Irish Examiner view: Keeping calm the only way to carry on

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sits in a cab of a JCB during a visit to its cab manufacturing centre in Uttoxeter in December 2019.

One of the abiding images of the spin and the posturing around Brexit is the shameless publicity stunt by British prime minister Boris Johnson last December when he ploughed through a wall with a JCB digger that had ‘Get Brexit Done’ emblazoned on its bucket.

With a Brexit deal now done, there is a collective sense of relief. A deal is certainly better than no deal but while the worst might have been averted, the destruction — so presciently represented by Johnson’s wall-knocking antics — has not.