case law), but it won’t stand in the way of Britain’s Jan. 31 departure.