it comes down to the fact that the UK has no rules on referenda. the electorate gave him and the tories carte blanche to do anything they wanted in any way they wanted. and so, to puff themselves up and be more #brexit than each other, well, we ended up here.

i still say that all of them, johnson most of all, had their eye on history and probably a statue on a plinth somewhere with "freed the UK from the bonds of European tyranny" or some bollox. boris, you just signed the brexit deal! no, i didn't. yes, you did. oh, we'll just change it later.

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