Why Boris Johnson’s backtrack on the EU deal is a moral mistake

Since moving back to Britain as a British National (Overseas) a month ago, I have been struck by British news channels’ tendency to focus incessantly each week on one or two small issues, such as the government’s mishandling of school exam results, as if they were major crises. I say to my friends here that they are very fortunate Britain is constantly beset with small problems. An issue that can be fixed, unlike the one that has befallen Hong Kong, is by definition a small issue.Certain…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3101570/why-boris-johnsons-backtrack-eu-deal-moral-mistake