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Boris Johnson has desecrated the political structures of the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Europe.

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                 Boris Johnson receiving a sizable advance from a publisher for a book about William Shakespeare but never writing it seems pretty fitting. Johnson's ascent and descent veers between cheap humor and absurdist theatre. It lacks tragedy's majesty entirely. The opening phrase of Mark Antony's elegy for Julius Caesar, "The evil that men commit lives after them," was the only Shakespearean quotation that sprang to me at the time of his political downfall. The coffin will be light enough if Johnson's good deeds from his public life are placed with his bones. But in the upcoming decades, wickedness will have a significant impact.   This is what makes Johnson's place in history so peculiar. It is difficult to imagine a person who is both foolish and significant, irresponsible and yet deeply important. His time in power was brief, but his bad effects of it will linger. He was a politician so lacking in ability that despite having a sizable legis

Political Devastation

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                 The Supreme Court's decision to overturn the deputy Speaker's actions in the provincial assembly as being "without lawful authority" brought the high drama of Punjab's constitutional crisis to a close. The SC ruled that Hamza Shehbaz's election was invalid, paving the door for PML-Q leader Pervaiz Elahi to take over the much sought-after position.   Has the court decision that resulted in the installation of a PTI-backed administration in Punjab assisted in resolving the nation's political crisis? or lowering the tension? Not at all.   The most recent turn of events has been a major defeat for the PML-N since it has allowed its political rivals to retake its provincial stronghold. However, these changes have also thrust Pakistan into unknown territory, which may portend future instability. Two governments—the one in the center and the one in Punjab—don't acknowledge each other as legitimate and could collide.   People who b