UK: Tory groans after Boris Johnson announcement

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Ruth Davidson, the former leader of the Scottish Conservative Party announced her resignation Thursday, August 29 on Twitter. Tolga AKMEN / AFP

Thousands of people demonstrated in London, Manchester, Edinburgh and other major cities on Wednesday night after Boris Johnson's announcement to suspend Parliament between mid-September and mid-October. In the camp of the conservatives too, the discontent is also rising.

A resignation made Thursday, August 29 noise. Popular and pro-European, Ruth Davidson, the leader of the conservative party in Scotland evokes in her resignation letter, " the conflict " she " felt on Brexit ".

It has been the privilege of my life to serve as @ScotTories leader. This morning I wrote to the Scottish party chairman to tender my resignation. pic.twitter.com/CJ9EjW2RqN

In the ranks of the conservative party, there are many moderate figures to denounce the gesture of Boris Johnson.

The challenge of rebellion

States of mind that make the government smile when it persists and signs on the showdown, spokesman Jacob Rees Mog, figure Ultra Brexiter challenged them all this morning on the BBC: " All these people who whine or grind their teeth know that there are two ways to achieve their ends : the first is to change government and the second is to change the law .

A Queen's speech in October will allow the government to advance its focus on the NHS, as I told @SkyNews today. pic.twitter.com/6sS1qFsLSS

In other words, in this party where loyalty is a cardinal value, conservative moderates are challenged to vote for a possible motion of no confidence next week.

The team of Boris Johnson has already planned the parade and made it known anonymously in the newspaper The Financial Times : a dissolution of Parliament followed by general elections between 1 and 5 November. In other words, censor us and you will leave the European Union on October 31 without even having your say and a vote that the Prime Minister is now visibly strong enough to win.

On the front page of the British press

Moreover, Boris Johnson and his decision to suspend Parliament for five weeks blocking the opposition in his plans to counter a " no deal " are on the front page of the British press on Thursday, reports our London correspondent Elodie Ghouls .

Impossible to escape the blond head of Boris Johnson! The Daily Mail devotes ten pages to the subject with a photo of Boris Johnson, fists raised like a boxer and the title " Boris takes no more gloves ."

On the side of the Sun , the emblematic English tabloid, it's the same picture that describes this time a " Boris who has and who is fighting ". But the more traditional newspapers like the Times are also taking over the subject, " Johnson tries everything for everything " headlines the conservative daily and offers a long article where sources from Downing Street explains that the closest collaborators of the Prime Minister are already organizing to know how to legally be able to ignore a vote of no confidence.

Scottish independence in Scotland

More to the left, the Guardian reveals how the opposition organizes itself, which yesterday according to the daily, was preparing legislation to force Boris Johnson to request an extension of Brexit. Finally in Scotland, The National newspaper talks about the resignation of Scottish Conservative Party leader Ruth Davidson and headlines by addressing her directly. " If you can not work with him, why should Scotland ? Thus raising the question of independence.