It is really not just the so-identified as partygate revelations about govt workers boozing at No. 10 Downing St. during COVID-19 lockdowns that has taken the glow off of Johnson’s political star.
- Boris Johnson won a no-assurance vote in his premiership. How extended can he stay in electrical power?
- The shift to oust Britain’s leader came from lawmaker furious more than so-identified as partygate revelations.
- Johnson has lengthy courted celebratory, maverick standing and played to the gallery.
LONDON – In 2012, British Primary Minister Boris Johnson was still left dangling on a zip wire when it stopped doing work throughout the Summer time Olympics in London.
It offers an apt analogy for Johnson’s existing political predicament. He has prolonged been able to defy the rules of political gravity, a clown-king who routinely disguises perceived ethical failings and outright falsehoods in soaring Churchill-esque speeches laced with elaborate Latin prospers.
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