The bonfire of rights

Our glorious leader, Alexander Boris de Piffel Johnson, is currently in the US for some reason. I mean I thought he was writing the Queen's speech, but hey. Where he has been trying to ignore questions about a possible, probable relationship between a young female entrepreneur and himself when he was Mayor of London.

All normal rules and channels were followed. He blathered.

But as Mayor he might has sent some contracts her way, for her business.

Parliament could question him tomorrow in PMQs, but, oh year, democracy is suspended.

For a Lord Mayor this would be troubling, for a Secretary of State is would be more troubling, but for the Prime Minister?

Anyway.

Johnson is in the US trying to drum up some interest in post-Brexit UK, and in a speech he promised low-tax, light regulation conditions in the UK, a good place to do business. Unless you are a worker.

But this is the nub of the problem, rich people forcing Brexit through so they and their rich friends can pick up stressed busnesses and industries on the cheap, reduce pay and rights to make more money.

I don't remember that being written on the side of a bus. I do seem to recall that rights were going to be protected. Maybe I misheard that, but anyone who has been following Brexit in any kind of detailed way, will have been expecting this. Heck, I know I was, the UK becoming some kind of Singapore off the coast of Europe, undercutting the EU.

But how would that go with having any kind of relationship with the EU, the promises of a level playing field? Oh yeah, the UK Government reneged on that promise last week too. As well as threatening Ireland with food and medicine shortages.

But today is judgement day. It could all change. Or not.

We shall see