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The rise of the populist-nationalist right is about to transform the political landscape of one of the world\u2019s oldest parliamentary democracies.<\/p>\n
The new prime minister of the United Kingdom says that Britain is at the start of a new \u201cgolden age\u201d and that by 2050, it would be the most prosperous nation in Europe.<\/p>\n
His watchword for \u2018making Britain great again\u2019 is \u201cDude\u201d; an acronym for \u201cDeliver Brexit; Unite the country; Defeat Corbyn; Energise Britain\u201d. He promises to do that by defying \u201cthe doubters, the doomsters and the gloomsters\u201d.<\/p>\n
By a ruthless purge of cabinet ministers who were thought to be loyal to Theresa May or had backed his leadership rival Jeremy Hunt, and replacing them with several hard-line Brexiteers, \u201cBritain\u2019s Trump\u201d, as the President of the United States described him, has put together his team to go.<\/p>\n
Despite the similarities and parallels between Trump and Johnson, Britain\u2019s new Prime minister has a higher hill to climb. Unlike Trump, he will be heading a very fragile minority government. If the Conservatives lose the by-election in Wales next week, his working majority will be reduced to just one. The fault lines Brexit has created within the Conservative Party are no smaller than the polarisation it has caused in the wider society.<\/p>\n
Since the Brexit referendum, Britain\u2019s economy has been slowing, with a possibility of going in recession by next year.<\/p>\n
Boris Johnson\u2019s cabinet of hardline conservatives and his appointment of Vote Leave strategist Dominic Cummings to chief advisor, indicate that an early election in the autumn is highly likely.<\/p>\n
The state of British politics is as oppressive and overheated as the sweltering heatwave we are experiencing right now, but would any of those concerns raise the temperature in a faraway country like Turkey?<\/p>\n
It is ironic that the pro-Brexit Prime Minister, criticized for his scaremongering claims about Turkey joining the EU during the referendum campaign, should now be lauded<\/a> because of his Ottoman roots.<\/p>\n Of course, any respite from the usual anti-British sentiment in Turkey is always welcome but the expectations from the \u2018grandson of the Ottomans\u201d may prove to be wholly unfounded.<\/p>\n