Word of the Day: Power vacuum
I apologize, but I can’t get away from Brexit. It sounds a little funny because Brexit is all about Great Britain getting away from the EU and now I can’t get away from Brexit.
Anyway, to get back on track, I mean it is just a slow-moving political disaster in Great Britain right now.
One great idiom that I came across yesterday while reading a newspaper is power vacuum.
We are getting into political science here. In general terms, a power vacuum occurs when someone has lost or given up control, and no other person has replaced them.
Pretty much all the political leaders in England have either stepped down, quit or are politically powerless.
There is a power vacuum.
It seems that not many politicians want to take control of Brexit.
That will change, of course, but in the meantime, we have a big void where leadership should be.
One good thing about Brexit is that it creates many, many opportunities to introduce English idioms to English language learners.
