As the Westminster conspiracy gains momentum when Boris Johnson is faced with a sudden leadership challenge, the fact that not a single positive outcome can reasonably be expected from today’s events should not fade into the minds of the nation as a whole. however.
Sir Graham Brady, Member of Parliament (MP) and the Conservative Party’s procedural officer for leadership issues, is once again enjoying one of his short and quick introductions to Westminster victory, if that’s the case. Less than three years after he was elected chairman of Britain’s largest political party, Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson will now face a vote of no confidence from his party mates, and that vote will decide whether it’s time to take the lead. competition.
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If Boris loses the vote of confidence today, whoever wins will become the UK’s next Prime Minister, albeit briefly. There’s no denying that it’s a fascinating thing: This political turmoil is selling out the papers and causing the people of Westminster to pee in anticipation.
But while the conspirators in the pro-Boris and anti-Boris camps consider their best-case scenario, their medium-term plans will be determined by honest elected officials in the interests of the people, ordinary Britons who want their country to be well-governed. . Deep down, behind the scenes, there is no king waiting to save the day. Whatever happens tonight, the future of our political ruling class is as bleak as ever, and possibly worse.
To be honest, this seems like a possible outcome. The way the conservative leadership defies the rules gives incumbents an advantage: You only need 15 percent of the parliamentary party to send letters to challenge him. The remaining 85 percent, whose prime minister has not yet grown tired of opposing him at this point, forms a large status quo bloc that the insurgents have had a surprisingly short time to persuade him.
Even the struggling and ineffective Theresa May won the no-confidence vote, although it ultimately benefited her.
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From a pure Westminster perspective, winning a vote of no confidence also strengthens the leader’s position, as party policies indicate that they become immune to further challenge within a year. It will take a year and a half until Boris Johnson’s next general election in January 2025 at the latest, and if that is enough to try again to overthrow Boris, elect a new leader and force the country to use it for him at election time. voting would be a serious gamble to face the rebels.
But convincing 180 Conservative lawmakers that Boris should stay prime minister is a completely different matter than convincing the country. Mr. Johnson had a very bad year due to deteriorating public opinion, and this struggle for leadership will do even more damage. To the public, the fact that a leadership struggle took place seems more like a story than whether Boris actually won or not: the damage was done.
In retrospect, prime ministers who survived votes of no confidence failed to win the next general election. A Labor-led government, either in the form of an absolute majority or, more likely, a coalition with any plausible dark combination of discontent that makes up the rest of the smaller British party, is a frightening prospect.
The Liberal Democrats seem content with the overthrow of the British constitution: the parliamentary reforms of 2011 that ended Theresa May’s era and weakened the Brexit process have not been forgotten. The Scottish National Party (SNP) does not want the UK to exist. The Green Party does not want the existence of Western civilization. And that’s all, not including the Labor Party itself, which has worked with ruthless efficiency in its last days, recreating this country in its own image and likeness, and now they are led by a man who claims to have had a so-called ‘hatred political cause’. He doesn’t even know what a woman is.
England does not deserve such a future.
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Johnson’s colleagues might – plausibly, argue – conclude that his personal brand has suffered greatly and that now electing a new leader will draw a line under his leadership and give him time to take his place. to put a distance between them until the next. vote ..
Of course, by all reasonable standards, there is no escaping the fact that Boris Johnson has failed conservatively. A small state has not only failed but has made great strides in doing the work left to them on some of the issues most important to conservative voters, such as low taxes and immigration control.
And that’s not to mention his inexcusable mistake about breaking up. While there is no doubt that many will remember Boris Johnson for violating his own lockout policies in the coming decades, there is no doubt that the real crime here is to create policies that are too bad for anyone to make sense of. law – could not. to follow them. This is a malicious government.
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There is a big problem here: The Conservative Party is not currently a rich pool of well-represented, well-known high-class talent. In fact, the roster that pops up from time to time is startling: it doesn’t make sense to say that none of them represent hope for a brighter future for Britain.
Quick candidates include Jeremy Hunt, a hangover who might have been a Labor MP in Cameron’s time; Michael Gove, whose boundless ambition is matched only by his own failures; Chancellor Rishi Sunak said that our children’s debt has not been paid.
Whoever can replace Boris will immediately face the problem of a general election. While the deadline for the next vote is far from 2025 and there is no legal requirement for the new prime minister to vote, it is actually almost expected. Even the new generation of young MPs in parliament remember Gordon Brown’s brutal attempt at the turn of this century to become prime minister without a nationwide vote confirming his position as prime minister.
Conservatives currently do not rank high in the polls, and leaving the country immediately after a leadership election risks losing power against conservatives – see above. But even if the new leader is persuasive to turn the tide and lead the party back to victory, what can it show for the country? Don’t expect tax breaks and border controls.
This is not the future Britain deserves.
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After all, anything is possible. Johnson’s supporters have always noted his ability to go beyond politics and interact with ordinary people in ways that few can – the Conservative Party’s golden boy, as he won two terms as left-wing mayor of London and subsequently achieved tremendous success. Majority as prime minister in 2019.
This is no small feat, and no one in the Conservative Party has such a track record. In a letter to MPs today, Boris wrote that he wants to draw a line under the whole unfortunate story at the party door and return to the business of management without worrying about internal issues. Can the country be persuaded to arrive on time for the next general election?
So we have the best case scenario for Boris’ team. What does this mean for us? Cheaper, most likely. More empty talk about the golden boy’s leadership, where all the brilliance is fading and the border crisis. In the years after the loss of this government, there is absolutely no work to dig, to build deep power, to build institutions so that this country can run smoothly.
This is not the future Britain deserves.
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Boris Johnson was a terribly stubborn prime minister who failed to do what matters to his constituents. Dealing with Covid, he quickly forgot his long-held libertarian principles and jumped with both feet into authoritarian isolation so rigidly and complexly that, by his own account, he didn’t even realize he was breaking the rule.
He couldn’t do anything with the post. But if he’s now sacked, there’s really no reason to celebrate for someone who cares deeply about the UK’s interests.
There is no white knight in British politics, no great hope, no possible alternative. For the Conservative MPs voting tonight, the question of whether to support Boris Johnson is a curse if you do, a curse if you don’t make a decision. For the rest of us, we’re just damned. Good luck.
Oliver JJ Lane is Breitbart News Europe Editor and London Bureau Chief.
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