The Fate of Boris and Brexit

<p>Britain is voting in a general election today. During his re-election campaign, Prime Minister Boris Johnson hitched his re-election campaign to a promise to “get Brexit done” — while selling bankers and blue-collar workers two very different visions for the country. </p><p>Some hope his promise will mean restoring the United Kingdom to its past glory. But what does it actually mean? Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/mark-landler?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank">Mark Landler,</a> London bureau chief of The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. </p><p>Background reading:</p><ul><li>There is growing anxiety among some voters that the prime minister’s vow to complete Brexit could undermine<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/10/world/europe/nhs-election-boris-johnson.html?searchResultPosition=4?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> the country’s national health service</a>, a key social safety net. The service is at<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/10/world/europe/sick-uk-boy-boris-johnson.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> the center of an election scandal</a> in the final days of the campaign.</li><li>As Britain prepared for the election, a Times reporter spent two weeks driving from London to Glasgow. He found a country<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/world/europe/brexit-england-scotland-wales.html?searchResultPosition=2?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> united only by its disunity</a>.</li><li>With agitations for secession in Scotland and Northern Ireland, our chief correspondent asks: Could completing Brexit<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/18/world/europe/johnson-brexit-uk-fracture.html?action=click&module=STYLN_menu_brexit&variant=1_menu_brexit&state=default&pgtype=Article&region=header&context=menu?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> spell the end of the United Kingdom</a> as we know it?</li></ul>