Brexit Redux Redux

The British are doing their process of withdrawal from the European Union over again.  And again.  And again.  And yet . . . again.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has worked out a deal for British withdrawal from the European Union - "Brexit" - that phases in new tax and trade regulations gradually and offers a deal over goods crossing the U.K.-Irish border that separates British Ulster from the rest of Ireland, which boils down to a streamlined set of rules that avoids unnecessary disruptions.  (If I tried to explain the new Brexit deal in detail, I'd be here too long.)  Instead of pleasing enough Members of Parliament (MPs) to vote for the detail, Johnson angered more MPs than satisfied them, with the Northern Irish Democratic Unionists fearing that the deal would allow for Irish unification under the Republic of Ireland rather than allow Ulster to remain in the United Kingdom, and Scottish MPs increasing their demands for Scotland's independence.  And Labour, which wanted the United Kingdom to remain in the European Union (EU), doesn't like the deal at any rate.  Parliament instead passed a resolution requiring Johnson to ask the EU for yet another delay, beyond the current October 31 deadline.  Johnson has vowed not to ask for another delay, which means the U.K. could crash out of the EU, Johnson could call an election to expand his conservative majority in Parliament and get Brexit passed at a time when the Tories are ahead in the polls, or have an election after a hypothetical crashing-out.  People in Britain are sick of this ongoing soap opera, and I'm tried of following it.

I have to hand it to Brits opposed to Brexit, though . . . they have plenty of power to block Johnson's initiatives.  In America, whenever Trump wants to pull our of anything - Syria being the latest example - Trump pulls out, and despite protests form his opponents, that's the end of it.  Thee's no appeal to a Trump decision.  Not even on protecting the Kurds, as Mitch McConnell is about to find out.