“The dissatisfaction is high – It has a lot to do with Partygate, but not only”
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“The British have the feeling that Boris Johnson has no plan of what he wants to do with the country,” says London correspondent Stefanie bolt on the vote of no confidence in the British prime minister. Many are dissatisfied with Johnson’s work, it is about much more than Partygate.
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Boris Johnson survived his own group’s vote of no confidence. A large number of his own people voted against him. Johnson promised a better post-Brexit Britain – and didn’t deliver. Now the country’s patience has run out.
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KOnce the votes were counted, historical parallels were drawn. Did Boris Johnson fare better in the no-confidence vote than his predecessors? The balance sheet quickly became clear: the British prime minister was badly hit.
If you subtract the party colleagues who either sit in the cabinet or act as assistants to ministers, around 75 percent of Johnson’s party colleagues voted against Johnson. Even his hapless predecessor, Theresa May, came out of her vote of no confidence better.
“It was a convincing, decisive vote,” Johnson nonetheless announced with a happy expression after the vote, in which 148 of his 360 Tory colleagues voted no confidence in him. He would continue even with a majority of only one vote, his spokesman had confidently announced in advance. “We have to take the opportunity now to put all this behind us. Be united again as a party to bring our country forward,” said the Prime Minister.
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What the historical parallels make particularly clear: The United Kingdom has been politically tottering like a ship on the high seas for six years now. The weak support of their own faction is a symptom of the much larger British crisis.
David Cameron first lost control because he called a referendum on leaving the EU and unexpectedly lost in June 2016. Then his successor Theresa May tried to implement the Brexit will of the people in the most orderly way possible. She too had to give up control.
And now it’s Boris Johnson, without whom Brexit would not have happened, who is threatening to break down because of his own creation. Of course, many other factors are at play in its decline such as biting inflation, the lockdown parties at Downing Street, the fallout from the pandemic.
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opinionVote of no confidence against Prime Minister
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Ultimately, however, Johnson threatens to fail because of his many big promises. That, after Brexit, the nation will begin a new era united with him, safe and prosperous. That she uses the turning point of the exit from the EU full of energy and euphoria.
The opposite is the case. Since taking office in July 2019, the conservative has not initiated a single project that bears witness to a sustainable plan for the country. Crucial Tory legislative initiatives are stuck in Parliament or have been postponed.
Instead, Johnson and team are constantly busy trying to get failed PR back under control. According to a snap poll on Monday, 60 percent of citizens said the Tories should oust the prime minister. Labor is consistently ahead in the polls, albeit by a slim margin given the circumstances.
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Johnson has had to make some tough decisions during the pandemic, and some of them have been the right ones. But Corona is over, voters expect him to deliver. Especially those in structurally weak regions. It speaks volumes that many of the Tories elected in traditional Labor districts in 2019 turned against Johnson on Monday night.
Such a divided faction is dangerous for Johnson. If he wants to be a strong candidate in the next election in 2024, he has to be successful in politics quickly. To do this, he needs the full support of his party. The prospects have become even worse since this Monday evening.
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