British democracy has become a farce

Editor's Note: The United Kingdom will hold an early election on Dec 12 to try and get a breakthrough in the Brexit impasse. Xiakedao, a WeChat account owned by People's Daily Overseas Edition, comments:

The new prime minister is expected to be chosen between Boris Johnson, the leader of the ruling Conservative Party who is an avid supporter of Brexit, and Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of opposition Labour Party, who has said he will hold a second referendum on whether to remain in the European Union if he wins.

From the referendum which voted for the United Kingdom to leave the EU on June 23, 2016, to the first postponement of Brexit to Oct 31, 2019, and the second postponement to Jan 31, 2020, Britain has experienced endless political wrangling. Under the prism of "Brexit", the struggles between government and Parliament, between political parties, within political parties, among the public, between elites and grassroots, and between central and local governments have been amplified. There has been one farce after another in which various political forces are intertwined and even the queen has not been immune to this seemingly endless political game.