Cover News Reporter Huang Linyun
Boris Johnson , he was the mayor of London who enjoyed the glory of hosting the 2012 Olympic Games. He was also known as "British Trump ". He was elected as British Prime Minister and led the UK out of the Brexit quagmire, and was in the limelight for a while.
A year and a half after Trump stepped down, the "British Trump" prime minister's path has also come to an end. On July 7, 2022, Johnson issued a resignation statement, saying that he would resign from the post of head of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
On July 7, 2022, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson issued a resignation statement outside the Prime Minister's Office
In the three years he served as British Prime Minister, Johnson has been repeatedly caught in accusations and controversies: from participating in parties in violation of epidemic prevention regulations to being accused of harboring party members’ sexual misconduct scandals; from handling the policy dispute over the new crown epidemic, to the cost of living for the British people soaring during his term of office. His achievements in governing are not good, and he himself is in a moral dilemma, constantly overdrawing the trust of Conservative Party members and social levels in their society.
is unable to solve the structural dilemma of British society. In the context of the fact that the Pingche Sex scandal was forced to the palace by the cabinet, becoming the last straw that crushed Johnson.
We briefly describe the timeline of Johnson's tenure as British Prime Minister and look back at the big and small turmoils he has gone through with British society over the past three years.
Strong "hard Brexit"
Leading the UK out of the Brexit quagmire
May 24, 2019
Britain It had been three years since then, and the then Prime Minister Theresa May failed to convince the parliament to accept the Brexit agreement negotiated by its government with EU . Theresa May announced that she would resign on June 7, 2019.
July 23, 2019
The British Conservative Party is divided into two factions, one supports Theresa May's "soft Brexit" route (maintains closer ties with the EU), and the other supports Johnson's "hard Brexit" route. Johnson was elected as the new leader in the Conservative Party's internal elections and took office as British Prime Minister the next day. The "hard Brexit" line has the upper hand within the Conservative Party. Johnson declared that the UK will leave the EU on October 31, 2019, regardless of whether it reaches an agreement with the EU.
August 28, 2019
Johnson proposed that the UK Parliament will be closed from to mid-October, when the UK will only have half a month left to the deadline for Brexit at the end of October. Public opinion criticized that this move was to squeeze the time of parliament and set up obstacles for lawmakers to prevent the government from "no-deal Brexit." On September 11, 2019, the court ruled that Johnson's move was illegal.
November 6, 2019
British Parliament dissolved - because Johnson demanded an early election in order to increase the number of Conservative MPs in the new parliament so that the new "Brexit" agreement can be legislated more smoothly. The general election is set for December 12, 2019, and according to the bill, the parliament must be dissolved 25 working days before the general election.
December 12, 2019
Johnson's Conservative Party won a huge victory in the general election, winning a majority in the House of Commons, paving the way for Brexit. On December 20, 2019, the British House of Commons voted to confirm that the UK will leave the EU on January 31, 2020. On January 22, 2020, the House of Lords of the British Parliament passed the Johnson Brexit Agreement bill, and Brexit broke through the last obstacle.
January 31, 2020
On January 29, 2020, the European Parliament passed the Brexit agreement. On January 31, 2020, the UK officially left the EU.
The British cannot meet family and friends due to epidemic prevention
However, he took the lead in attending parties in violation of epidemic prevention regulations
During the COVID-19 epidemic in the UK, Johnson drank and gathered in violation of epidemic prevention regulations, which aroused strong dissatisfaction within the party and social levels, and calls for his resignation to continue.
March 23, 2020
Johnson announced for the first time that the city lockdown measures were implemented in the UK, calling on people to stay at home and curb the spread of the new crown epidemic. The UK locked down three times in the following year. On March 27, 2020, he released a video to inform the public that he was infected with the new coronary pneumonia; on April 5, 2020, after a week of continuous fever, he was hospitalized for the first time for treatment, and the next day he was transferred to ICU due to worsening of his condition.
November 30, 2021
British government officials violated the COVID-19 epidemic prevention regulations and held a party in the government office between November and December 2020. This allegation was exposed, and the scandal involved more than 10 parties. Johnson initially denied the allegations, but on December 8, 2020, he authorized an investigation into the scandal.
February 2022
The British government announced the implementation of the "Coexistence with the New Coronavirus" plan, and lifted all new crown restrictions in the legal sense.
May 25, 2022
Investigation report on the "party gate" of the Prime Minister's Office personnel was announced. Among the 16 gatherings involving the Prime Minister's Office and government departments violated regulations during the lockdown during the fight against the epidemic, there were 4 gatherings involving the Prime Minister's Office (from 2020 to 2021), and millions of British people were unable to meet their families and friends due to epidemic prevention requirements.
June 6, 2022
On the morning of the morning, the Conservative Party's "1922 Committee" announced that letters from members of the lower house of parliament in the party demanded a vote of distrust for the Prime Minister have exceeded the 54 required by the regulations, and a vote of distrust for Johnson will be initiated. In the evening, Johnson won the vote of 211 Conservative MPs. 148 votes to see Johnson step down, and although not reaching the 180 votes required to pass the motion for distrust, it has shaken his control over power.
The cost of living in the UK soared in the late period of rule and hiatus
The inflation rate in the UK reached 40 years The highest
March 23, 2022
UK government announced a mid-year expenditure plan. The plan was accused of doing too little to help people struggling with soaring costs of living. Chancellor Rich Sunak refused to postpone the plan's income tax hike and also refused to impose huge profit tax on oil and gas companies that are profiting from rising energy prices. But on May 26, 2022, the government changed its tax decisions on oil and gas companies and announced that it would impose a 25% profit tax on it to provide living allowances to the people. Policy fluctuations gradually make people lose trust in the government.
May 2022
According to the UK Office of National Statistics, UK inflation reached 9.1% in the 12 months before May. Fuel and energy prices are the biggest factors driving inflation, and food prices further drive prices up. Prices in the UK continued to rise rapidly, with food prices rising at the fastest rate in 40 years, triggering strikes and public dissatisfaction. On May 5, 2022, the UK held local parliamentary elections. The Conservative Party lost nearly 500 seats in local council and suffered a crushing defeat.
June 21, 2022
Around disputes over compensation, working methods and possible layoffs, the largest strike in the UK railway broke out in 30 years, and most public transportation fell to a halt. Johnson said the strike was wrong, which led to various unnecessary deterioration, causing the British railway network to stagnation.
In June 2022, the largest strike in the UK railway broke out in 30 years. This is the sex scandal of "Part whip in London, England, taken on June 21, which was accused of covering up the "Part whip " by the sex scandal
brutally forced to the cabinet to ward
June 29, 2022
Deputy Party Whip and MP Chris Pinker appointed by Johnson got drunk at a private party and extended a hand to the two male colleagues present. Subsequently, he was exposed to more dark history: As early as 2017, Pingche was involved in a sensational parliamentary sexual harassment scandal. He was appointed as a Conservative Party assistant party whip, but because the intra-party investigation failed, the allegations against him were left unresolved that year. After the incident of Ping Che, Downing Street insisted that Johnson was unaware of Ping Che's previous allegations of sexual harassment, so there was no reason to stop the appointment of Ping Che. But media reports said that Johnson had received at least two reports about Pingche, but did not take action against him. Public opinion believes that Johnson is covering up his subordinates.
British Conservative Party Deputy Party Whip and Member of Parliament Chris Pingche, MP
July 5, 2022
Johnson knew about Pingche’s sexual harassment scandal, but he still appointed him as the Conservative Party Deputy Party Whip, and he was in a crisis of trust. British Health Secretary Sayed Javid and Chancellor Rich Sunak resigned one after another. The two are important British government officials, and their resignation hit the Johnson government hard.Subsequently, a wave of large-scale resignation broke out in the British government. Within two days, more than 50 people in multiple government departments resigned one after another. British ministers formed a group to force Johnson to palace, and the position of Prime Minister Johnson was on the verge of a thread, but he still refused to step down.
July 7, 2022
Johnson announced that he would resign from his position as Conservative Party leader that day, but would continue to serve as Prime Minister until this fall. In the summer of 2022, the UK will hold a Conservative Party leader election, and the new prime minister will take office at the Conservative Party Congress held in October 2022.
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