The British premier can’t be happy with the results of the US election. Boris Johnson’s fantasy of an Anglo-American pivot away from Europe has been dashed.
In his rush to the EU’s emergency exit, Johnson fears a Biden presidency because it could mean no free trade deal once we have left.
The Biden Administration could potentially dump a deal in favour of securing a much more rewarding US-EU free trade agreement.
Worse still, Biden might not pretend the British government is right to put Northern Ireland’s hard-won peace at risk.
Once again, the UK far-right is anxious about political change in Washington.
“Britain has never had any great love for Donald Trump. His approval ratings among the public here rarely went above 25 per cent,” wrote Douglas Murray in his Mail column.
“But one thing that everybody knew was that he was a great friend of the UK.”
“Although opinion polls suggest that the British public will feel more comfortable with the Democrat alternative (as they always do), they should know one thing above all: Joe Biden and his party are no friends of this country,” claimed Murray.
Naturally, Murray’s column includes the photograph of Biden meeting Gerry Adams and Rita O’Hare – as if the Good Friday Agreement was never signed and the IRA are still trying to bomb their way to a United Ireland. Yet Murray isn’t the only one quivering over this.
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Joshua White 