Boris Johnson, the sitting mayor of London, elected MP, and shoe-in to succeed David Cameron, has officially declared his support for a UK exit from the European Union. His popularity will bolster the case for the “Yes” vote in Britain’s 2017 EU referendum, while also providing legitimacy to the argument that the supranational organization is a threat to economic liberty and national sovereignty.
The EU was theoretically created to improve the relations and interconnectivity between countries that had warred against each other on a global scale twice in less than a century. In reality, it was an alliance concocted by Parisians and Berliners intent on protecting their inefficient farmers and industries, determined to shun the big bad world with its free trade and (shudder) foreign competition.