(June 24, 2016 at 11:41 am)Minimalist Wrote:(June 24, 2016 at 11:14 am)Tiberius Wrote: Now that Cameron has resigned, what are the odds that Boris Johnson will be the new leader of the Conservative party and therefore Prime Minister? I've predicted that for several years now, but I never thought it would happen in this way. Boris is generally well-liked by his party, and he's just won a major political victory.
For that matter what are the odds that Scotland, N. Ireland and Wales will bail on Britain?
I'd say they just get significantly more likely. Scotland wasn't too far off last time they voted on independence (55/45 I believe). Now that Britain has voted to pull them out of the EU, that might be the straw that broke the camels back.
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