Review: The Political Theology of European Integration

In October, the British Parliament approved Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s request for a general election, which will occur on Thursday. After the House of Commons blocked then-Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal with the European Union and then Johnson’s, the Conservatives hope the election will give them enough seats to “get Brexit done.” Labour, the Liberal Democrats, and the Scottish National Party hope to prevent the prime minister from winning a clear majority so that they can form a government and implement a second referendum on Brexit. If recent polls are correct and the opposition fails, the United Kingdom will officially leave the EU next month, which would be one of the most historic moments in the country’s post-World War II history (though this would not be the end, as more negotiations with the EU would continue, perhaps for years).