The British Prime Minister's belief that only an "armored division" would be able to oust him from his Downing Street seat shows how he thinks.

On the one hand, Boris Johnson still seems to feel safe in fortress number 10. On the other hand, he apparently cannot help but measure his political destiny in historical proportions.

Jochen Buchsteiner

Political correspondent in London.

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After all, it was the Wehrmacht that invented the armored divisions and used them in World War II.

Conversely, however, this means that parallels to the inglorious German end are now being used to assess the situation.

You are watching the "bunker" collapsing, wrote Johnson's intimate enemy Dominic Cummings, his former adviser.

Judging by the martial rhetoric, things still seem to be quite cheerful in the center of power.

The parties are over, maybe because they aren't that much fun anymore due to the lack of corona restrictions, but people still sing.

When Guto Harri, Downing Street's new chief communications officer, addressed Johnson's chances of survival during the inaugural interview, the Prime Minister intoned Gloria Gaynor's "I will survive";

afterwards there was "some laughter".

Harri told the Welsh news portal Golwg 360 - possibly assuming his dewy anecdote would never be translated from Welsh.

Harri also assured Golwg 360 that Johnson was "not a complete clown," to which the Times cartoonist promptly credited him with the postscript, "But give him time."

Four months in the affair swamp

Johnson declined to comment on his new communications chief's first outing, raising questions about whether the two had agreed on the same political scale.

Before Harri could set his briefcase down in his new office, he had to fend off the next attack on Johnson.

This time an apology was demanded from the Prime Minister for poisoning the political well.

On Monday, opposition leader Keir Starmer was harassed in Westminster by a mob who not only demanded freedom from Corona and for Julian Assange, but also hatefully yelled "Jimmy Savile".

Savile was a famous entertainer who was posthumously convicted of serial sexual abuse in 2013.

During Savile's lifetime, the public prosecutor's office had not followed up on circumstantial evidence, which is why Starmer, then its head, later apologized.

An internal investigation had come to the conclusion that an investigation should have taken place, but saw no "indecent motives" and also did not mention the name Starmer.

In a lively House of Commons debate, Johnson accused Starmer of pursuing journalists more than Savile.

This outrages many, even those closest to them.

Johnson's close adviser Munira Mirza resigned.

Anti-Johnson sentiment relentless

So far, Johnson has refused an apology, which his critics believe is necessary because conspiracy theories are circulating on the Internet that accuse Starmer of doing nothing out of interest.

Johnson's supporters, on the other hand, say he didn't accuse Starmer of any personal misconduct, just wanted to show parallels - after all, both had apologized for misconduct in their areas of responsibility.

However one assesses the invective, the reaction makes it clear how inexorable the mood has become.

"Now almost everything Johnson would have gone through is toxic," says a journalist who belongs to the Prime Minister's wife's circle of friends.

Even in his own party, the poison is now dripping.

Some Tories are now targeting Johnson's wife, accusing her of undue influence over government affairs.

She is responsible for Johnson betraying Tory values ​​and promoting an eco-agenda and state interventionism.

Health Secretary Sajid Javid called the attacks on Carrie Johnson "unworthy and sexist" on Monday.