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Boris Johnson cometió un terrible error: se disculpó

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La etapa de Boris Johnson como primer ministro ha llegado finalmente a su desenlace.

El martes por la tarde, dos de las figuras más importantes en su gobierno —el ministro de Finanzas, Rishi Sunak, y el secretario de Sanidad, Sajid Javid— dimitieron en un lapso de pocos minutos, seguidos rápidamente por varios diputados, viceministros y asistentes parlamentarios. El miércoles, las cosas fueron a peor: la cascada de dimisiones desembocó en un encuentro extraordinario en el número 10 de Downing Street, residencia oficial del primer ministro. Allí se congregó un grupo de miembros de su gobierno que le pidió a Johnson que dimitiera.…  Seguir leyendo »

Amber Heard in court in Fairfax, Virginia, on 18 May 2022. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/AFP/Getty Images

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The backlash to the #MeToo movement was always coming. We know this because a backlash has followed every single step forward feminists have ever made. This backlash was always going to be big, too. Not only did #MeToo threaten a status quo that props up powerful men, it threatened these men personally, and – as it seemed to some – with reckless caprice.

“If somebody can be brought down by accusations like this”, a White House lawyer said shortly after Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations against Brett Kavanaugh were made public, “then you, me, every man certainly should be worried”.

It wasn’t just men who were worried.…  Seguir leyendo »

Did Boris Johnson Just Break Parliament?

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To understand what happened in British politics on Wednesday, it’s perhaps useful to turn to the workings of a popular game show, “Mornington Crescent,” that has been on the radio here for several decades now.

“Mornington Crescent” is, on the face of it, a complex strategy game. In it, players take turns announcing stations along London’s transport routes — the aim is to be the first to get to Mornington Crescent, a tube station on the northern line. It’s a raucous affair — as players exclaim loudly at particularly good moves by their opponents, and cheer when someone wins. They reminisce lovingly about games past.…  Seguir leyendo »

Theresa May, the British prime minister, after speaking with the news media upon arrival at a European Union summit meeting in Brussels on Thursday. Credit Alastair Grant/Associated Press

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I’ve recently been struck by how much following British politics reminds me of watching “Lost,” the long-running TV series from the early 2000s. The show was about a group of plane-crash survivors and was built on a bewildering structure of flashbacks, flash-forwards and, by Season 6, flash-sidewayses. It featured mysterious number sequences, a “smoke monster” and constant references to the philosophers of the early Enlightenment, the significance of which you later had to trawl internet discussion forums to understand.

The tone was one of desperate urgency, and every episode ended on a cliffhanger. There were about 400 important characters. If you missed a week, it was almost impossible to catch up, but somehow nothing really changed throughout the show’s 121 episodes.…  Seguir leyendo »