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The Nation Weekly: July 8, 2022 Boris Johnson’s downfall, trans literature, YIMBY vs. NIMBY, and more

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This week, the world had its eyes on Boris Johnson, who, as writer and Nation editorial board member Gary Younge writes, “was effectively shot by his own troops in his own bunker.”

The recent indignation at Johnson’s behavior—which involves sex, booze, and lies—must be understood as a matter of politics, rather than principle. In Johnson’s departure, Younge says, we are seeing the unraveling of Brexit’s legacy in Britain’s political culture.
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