“Patience is crumbling within the conservative camp”, affirmed this Wednesday on franceinfo, Agnès Alexandre-Collier, specialist in political life in the United Kingdom.
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“Boris Johnson systematically denies”, “sinks into a lie “ and “hijack reality”, estimates Wednesday January 12 on franceinfo Agnès Alexandre-Collier, specialist in political life in the United Kingdom. Despite the British Prime Minister’s apologies on Wednesday for attending a party in Downing Street in full lockdown in 2020, this “accumulation of scandals” and lies “starts to be a problem” within his own party.
franceinfo: Does it seriously heat up for Boris Johnson?
Agnès Alexandre-Collier: Yes, not only with the accumulation of scandals, but above all because of the chain reactions of Boris Johnson who gets entangled in lies and denial. This is what poses the most problems, not only for the opposition, but also for the members of his own party where there is a growing uproar. There, either he resigns on his own, which in my opinion will not take place since he announced in September that he intended to stay for ten years and do more than Margaret Thatcher, or 15% of Conservative MPs demand a motion of censure and he will then have to gain the confidence of half of his group to be able to stay in power.
Could the Conservatives take this risk and profit from the relative weakness of Labor?
The most likely scenario, it would be rather than following the excuses that we could observe today, which consist mainly in calming things down in his own camp, Boris Johnson will await the verdict of the current investigation. In my opinion, the report will be delivered in the spring, around the time of the local elections. If the conclusions are favorable and the local elections are favorable to the Conservatives, he will have a good excuse to stay.
Are the criticisms only aimed at his management of the epidemic?
They were aimed first at its management of the epidemic, but there, patience is crumbling within the conservative camp. Boris Johnson has been very fond of lies for several years, even since his past as a journalist in the 90s. The way he reacts to scandals is problematic. He systematically denies. He sinks into a number of lies and denials. He hijacks reality, that’s what starts to pose a problem.