So, I Wonder About This People

I know some of you don't care, and you don't have to read this because, well, it is pretty specialized.

Great Britain has a new Prime Minister.

Boris Johnson, former Mayor of London, Eton and Oxford grad, he was a Literae Humaniores major or 'Greats' major while at university....( He studied Classics, or Greek/Latin and the Greek /Roman history)

He also looks like an extra from an old Three Stooges flix.  

Johnson was chosen as leader of the UK by about .25% of the population of Britain.

And Britain is looking at leaving their economic union and to a lesser extent with the rest of Europe by October 31st. ( Or what is called Brexit)

The trouble is this, presently, there is a free flow of commerce between Britain and the other 27 nations of the European Union ( EU)....and the British are concerned, if there is no economic deal to leave, there will be a shortage of food, prescription medicine and other good.

Right now, there are no tariffs.  And there is a deal that the EU has offered to keep economics open with the British.

Trouble is, many people who want to break with the EU, want a clean break, no treaty, no ties with the EU....." We'll make trade agreements later" is what they think.

Trouble is and this is confusing, the United Kingdom is  in reality 4 nations, joined into one. England, N. Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.

Two of the nations, Scotland and N. Ireland, voted against the Brexit. And both hate the idea there would no longer be ties with the EU, especially the Scottish( And to be honest farmers in Wales are not thrilled either, they may lose 92% of their business, as that is where 92% of their good wind up.)

Scotland already has had a vote to break and become their own nation in the last 5 years( It failed 55% stay to 45% independence), and Brexit I believe will cause a second vote for Scottish Independence.

Yesterday Boris Johnson was booed in Scotland. 

Northern Ireland the same. The North remained part of the UK mainly due to the fear held by Protestants....And then there is the entire idea of an "No Irish Backstop" and losing the free movement from N. Ireland into the Republic of Ireland. That was part of the deal to stop the fighting ( The Troubles) between the Catholics and Protestants in N. Ireland...You for now, can drive from the Rep. of Ireland to N. Ireland, 2 different nations without a passport. We know, we did so. We did not know when we entered N. Ireland. ( We were on a back highway, sort of like FM 253.) And the road from Belfast to Dublin was marked " Welcome to Ireland" as we returned.

This leaving the EU, unless it is done right, is going to upset a lot of people not in England proper.

Prediction:

In 5 years Scotland will be an independent nation. And probably N. Ireland will join the southern part of Ireland. ( It might take 10 years for Ireland)

UK will be England and Wales.....