British leader causes discomfort by being absent from announcing a long recession and spending his last time in power on planes and parties
A columnist for ‘The Spectator’, a magazine that Boris Johnson once directed, has revealed that the prime minister is on vacation in Slovenia, that the finance minister, Nadhim Zahawi, lives with his family in a house in a foreign country that he owns. . and that even the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Simon Clarke, was off his post when the Bank of England raised interest rates by half a point.
The columnist, who specializes in gossip, warned of the gravity of the context: the central bank is forecasting a protracted recession, inflation of up to 13% by the end of this year and double digits the next. And he denounced: “In such circumstances it is hoped that all hands in Westminster will join the snake in trying to calm the fears.”
The habit of copying what others publish has alarmed some media outlets. It’s a burst of optimism about Johnson’s virtues, just over a month after his faction ousted him as party leader. But would the comical politician have prevented the interest rate hike, recession or inflation by his presence? Quiet fears certainly not.
Johnson is in Slovenia after throwing a wedding anniversary party with his wife Carrie last weekend. Some millionaire friends have set up a large tent for them on their estate in the southwest of England to bring family and friends together. At their wedding, due to the pandemic, only a small group of family members gathered in Downing Street after the religious bond.
They would celebrate the party in Checkers, the country residence of the British government leaders. As they also hosted a farewell party with friends and associates at the Oxfordshire mansion ten days after his fall, there were many protests against the repeated use of Checkers for such a private party. A friend of a millionaire hastily threw a telegram at Johnson again.
The farewell party coincided with meetings of the safety committee that meets in emergency situations. The media pointed out that Johnson — who had already declined to attend four meetings of the same committee when the pandemic began — had missed two in mid-July to coordinate palliative measures for the heat wave this time.
Days after becoming Acting Prime Minister, he boarded a Royal Air Force fighter jet for a tour of the skies over southern England. The candidate to replace him, Liz Truss, has already jumped on a tank, to match Margaret Thatcher, in favor of stepping on tanks every now and then. Johnson wanted to get on a fighter plane and his days were running out.
The slang of this summer is that Johnson doesn’t give a fuck, those who are now criticizing him asked that in July. There was discontent in the faction and in the media for Johnson’s continuity as interim. The waters calmed down with the launch of the election process to replace him and because a Johnson on planes and parties is not committing the vengeful misdeeds feared.
A journalist from the newspaper ‘i’ showed that Johnson called Volodímir Zelenski when he had domestic problems. The last public notice of an appeal to Zelensky is on July 7, following the announcement of his resignation. As for inflation, candidate Sunak laughs at his rival, Truss, because he believes he will reduce it by cutting taxes. As for the recession, Truss blames Sunak’s taxes.
Source: La Verdad
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