Video with his hair in firecracker and his outspokenness, Boris Johnson has always worked his unconventional personality. On June 6, a vote of trust was organized against him at the House of Commons. In question: the “partygate”, last in a long series of scandals.
by (with reuters)
The cup (of champagne) is full: the “partygate” could be right for the government of Boris Johnson. In the United Kingdom, fifty-four conservative deputies announced, by letter, their wish to vote a motion of distrust against the Prime Minister, from their party. The ballot will take place, by secret bulletin, Monday June 6. If a majority of elected officials from his camp vote against a renewal of the confidence of the Parliament towards him, “Bojo” will be forced to resign.
A forced resignation would be, for Boris Johnson, yet another episode in his political career enamelled with scandals and blunders. The Prime Minister has often stood out for his bonhomie, but also by his approximations. During the Brexit campaign, he abused the figure – very contested – of 350 million pounds sterling: it was, according to him, the sum paid by the United Kingdom to the European Union every week.
His mayor’s mandates of London (2008-2016) also present questionable accounting balance sheets. On the occasion of the holding of the 2012 Olympic Games in the capital, “Bojo” embarked on many projects, some of which cost his citizens even when they have not seen the light of day.
This year 2022 could therefore be that of the reverence of the Conservative Prime Minister. The Pandemic of COVID-19 gave rise to the “partygate”: in this political affair, Boris Johnson was accused of having participated in festivities even though he had imposed on the British population a confinement and very strict rules for Limit contamination to SARS-COV-2. In April, he was the first political leader of his country to be sentenced to a flat -rate fine.