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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and guests about

politics. It's Thursday, October 14th. I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker.

The United Kingdom officially withdrew from the European Union on January 31st, 2020.

That day, the first cases of COVID-19 were officially confirmed in Britain.

Like every country, the U.K. has struggled to contain the pandemic,

the economic devastation, the implementation of lockdowns, the distribution of vaccines.

But the UK has had another challenge as it tries to redefine its place in the international diplomatic order and in the global economy.

All of this has come at a time of deep divisions in the country's politics.

The conservative majority,

led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has been accused of failing to address Brexit-related shortages of workers and supplies, and of mismanaging the government's response to the pandemic.

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