The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom has been in office for three years and his party is currently considering whether to finish turning his back on him or wait.
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, seemed to have few hours in office, but even his opponents within his Conservative Party do not gather the necessary support to set aside this figure of British politics who achieved success as Mayor of London and being one of the Brexit leaders.
Johnson is now facing heavy pressure to resign over the party scandal at his official residence during the pandemic. An issue that still remains to be resolved.
Johnson took over the UK’s top political post in July 2019 following pressure from the Conservative Party on then-Prime Minister Theresa May.
Johnson was one of his critical ministers and one of the promoters of Brexit, which he himself finalized on January 31, 2020.
Before becoming Prime Minister, he was Foreign Minister (2016-2018) and Mayor of London between 2008 and 20016. In those years he was seen as a charismatic, popular and politically skilled politician, although ‘Bojo’, as he is popularly called, has always provoked divided opinions within the conservative formation.
His disheveled image and without poses always attract attention in a formal political environment such as the British one.
His appearance has been like a weapon that he uses to divert attention, according to different British media. His tousled hair and unusual clothing give him the appearance of “having been working all night.” His hair even had its own Twitter account (@Boris_Hair), a compilation of his stellar moments, recalls the Spanish newspaper El País, which added that breaking the stylistic rules linked to politics is for him a strategy to get closer to the people.
He was born in the United States in 1964 (57 years old) and until 2016 he had dual citizenship.
He was trained as a journalist – although he was sometimes criticized for not being very rigorous – and studied at the Universities of Eton and Oxford. He is fluent in Italian, French and Spanish, and is a scholar of Greek and Latin, a fan of rugby, cycling, but not so much of football, the most popular sport in his country.
He was the host of a TV show called Have I Got News For You and was editor of The Spectator.
His family has been linked to the media and politics. His father was a conservative politician and currently a member of the European Parliament. His brother Jo was a minister and his sister Rachel is a journalist and has been a candidate.
When he promoted Brexit, he began to be called the “British Donald Trump”, but although at first he had some sympathy for the former US president, he was sometimes critical of him and at a summit he even made fun of Trump with other leaders.
In addition to Brexit, facing the pandemic has been a challenge for Johnson, since the United Kingdom became one of the epicenters of the pandemic at one point in 2020 and it was where the British variant (B.1.1.7) was generated. and a “descendant” of the Delta variant. Even he was hospitalized and his newborn daughter too, but it is reported that he has recovered.
Meanwhile, yesterday Johnson was saved from an internal censure motion by the Conservatives after one of the party’s deputies abandoned the case against him and apparently there are not the necessary votes.
Moreover, at a time when the polls give Labor (opposition) an unusual lead of more than 10 points, what happened reminded some Conservatives angry with their controversial prime minister how much is at stake, reports AFP.
His critics accuse him of lying to Parliament about what he knew about the many parties, usually with heavy consumption, held by staff at Downing Street (the Prime Minister’s residence), during the lockdowns that prohibited such events, while the 67 million Britons could not see their family and friends, and some could not even say goodbye to their deceased.
Johnson denied breaking the rule and apologized for his colleagues.
In the end, to find out his fate, he will still have to wait a few more weeks. (I)
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