The Johnson Dilemma: To Save or Sink Britain

By:Kayhan Int’l
  
Benjamin Disraeli was the only British prime minister of Jewish birth, but was raised as an Anglican since his father Isaac, the British-born son of a migrant Jew from Italy, had left Judaism and become a Christian. 
Little did the imperialists in London knew that a century-and-a-half after the premiership was entrusted to Disraeli – despised by the right-honourable gentlemen’ as a person of Semitic stock – Britain would elect a prime minister of Turkish Muslim origin.
Though a self-confessed atheist with no faith in Christianity, Boris Johnson happens to be the grandson of Osman Ali, the British-born son of Ottoman writer and diplomat Ali Kemal, who after the death of his Anglo-Saxon wife returned to Istanbul, entrusting his son to the boy’s maternal grandparents who christened him Wilfred Johnson (the father of Boris’s father Stanley).
Johnson, like Disraeli, is a member of the Conservative Party, and although he is friendly with Turkish president Rajab Tayyeb Erdoghan, supported Ankara’s invasion of northern Syria, and shares family ties with his second cousin Selim Kuneralp, Turkey’s ambassador to South Korea, we are not sure whether Boris feels proud in defending his Ottoman roots the way Benjamin did in the late 19th century when in reply to a taunt by Irish political leader, Daniel O’Connell, he famously said:
"The ancestors of the right honourable gentleman were brutal savages in an unknown island, while mine were priests in the temple of Solomon.”
Anyway, on Thursday in the general elections the Conservative Party beat Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party by a wide margin of votes, but not before Johnson faced horrors in his own constituency of Uxbridge from 25-year old Ali Reza Milani, a naturalized British citizen of Iranian stock born in Tehran.
Analysts opine that Milani who garnered over 18,000 votes compared to 25,000 polled by Johnson, lost because of the Israeli factor, which plays a decisive role in elections in Europe, and had propagandized this practicing Muslim youngster’s remarks a few years ago during an interview with Press TV: "Israel doesn’t have the right to exist”.
Now it remains to be seen, how Johnson who as foreign minister had opposed his friend US President Donald Trump’s relocation of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to the occupied Islamic city of Bayt al-Moqaddas, and questioned the latter’s unilateral breach of JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action) on Iran’s nuclear rights, will steer the ship of Britain through the choppy seas of West Asia, where the chronic question of Palestine still persists, where the British Prime Minister shamelessly supports Saudi Arabia’s war crimes in Yemen by refusing to block arms sales to the regime in Riyadh, and where in the Persian Gulf waters, he has made the unwise decision of assisting American lawlessness against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
At home, the former London Mayor known for his gaffes, faces serious challenges that could bring down his government well before the 5-year term.
Johnson who cruised to victory in the third general election held in Britain in an matter of only five years, largely by assuring that the United Kingdom will leave the European Union in a matter of months, would find it difficult to preserve the unity of the kingdom, since his party has failed to fare well in Scotland where the pro-Europeans led by Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon of the Scottish National Party (SNP), are calling for complete independent from England.
It is a tough test for a person known for his lack of political insight and refusal to grant the right of referendum to the Scottish people. He might succeed in his Brexit bid with no proper plans to halt the declining trend of the national economy, but would have to use enormous pressure, if not military might, similar to the situation in Northern Ireland, in order to prevent Scotland’s possible exit from the United Kingdom.
SNP has won almost every seat in Scotland in last Thursday’s elections, which Scotland will soon be another country.
Johnson, who seems to regularly change his opinion on political issues and is mocked for his "ideological emptiness”, may find his pal Trump to be on his side, but it is another question whether the opportunist Donald whose mother was Scottish and who owns lands in Scotland, would support Boris or backstab him by backing the disintegration of the United Kingdom.  

Shooting at democracy with British silencer!

By Hanif Ghaffari

Once someone asked Churchill:  "Mr. Prime Minister! Why do you go far away to the other side of Indian Ocean to make a colonial state, but you can't do it here, that is, in Ireland? "

Winston Churchill responded after a moment of reflection;
"To do this, we need two important factors. Those we don't have in Ireland: One is "the ignorant majority", and the other is the "traitorous minority."

Now we're in 2018! The BBC and other sources afflicted with the Royal family are strongly maneuvering against the Brexit and withdrawal from the European Union. On the other hand, the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, has announced that 95% of the withdrawal process has taken place. The same thing has led to false excitement among the opposing groups, since they wish to change the whole process within their country before the game ends! Regarding British exit from the European Union and the Theresa May government's approach, there are some points that need to be taken into consideration:

- Since the 2016 referendum, the two major parties in Britain, Conservative and Labor, attempted to magnify the negative consequences of British withdrawal from the EU, and thus put the vote of British citizens under question. In other words, the British authorities tried to provide the ground for changing the mind of their citizens through an indirect data management. In this regard, there was a direct partnership between some British politicians like Tony Blair and Theresa May. "Brexit" is one of the few projects in the UK that both the incumbent government and the government in the shadow are opposed to. Hence, directing the public to oppose the departure of Britain from the EU is quite expectable!

- Regarding the Brexit, we see that the British politicians, both governmental and non-governmental, are making use of "reverse engineering" in order to achieve their goal (which is remaining as part of the United Europe). In this process, we begin from answer and move towards question. This rule now applies to the Brexit. The British authorities have stabilized the answer in the minds of British citizens; "The consequences of leaving EU will hit us hard". And now they're trying to come to this question the; "Regarding the disastrous consequences of leaving the EU, is it necessary to realize the Brexit"?

-The reports and numbers released by governmental institutions over the past two years in Britain, all contain warnings for the British economy (if separated from the European Union). These warnings delivered by social and political institutions affiliated with the two Conservative and Labor Parties have also affected the public opinion to a great extent.

-The British authorities, just like Churchill, demand the formation and management of the "ignorant majority" and "traitorous minority", this time in their own country. The traitorous minority's duty is clear in this regard! The traitorous minority are those who, based on the orders of the British government and security agencies, acted against the British citizens' vote since 2016, and intend to prevent their country from leaving the EU through suppressing the referendum results. On the other hand, the official institutions in the UK are trying to turn the "aware majority" into the "ignorant majority" so that they can achieve their pre-determined goals regarding the Brexit.

-In this equation, the European Union officials are cooperating with British leaders. The European officials are repeatedly announcing that the Brexit negotiations are fertile, and that serious doubts has raised regarding the British withdrawal from the European Union.

-British and European politicians are attempting to convince their citizens about the "difficult and costly exit from the EU", and on the other hand, they mention about the "easy remain" in this block. Hence, in the past two years, some Western politicians have raised the issue of the possibility of holding another referendum, and even beyond that, the possibility of Britain remaining as part of the United Europe. 

The prime minister of Malta, Josef Muscat, recently said that the Brexit will not eventually happen! Previously, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who is also one of the main opposition voices in England, explicitly stated that it would not be possible to separate Britain from the EU! These remarks aren't mentioned without a purpose.

 The British authorities know well that for the first step in forming the "ignorant majority" in their country, "impossible propositions" should become "possible", and then be realized. Obviously, at the current time, we face the clear betrayal by English officials over the 2016 referendum. However, in "shooting at democracy", Theresa May and her companions never forget to use a perfect" silencer"! They intend to set the stage in such a way that, ultimately, the "British public opinion" plays the role of "claimant" and "state" as "obedient" regarding the Brexit. This plan by the British authorities to set this scene once again reveals their deceptive nature.