who narrowly escaped a vote of no confidence, Johnson, still got himself kicked out of class!
The prime minister who brought Britain out of the European Union is often outspoken, and he especially likes to make rude remarks about China and Russia. I thought only the Chinese and Russian people hated him, but it turned out that his own cabinet also hated him. In fact, 54 people forced him to resign. Johnson was still tough yesterday, saying he would fight to the end and rush to appoint new cabinet members. Today he announced his decision to resign and said he wanted to stay in office until a new prime minister was elected. Before he finished speaking, his former chief adviser Dominic Cummings urged the Conservative Party to "expel" Johnson immediately on the morning of the 27th. He accused Johnson of "buying time and trying his best to stay in office. The current deputy prime minister, Dominic Raab, should probably become the interim prime minister on the evening of the 7th."
According to some statistics, in the past 20 years, the British prime minister has not completed his term. I think of the Japanese political scene before Abe , with a revolving door of changing prime ministers. These two island countries are very similar. They both retain the tail of the monarchy, which is very similar to the braids on the heads of the old Chinese Manchu . But they all claim to be "democratic" countries.
Brexit is originally a black swan event. Johnson took office by hyping up Brexit to complete the cause of Brexit. Northern Ireland was unwilling to leave the EU, so Johnson specially reached a "Northern Ireland Agreement" with EU in order to stop it from obstructing the EU, which stipulated that it could still be done at the economic and trade level. Continue to enjoy the preferential tariff policies on goods and services granted by the EU. However, Johnson wants to forcibly tear up the agreement to prevent Northern Ireland from leaving the UK. Even the EU and the United States are opposed to him doing this. It can be seen how unreliable Johnson is. Especially when it comes to responding to the epidemic, Johnson is even more arrogant than Trump. He was the first to shout "herd immunity" and "lie down". Johnson is also an active promoter of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and has jumped higher than Biden . On issues related to Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Taiwan, he frequently speaks nonsense.
With Johnson, who is so worried about the world being in chaos, stepping down, will the British government be able to survive the current crisis? I don't think so.
First, the turmoil in British politics will continue, and whoever succeeds him may be a short-lived prime minister. Because extremism and populism are in the limelight throughout the Western political arena. The trend of Western politicians becoming vulgar, weakened in intelligence, and immoral is becoming increasingly obvious. Chaos will be the characteristic of Western politics in the future. Perhaps, Merkel has brought an end to the stability of Western politics.
Secondly, the UK has serious internal affairs problems. First of all, Brexit has not solved all the problems so far. EU countries are still angry at the UK's poor performance during Brexit. Therefore, the United Kingdom is eager to get close to the United States to escape the heavy damage caused to the British economy by Brexit, but the United States is using excuses to delay free trade negotiations with the United Kingdom. Therefore, the UK is more actively cooperating with the US national strategy and sings a higher tone than the US on anti-Russia and anti-China. Isn’t it very similar to Ukraine ? Russia's counterattack has made the British economy even worse after Brexit, with inflation levels higher than those in the United States. Especially the referendums on Scotland and Northern Ireland. If the referendum succeeds, the British Empire will immediately become a Little British Empire. Politicians are fighting with Johnson. On the surface, Johnson is holding a party at 10 Downing Street during the epidemic. How can he protect the deputy whip? In fact, due to the pressure of inflation in the British economy and the pressure of national division, Johnson was blamed. Of course, he was not unjust.
Third, internationally, the UK has no retreat other than staying close to the United States. offended EU countries for forcing Brexit. Russia hates Britain even more than it hates the United States. China also has a bad look at Johnson because of Britain's interference in China's internal affairs. In fact, Britain under Johnson was very isolated. In front of the United States, this former suzerain country had no choice but to pretend to be a grandson.
In fact, Britain is not without a way out.Come back from the brink, improve relations with China, stop antagonizing China on Xinjiang, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Tibet, and don’t follow the United States in suppressing Chinese technology companies such as , Huawei, , etc. Cooperation with China will definitely achieve a win-win result, and the United Kingdom will also get out of its trap. Brexit, sanctions on Russia and China have brought about economic difficulties for themselves. However, there are only politicians in British politics today, not politicians. They will follow the US government all the way to the dark side. It is difficult for them to understand the goodwill of the Chinese people.
Will Britain after Johnson continue to stage more "exciting" dramas than Johnson? Yes, definitely. Let's just wait for the good show!
Note: The author of this article is Mou Lin, a core member of the "Qin'an Strategic Think Tank", and the original work for this platform . In the new year, I wish everyone can join hands to defeat the epidemic, curb hegemony, and move towards a better future together.
