Johnson dismisses the Minister of Housing, Communities and Local Government for disloyalty, according to media
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A group of senior officials from the Cabinet of the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, went to Downing Street on Wednesday to convey to the ‘premier’ the need for him to resign from office in the midst of the government crisis, which began on Tuesday after the resignation of two ministers and several subordinates.
According to the British broadcaster BBC, among the group of officials is the newly appointed Finance Minister, Nadhim Zahawi, who took office after the resignation of Rishi Sunak on Tuesday; the Minister of the Interior, Priti Patel, or the Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps.
On the other hand, it is estimated that another group of officials related to Johnson have also traveled to the official residence and office of the prime minister to transfer their support, among which would be the Secretary of Culture, Nadine Dorries, or the Minister of Opportunities for Brexit, Jacob Rees-Mogg.
In fact, Dorries later released a message on his social networks in which he assures that Johnson’s “priority” is to “stabilize the Government”, while “setting a clear direction for the country and continuing to comply with the promises he made that the British public voted for.
In the midst of this crisis, where until now everything had been resignations, the ‘premier’ has removed the Minister of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Michael Gove, from his post, arguing the official’s disloyalty in asking for Johnson’s departure.
“You can’t have a snake that doesn’t want to be with you in any of the big arguments and then gleefully tells the press that the leader has to go,” a source close to Downing Street told the BBC.
The trickle of resignations continues this Wednesday in the Government of the United Kingdom, with several exits that further increase the pressure on Prime Minister Johnson on account of the changes of version on the controversial appointment of a senior position of the conservative group in the House of the Commons.
The resignations on Tuesday of the finance ministers, Rishi Sunak, and of Health, Sajid Javid, due to the loss of confidence in the prime minister have been the hardest political blow to date against Johnson, who a month ago already raffled off barely a motion of censure promoted by his own colleagues.
Sunak and Javid have been joined in the last few hours by other senior members of the Executive – there are already about 40 – who also question the prime minister and this Wednesday the Secretaries of State for Children and Family, Will Quince, have made their departure public. ; Education, Robin Walker; or the Economics, John Glen.
However, the ‘premier’ has assured that he does not plan to resign and has highlighted that he has “a colossal mandate” derived from the 2019 elections, at the same time that he has said that “it will continue” because the internal crisis is not affecting executive action.
For his part, the leader of the opposition Labor Party, Keir Starmer, has denounced that the ‘Tories’ have become “a corrupt party that defends the indefensible”, while criticizing the ministers who have resigned for not having done so before and show that they lack “some integrity”.
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