British naval vessels dispatched to break a French blockade, Scottish nationalists attempting to break away from the U.K., and working class voters in the northeast breaking for the Conservatives after voting Labour for six decades.<\/p>\n
Why it matters: That was just one day in the topsy turvy reality of post-Brexit Britain.<\/p>\n
Polls have just closed in what Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has called the \"most important election in our lifetime.\"<\/p>\n
80 miles south of the Scottish border, in Hartlepool, Johnsons Conservatives are poised to pick up a seat that has been held by Labour since 1964.<\/p>\n
The Brexit aftermath has been less kind to Arlene Foster, who resigned last week as First Minister of Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n
One scene few would have predicted is a confrontation in the English Channel between two stalwart allies.<\/p>\n
Between the lines: Fishing rights took on a major symbolic status during the Brexit fight. Johnson has also long vowed that post-Brexit Britain would flex its muscles internationally.<\/p>\n
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