Boris Johnson gets his own instability medicine

Boris Johnson

has ceased to be the unscrupulous populist that the British conservative elite needed in order to carry out

to become an obstacle within his own party.

This was confirmed on Monday by the motion of censure promoted by a sector of

to push him to withdraw, which was supported by 148 deputies and has broken the internal cohesion of the

.

The man who made lies his way of doing politics seems to have more lives than a cat

or, but each resurrection weakens his party and his country more.

Not the consequences of

neither the covid crisis nor the scandal of the massive parties in Downing Street during the pandemic - in which he himself participated, bypassing his own restrictions - could with Johnson.

But all these circumstances, together with the dire economic situation that the country is suffering as a result of rising prices, and the consequent punishment of conservative voters in local elections -with a bump in historic districts of the

-, have converted the

the worst rated politician in the polls, with a level of unpopularity that

.

There is widespread confusion among the population, which is suffering the effects of runaway inflation that reached a level of 9% in April - its highest level in 40 years - and threatens to reach 10% in the summer, turning the cost of life in the main concern of the British.

The Labor opposition has already demanded an emergency budget from Johnson and the businessmen demanded extraordinary rescue measures.

To this is added that the Bank of England contemplates the fourth consecutive increase in the price of money to 1.25% this month.

Unlike what happens in Spain, Anglo-Saxon democracies have historically been intolerant of lies.

For this reason, the conservative ranks are pressing for Johnson to resign before he takes away all the chances of victory in the 2024 general elections. But they do not have a candidate with a clear leadership, capable of establishing himself as a guaranteed alternative to Johnson. .

It is a fact that the

it is in a weak situation that shares characteristics with the rest of Europe, derived from inflation and the war in Ukraine.

But his case incorporates its own vices.

Now he is taking from the medicine that he used against

.

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