Britain has been in chaos for many weeks and in a state of uncertainty since before the 2016 referendum in which voters demanded departure from the European Union. The mayhem is due not to the impending Brexit but to the machinations of a large group of politicians who, having been elected promising to fulfill Brexit, went on to stymie it by any and all means possible.

Since Boris Johnson became prime minister, the anti-democratic, anti-Brexit forces have brought the United Kingdom’s politics to a standstill. Johnson’s opponents not only refused to approve a deal for an orderly Brexit, but they also refused for weeks to vote to allow the early election that could break the logjam, one way or another. That’s because they fear losing.