British officials said the government’s goal of controlling social contacts was adversely affected by the new strain of coronavirus spreading much faster than the original strain. Indeed, people fleeing London are likely to spread the virus across the country, with 35,928 new cases reported on Sunday.
It is more strategic to drag the Prime Minister’s foot on the post-Brexit deal. On December 31, just 10 days before December 31, there will be very little time to review the deal in Parliament, where pro-Brexit hard-liners will pay attention. But without any margin of error, analysts say Mr Johnson will have to accept a compromise to lead the talks to an economically disastrous collapse.
Sam Lowe, a trade expert at the Center for European Reform, said the prospects for a possible deal have been known since at least last March. “But the Prime Minister’s modus operandi will leave tough decisions in the hope that something better will come until the last minute,” as evidenced by his approach to Covid-19.
Tim Bale, a professor of politics at Queen Mary University in London, said: “The cost of this mental defect and its political consequences is paid for in a lost life in the case of Covid; While with Brexit, if some businesses go out of business due to some uncertainty caused by delay in decision making, they may lose livelihood. “
With less than two weeks to go before Britain leaves the Single Market and Customs Union, British companies still do not realize whether their goods will face tariffs if they are exported to Europe or Ireland on continents. Which could make auto toe factories unprofitable or remove some farmers from business.
Trade talks in Brussels on Sunday are not accompanied by signs of progress. The two sides have been fighting primarily over phishing rights, but there are indications that Mr Johnson has turned to the wider demand of the European Union that Britain accept its competitive policy and long-term limits on state aid to the industry.
On the epidemic, critics say Mr Johnson’s disbanded policies have eroded public confidence in the government. He has repeatedly denied the lockdown, insisting only that scientific evidence has changed. Mixed messages have left many confused about the rules.
In the latest face-to-face, Mr. Johnson cited new evidence that is 70 percent more transmissible than the original virus – data he said was presented to his cabinet on Friday. Independent scientists generally support concerns about its type. But British public health officials said on Sunday that they had identified the first variant in October from a sample taken in September.
Last Monday when it put in place London and other parts of southern and eastern Britain the government raised concerns about the first variant – as well as the more rapid spread – when it was the next highest level of sanctions. But two days later, Mr. Johnson reaffirmed his promise to ease the restrictions from December 23 to December 27 so that families could gather for Christmas.
When the leader of the opposition Labor Party, Carey Starmer, suggested in Parliament that Mr. Johnson should reconsider the plan, the Prime Minister mocked him. “I wish he really wanted to say what he really wants to do,” Mr. Johnson said.
Now, of course, the Prime Minister has done exactly that – only he waited three more days, during which even more people planned the trip. On Sunday, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, France, Germany and Riyadh all began banning flights from Britain, amid a coordinated response from the European Union.
Mr. Starrer, guess, was Wit in their criticismSaying that, Mr. Johnson “was so afraid of being overly popular that he was unable to make tough decisions until it was too late.”
The prime minister hinted at his fears earlier in the week when he pointed to Oliver Cromwell, who disappointed the Christmas festivities during the ascetic days of the Puritan movement in England in the mid-17th century. The British papers, which introduced Cromwell in the last few weeks, lost no time in tagging Mr Johnson after he announced the Christmas lockdown.
Surprisingly, perhaps, the drastic measures taken by oneself are not uncommon. A poll conducted by research firm Yugov after Mr Johnson’s announcement on Saturday found that 67 per cent said they supported additional sanctions. But 61 percent said the government has handled the rollout poorly.
Mr Johnson, analysts said, was pushed by similar legislators into his Conservative party, which is likely to oppose a trade deal with the European Union. To that extent, there is a link between the epidemic and the Brexit negotiations.
Because some Conservative legislators are outraged by his mismanagement of the lockdown rules, they said Mr Johnson could now calculate that by signing a trade deal with the European Union he would not be able to react further in parliament which would be unpleasant with hardline Brexiters.
Mr. Johnson has discovered such characters throughout his political career. The mindset of his timeline – respected in his days as a newspaper journalist and columnist – he often makes wise decisions.
He drew attention for weeks, for example, before endorsing Britain’s exit from the European Union, writing essays that argued on both sides of the issue. It was the dice roll that gave him the way to Downing Street.
On balance, analysts still predict that Mr Johnson will join the European Union in the next few days. But leaving the final decision so late, the Prime Minister has raised differences that he would have very little choice but to accept the offer fur on the table like a Christmas lockout.
Rafael Behrer wrote in a column in The Guardian that “Johnson’s technique for dealing with problems, letting them get out of control, is sufficient to determine at a critical stage that delays are no longer effective.” “This way, the selection becomes distortedly easier because there are fewer options left.”
