A week used to be a long time in politics. Now a single day can seem like an entire career in that filthy game of treachery and delusion.

On Monday, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson provoked outrage among some of his citizens by threatening to call a snap election if rebel Tories pressed on with their plan to put to parliament a bill that would — if it won — prevent a no-deal Brexit...

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