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He’s in a bad bargaining position: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Photo: Tolga Akmen (Keystone)
Boris Johnson is simply incorrigible. Since the outbreak of the crown pandemic, the prime minister has been making promises that he cannot keep. In the summer he claimed that Christmas could take place as usual. Well after having families in the south east of England It has forbiddenTo meet on Christmas Eve, pretend that everything will be fine again by Easter. Johnson can be called an unrepentant optimist; But it can also be said that with his eagerness to portray the situation in a more beautiful way than it is, his compatriots are so insecure that the loss of confidence in the government is enormous.
No, Johnson can’t help that new crown mutation appeared in the UK. But you can do something to prevent the virus from spreading across the country. In addition to vaccinations, it would be the order of the day to ban Christmas gatherings not just in London and much of the South East, but across the country. Johnson avoids that, however, as he would have to make another U-turn that once again revealed his inability to act prudently and seriously.
The people don’t care about regulations, nor the government
Instead, it allows people to flee the capital to catch crowded trains to where they can still meet relatives on Christmas Eve. Many just don’t subscribe to Johnson’s call to stay home, mostly because the government has shown that it does not comply with the regulations itself. Just remember Johnson’s former senior advisor Dominic cummingsthat he was driving towards his family in the north of England in the middle of the first confinement.
At the beginning of the pandemic in spring taught in the Austrian ski resort of Ischgl: The virus knows no borders. But Johnson is now experiencing in a particularly painful way that borders can help keep the epidemic under control. French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to largely halt cross-channel trafficking due to the new virus mutation caught the prime minister off guard. But road freight is not the only problem: around the world, some 40 countries have denied Britain’s planes the right to land.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is more vulnerable than ever to blackmail. Emmanuel Macron knows it.
A perfect storm is brewing over the UK, and in the middle of it is a prime minister whose weakness grows stronger. This is particularly clear now, a few days before Brexit. Johnson is in an extremely bad position in the negotiations with Brussels. Since the beginning of the talks, the EU has had the longest lever thanks to its economic strength. But now, in light of the blockade on the English Channel, the prime minister is more vulnerable than ever to blackmail. Macron knows it, now it is important that the French president does not allow the Canal crisis to escalate. After all, the situation has eased a bit recently. Britain’s cars and trucks have returned to France.
If it is not possible to conclude a contract on future relations with the EU in the days until December 31, there will be customs duties and customs controls. Where there are now 1,000 trucks stuck on the highway to Dover, as many as 7,000 are likely to queue up very quickly. At least that’s the worst-case scenario for the British government. Johnson should finally stop rambling on Monday about the fact that Britain will “flourish splendidly” even in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
The pandemic out of control, on the defensive in the Brexit negotiations: a storm is brewing over the kingdom, and in the middle of it stands the Prime Minister.
Alexander Mühlauer from London