India, Dec. 23 -- Down on the turkey farm, the Scottish and Irish birds noticed that the smiling man in the festive costume was holding a hatchet behind his back, and hid. The Welsh turkeys looked confused and huddled together squawking. But the English turkeys marched bravely up to the chopping block, confident that this would be a Christmas to remember. Boris Johnson's big victory in the recent election, which is popularly being called the " Brexit election " was achieved almost entirely, with English votes. Only 20 of the 364 seats won by the Conservative Party were in the other three "nations" of the United Kingdom.

The United Kingdom (UK) will continue to be called that for several more years but this election has actually sounded i...