Editorial of The New York Sun:
“…Prime Minister Thatcher’s speech at Bruges, Belgium. That’s where, in 1988, the Iron Lady warned that Britons had not “successfully rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain, only to see them re-imposed at a European level with a European super-state exercising a new dominance from Brussels.”
Mrs. Thatcher came to view as “the greatest issue before our country” the question of whether Britain would “remain a free, independent, nation state. Or whether we are to be dissolved in a federal Europe. There are no half measures, no third ways — and no second choices.” She wanted to look westward to America and to the freedom countries imbued with such values as the English and Scottish enlightenments.
No wonder Mr. Johnson turned to the British sovereign. He campaigned for office on the vow, as the BBC reminded, to do whatever it takes to secure Brexit. So, in seeking the prorogation of Parliament, he is doing just what he promised. President Trump was smart to signal his support for Mr. Johnson. He’s one of the few non-British leaders to have expressed confidence that Britain will get over any rough spots and go on to greater glory…”