(Finance) – Every hour that passes the Johnson government crisis is becoming more and more widespread and also affects the pound which is losing ground against the euro and the dollar.
The British premier’s stay in Downing Street seems to hang by a thread, after a new resignation arrived in the ranks of the Conservative party today.
To leave first were the Minister of Health, Sajid Javid – who resigned saying he could “no longer serve in good conscience in this government” followed by Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, de facto number two of the Tory team and responsible for economic policy. Johnson sent a letter to the two ministers saying he was sorry for their resignation from the government. In the letter to the now former chancellor of the exchequer the premier wrote: “I will miss working with you in the government”. In place of Javid and Sunak, the British Prime Minister has appointed Steve Barclay, the chief of staff of Downing Street, the new Minister of Health, and Nadhim Zahawi, currently Minister of Education, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer.
What is happening?
It all stems from the accusations made to the premier of having lied about the past of Chris Pincher, a loyalist who was forced to resign as deputy chief whip last week for having groped two men in a gentlemen club frequented by Tory, including a fellow deputy. Johnson recognized as “a mistake” the stay of Pincher in the Tory team after the accusations on a similar previous episode, dating back to when Pincher was deputy foreign minister, of which the same premier yesterday acknowledged having been informed at the end of 2019, and he assured that he did not want to give space to any suspected “sexual predator” in the executive. The premier’s attempt to justify himself by saying that he initially forgot that he was made aware of suspicions about similar episodes over two years ago, before promoting Pincher, however, did not convince Javid and Sunak.
The two were followed by the party vice president and about twenty institutional figures, three secretaries and officials.
In Downing Street, in addition towave of resignations in the Tory house what followed, is expected in the evening as well Graham Brady chairman of the 1922 committee, key body of the parliamentary group of the current majority force in charge of establishing rules and convening of internal elections and no-confidence votes on the party leadership.
In short, BoJo’s experience driving the United Kingdom now seems to be running out.