While Prime Minister Boris Johnson continues to exude positivity on all fronts, those opposed to Brexit seem to have allied themselves with anyone who has anything bad to say about him or his approach to "Life, the Universe and Everything".
Not long ago, the BBC assembled an appalling gaggle of establishment flunkies who were asked their opinions of Mr Johnson's actions and future. Unsurprisingly, they were hostile and proceeded to deride him, indicating that the sooner he was gone from office, the better. These people, among them a former Black Rod, derided Johnson as a 'populist' first and foremost and appeared to ignore the fact that ALL modern political leaders are exactly that, Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron and Silvio Berlusconi foremost amongst them, though not forgetting that Jeremy Corbyn has a substantial 'populist' following and has made appearances at pop concerts and festivals. Exactly what is meant by 'populist' is also rather unclear, although it is clearly intended as a term of abuse towards right wing political figures.
Since then, while Mr Johnson has concentrated on politics and, in particular, getting Brexit implemented, the media seems to have been far more interested in digging up and publicising whatever dirt it can find to throw at him, however ancient and however debateable. Former Prime Minister David Cameron has aided this process through the publication of his memoirs in which he throws dollops of mud at Johnson, Gove and other Brexiteers, and there have also been allegations of sexual impropriety from women who suddenly seem to have remembered events from anything up to 20 years ago. The rule seems to be that anything goes when it comes to trying to prevent Brexit and destroy Boris Johnson.
At the same time, MPs appear unable to agree on what they should be doing. Reassembled now that the prorogation has been deemed illegal by the Supreme Court (God knows how they arrived at this judgement) some are wittering about votes of no confidence and forming a government of national unity with a remit of effectively preventing Brexit; how any such government could bear the soubriquet 'national unity' is a mystery, given that it's main function would be to ride roughshod over the expressed view of the 52% of the electorate who voted to leave the European Union. Fortunately, such a move seems unlikely to come to fruition as Jeremy Corbyn is both reluctant to risk a general election and determined to be the next Prime Minister, which none of the other opposition parties appear to accept as an option. And so we trundle on.
While the forces of 'Remain' continue to be destructive at home, the European Union appears to be content to throw cold water on almost every suggestion of a way forward that emanates from the UK government. The Irish leadership, principally represented by the lugubrious Simon Coveney, rejects every alternative to the dreaded "Backstop" out of hand and almost before the details are known, while the rest of the EU supremoes simply utter banalities. It is clear that, as far as the European Union and Irish government are concerned, there is no alternative to the "Backstop" and they are relying on this to ensure that Brexit is ultimately prevented, 'No Deal' having been effectively outlawed by the UK parliament.
Where, and when will it all end ? Will the UK leave the EU on 31st October as Prime Minister Johnson continues to insist will happen, will there be yet another extension to the Article 50 arrangement, or will Brexit never happen at all ? All I know is that British democracy is all but dead and the European dictatorship remains determined to have its way.
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