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Thursday, June 30, 2016

Another British Shake Up

It's been quite a week for the Brits.  First, they voted for Brexit.  Then prime minister David Cameron resigned.  Then leader of the Labour party Jeremy Corbyn lost a vote of no confidence from the Labour members of parliament.  Corbyn's loss was massive; he got less than one quarter of the vote.  Nevertheless, Corbyn announced that he would not resign but would stay and fight.  (We will see how long that position holds.) Today, Boris Johnson, the Tory MP and former mayor of London who led the push for Brexit announced that he would NOT seek to be the prime minister.  That move by Johnson was completely unexpected.  As of now, the most likely new leader of the Tories will be either Michael Gove who pushed for Brexit or Theresa May who campaigned for the UK to remain in the EU.

WOW!  It's almost as good as Game of Thrones.

 

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