Will Al-Zahawi be the last of his chapters?.. The series of political scandals deprives Britain of a stable government

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- British political life is not devoid of many dramas and events that turn the political scene upside down. It is only a few months after the formation of the Rishi Sunak government, on which it was relied upon to restore some political stability, until it was also infected with the dismissals.

The last chapter of the crisis was represented by the dismissal of Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, head of the Conservative Party, Nazim Al-Zahawi, from his position in the government (minister without portfolio) yesterday, Sunday, after an independent investigation into his tax affairs concluded that he had committed a serious breach of the ministerial code of conduct.

Al-Zahawi thus joins a long list of names that have resigned or been dismissed due to their involvement in political or moral scandals or making mistakes that contradict the British government work charter.

The new crisis erupted in the face of the leadership of the Conservative Party, after Sunak received a report on Nazim Al-Zahawi’s file from the independent consultant for government work ethics, in which it was stated that Al-Zahawi had paid a fine of about 5 million pounds (6 million dollars) to the Tax Authority because of his failure to make a tax declaration about Profits of £20 million.

The independent consultant for government work ethics concluded that Al-Zahawi was involved in violating the government work charter, when he did not inform the former Prime Minister Liz Terrace nor the current prime minister of his case with the Tax Authority, so Sunak decided directly to dismiss Al-Zahawi, in a continuation of a series that does not end since the government of Boris Johnson.

Sunak will be in great embarrassment if any new minister in his government is proven to be involved in any political error (Reuters)

Damn Johnson

Britain lived during the reign of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson for days that will remain immortal in the country's political history, after Johnson was involved in many political scandals that he insisted on denying his relationship with, especially organizing parties inside the Prime Minister's headquarters during the period of complete closure of the country due to the Corona pandemic.

Johnson resisted all attempts to withdraw confidence from him, and all demands for his dismissal, to the extent that his closest allies sent him a message in Parliament with the phrase, “Leave, for the love of God.” Nevertheless, he refrained from resigning until Rishi Sunak dealt him the final blow by submitting his resignation from the position of Minister of the Treasury, to catch up Other ministers, and then Johnson was forced to resign from office.

After that, the Conservative Party began searching for a new leader to get him out of the chaos that Johnson left behind, so the decision settled on Liz Terrace to become prime minister, and immediately after her selection, some press articles began to give her the title of "Iron Woman" that was carried by the late famous Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

This title lasted only a few weeks until Terrace implicated her country in one of the worst economic crises in the country's history, and the value of the pound sterling fell against the dollar to an unprecedented level, because of her controversial economic plan, which was the reason for her resignation.

Find stability

After that, the main concern of the Conservative Party became the search for a non-controversial figure, who does not have any political past tarnished by mistakes behind it, so the choice fell on Rishi Sunak, who reached the premiership with the slogan "commitment and responsibility."

Sunak's government almost broke its contract since the first week, due to pressure on him to dismiss Interior Minister Soila Braverman, who was revealed to have sent confidential government documents from her personal email to a colleague in parliament.

Sunak refused to dismiss the interior minister, and the case passed without causing much noise, due to preoccupation with the economic situation in the country.

But British policy is always true to itself, as it refuses stability, so the case of Nazim Al-Zahawi surfaced, which ended with his dismissal, to join the Minister of Health, Matt Hancock, who was in the Johnson government and was involved in an ethical scandal inside his office.

Sunak will be in great embarrassment if any new minister in his government is proven to be involved in any political error, as British public opinion can no longer bear the many mistakes of the Conservative Party.

British confidence in the Conservative Party declined (Getty Images)

Low popularity

The opposition Labor Party soon benefits from the golden gifts offered by the Conservative Party, and the latest opinion poll on the British vote's intention during the upcoming elections showed that the Labor Party is far ahead of the Conservative Party.

The poll - which was conducted by the Techne polls office immediately after Zahawi's dismissal - showed that the Labor Party won 47% of the total votes in the upcoming elections, compared to only 26% for the Conservative Party.

The poll revealed a decline in British confidence in the Conservative Party, as 61% confirmed that they do not trust the Conservative Party, nor the Sunak government.

The poll results are in line with reports that Conservative Party leaders held meetings with the Prime Minister in which they discussed the decline in the party's popularity, and that winning the upcoming elections - after 12 years of British rule - would be an almost impossible task.