To be an American following the UK news this week was a bit like being at the end of a choose your own adventure book and hoping that those picking up the book after you, for their own sake, choose different adventures.
Boris Johnson is not Donald Trump. The UK’s crises are not the US’s. The two countries have different cultures and systems. Johnson drawing out a resignation is not ideal, but Trump repeatedly lied about the results of the election; reportedly pressured various officials to overturn the election results; encouraged an angry mob to come to Washington DC on the 6 January; and allegedly said that maybe his vice-president, Mike Pence, should indeed be hanged by his supporters. Those supporters went on to storm the US Capitol building. I understand that the state of British politics is not ideal right now, but there is a difference between “not ideal” and “oh no, an angry mob is storming parliament”.
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