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Boris Johnson will carry out a "clean-up operation" in Downing Street in the next few days and will announce drastic measures, such as the imposition of "dry law" inside the offices of the presidential mansion, to try to weather the

Partygate

scandal , which has sunk his popular approval at 22%, even lower than that of Theresa May before her resignation.

As The Sunday Times

anticipates

, Johnson will fire his personal secretary Martin Reynolds, renamed

Marty Party

after the famous invitation ("bring your own bottle") to the party held on May 20, 2020 in full Covid restrictions.

Chief of Staff Dan Rosenfield, who once assured that there were no parties during Covid in Downing Street, also has his hours counted.

Much of the communications team will leave through the back door, and possibly also the head of operations Shelley Williams, known by the nickname of

DJ SWW

after "spiking" the music at the party held on April 16, 2021, the eve of the funeral of Philip of Edinburgh.

The

prime

minister will try to anticipate the impact of the internal

Partygate

report led by senior official Sue Gray, which could be made public by the end of the week. Other information, however, suggests that the report could be delayed even in the face of new revelations that go beyond the dozen parties held during the pandemic.

According to various British media, the

Gray report

could conclude that the Covid restrictions were not violated but

at the same time condemn the culture of alcohol

in the environment of the

premier

, who still does not take personal responsibility for the excesses that have occurred and tends to blame his more direct collaborators, among which are several personal friends of his wife, Carrie.

Even so, and in the face of recent news such as the celebration of

"wine Fridays"

every week , the purchase of a fridge for alcoholic beverages by its staff and the frequent incursions into the Tesco supermarket in Westminster to replenish stocks, Johnson will possibly announce a

booze ban

at the Downing Street offices.

The

premier

has taken advantage of these days of isolation (supposedly, due to a member of his family being "positive" for Covid) to try to put the house in order and

prepare for this week's counterattack

with a battery of political measures: from putting the Army at the head of the control of illegal immigration in the English Channel to the freezing for two years of the license of the BBC, among other measures to alleviate the "cost of living", the problem that most worries the British after the Covid.

New measures

Johnson will also confirm in the coming days the

lifting of the restrictions on January 26

, after the drop in daily cases due to the Omicron variant and in an attempt to win back the favor of the party's hard wing, which led the revolt of a hundred deputies against the "Covid passport" and whose support will be vital for him to remain in his position.

It is estimated that some 35 deputies may have sent their letters in recent days letters to the 1922 Parliamentary Committee

demanding a motion of censure

and the call for a contest for the election of a new conservative leader.

It would be enough for 54 deputies -15% of the total- to support the motion to launch a mechanism similar to the one that caused the fall of Theresa May in 2019.

The numbers in which Boris Johnson is moving today are very similar to those of May in his last days, due to the consecutive effect of the corruption scandal and the "Covid parties".

64% of Britons "disapprove" of his management

, the same percentage believe that he is not telling the truth and 76% think that he broke the rules of the confinement, according to an Opinium poll for

The Observer

.

63% of those surveyed believe that Johnson should resign, including 53% of Tory

militants

, according to the Conservative Home portal, which highlights the growing acrimony against the

premier

among the grassroots and particularly in the "red wall" of the north. from England where he consolidated his absolute majority over Labour, who are now ten points ahead (41% to 31%).

"Boris Johnson has lost the moral authority to lead

," said

Tory

MP Andrew Bridgen, the last to call for resignation from his own ranks, who claims to have received more than a thousand

emails

a day from voters asking him to withdraw his support. to the

premier

Oliver Dowden, co-chairman of the Conservative Party and current minister without portfolio, however broke a spear for the

premier

on Sunday, claiming that Johnson feels "sincere regret" for what happened and that he is willing to "raise the game" of the Conservative Party to Overcome the crisis.

Despite achieving the block support of his government after his apology in Parliament last Wednesday,

most of the heavyweights in his cabinet remained silent over the weekend

and remained in expectation.

Among them, the Secretary of the Treasury, Rishi Sunak, and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs Liz Truss, considered as the two great favorites to "success" Johnson.

Not even Michael Gove, who came out in defense of his leader at critical moments, made the rounds on television this time.

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