From the Churchill tradition to the fate of Trump.. These are Johnson's fatal mistakes that moved him from political glory to the bottom

LONDON

- The British Prime Minister succeeded in creating a special image of him, which made his fame extend beyond the United Kingdom to the countries of the world.

The rise of Boris Johnson's star coincided with the arrival of former US President Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States, which made many describe Johnson as a miniature version of Trump, except that there are fundamental differences between the two men, although both of them draw from the populist school.

Johnson is an authentic son of British politics that he struggled and fought well, and he is the owner of a strong pen that his articles that he wrote before his arrival to the prime minister testify, and he rose in political positions until he reached what he reached, which means that he is not an emergency situation on politics in Britain as is the case for Donald Trump.

On the other hand, the similarity between the two men is the refusal to admit defeat. Johnson, whose government collapsed and achieved a record number of officials resigning within a few days, refuses to resign until the last moment and says that he obtained the votes of 14 million Britons in the 2019 elections, a figure that did not happen. He has no leader before him and therefore he will not resign.

Johnson did not succeed in maintaining the political glory that he built in years, but 3 years in the premiership was enough to transform his course from the dream of imitating the only British leader, Winston Churchill, to a politician isolated and resigned from the premiership.

Boris Johnson went through many stations that took him from the top of political glory to the bottom that led to his expulsion from the British political scene.

strength point

Johnson based his political legitimacy on 3 main stations, the first of which is the campaign for Britain to leave the European Union, and his success in persuading the British to vote to leave the European bloc, and at that time he was described as the godfather of Brexit and able to influence public opinion.

As for the second stop, it was after he resigned from the position of Foreign Minister in Theresa May’s government, and launched a fierce campaign to remove May from her position, and then called for premature elections in 2019, a campaign that Johnson will also lead and in which the Conservative Party wins a historic and unprecedented majority, and at this stage it will appear Johnson as if he is the only leader in the country and the owner of the tyrannical popularity and drags behind him a parliamentary majority that passes him whatever laws he wants without much trouble.

In the Corona file, and after Britain’s success in manufacturing the “Oxford” vaccine, and its entry into the process of vaccinating citizens to be the first country in the world to launch a wide vaccination process, while the rest of the European countries were suffering both to obtain sufficient doses of the vaccine, then some compared what happened to a victory comparable to Britain's victory in World War II, and some went to compare Johnson to the most famous British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill.

The dilemma of Brexit and the curse of Corona

Perhaps one of the reasons for Johnson’s rise will be one of the reasons for destabilizing confidence in him, and it is related to the Brexit file, which the United Kingdom has not yet come out of its whirlpool after 5 years of the referendum, but rather has turned into a burning file that threatens the unity of the Kingdom, due to the dilemma of the Irish issue.

Foreign investment in the country declined, as well as foreign trade with the European Union, in addition to a severe crisis in workers, one of the manifestations of which was the fuel crisis due to the shortage of drivers for large trucks, forcing the British to stand in queues to obtain fuel.

All of this changed the popular mood towards Brexit, as support for Brexit fell to only 37% in 2022, while support for remaining in the European Union increased to 53%, and Brexit turned from a blessing to a curse.

While Boris Johnson was addressing his shocking speeches to the British and the world about the Corona epidemic, and that “many will lose their loved ones” due to the epidemic, and while he was urging everyone to stay in their homes, it turned out that the man was not depriving himself of organizing parties in the Prime Minister’s headquarters.

Several leaks showed that Johnson organized a number of parties with his employees inside his official workplace, in the scandal that became known as "Party Gate", while the British were living under strict closure.

At first, Johnson denied his knowledge or participation in these parties, before photos of him participating in them were leaked, and after a report of a fact-finding committee, the police fined Johnson for violating the quarantine rules, and then demands for Johnson’s resignation increased.

Suspicious money and favoritism

After Boris Johnson's decision to make alterations and renovations in his apartment in the Prime Ministry, change the colors of the walls and put gold-coated paper, these renovations raised questions about the source of funding. He confirmed that Johnson received secret donations, and refuses to reveal the identity of its owner, which is against the laws.

After investigating the matter, it was found that Johnson had misused the donation money, and that he was not honest when he said that he was the one who took the money for these donations.

Boris Johnson spared no effort in defending his friends who were implicated in professional and ethical mistakes, as happened with Conservative MP Owen Patterson, who was involved in obtaining money in exchange for lobbying activities for private companies in Parliament, and despite his conviction by a parliamentary committee, Johnson directed party MPs To support him and prevent his removal, however, political and popular outrage prompted Patterson to resign despite Johnson's staunch defense of him.

In the case of Chris Pincher, who was appointed by Johnson as deputy chairman of the Conservative Party Disciplinary Committee, despite Johnson knowing that Pincher has been involved in moral scandals since 2017, Johnson made false statements that he was not aware of Pincher's mistakes when he was appointed, before it turned out that he was aware of them all, And he covered up his friend, an affair that overflowed the chalice and made ministers and officials resign one by one from Johnson's government, and led to his ouster from government.