Boris Johnson leads the Conservative and Unionist party, so named to mark its opposition to Irish Home Rule at the turn of the 20th century. If, as now looks quite possible, the union of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is set to fracture, it will be because the prime minister's party has left behind its history. The Tories have grown indifferent to England's bonds with its Celtic neighbours.
鲍里斯•约翰逊(Boris Johnson)领导的党叫做保守与统一党(Conservative and Unionist party),因其在20世纪初反对《爱尔兰自治法案》(Home Rule Bills in Ireland)而得名。如果英格兰、苏格兰、威尔士和北爱尔兰的联盟将要解体(现在看起来很有可能),那将是因为约翰逊所在政党已经忘却了自己的历史。保守党已变得对英格兰与其凯尔特邻居的连结漠不关心。
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