The end is in sight for Boris Johnson. The prime minister’s grip on power is slipping after two senior members of his cabinet resigned while questioning his competence . But the debate over his suitability for office masks deep divisions over a range of policy issues. A new leader will find them even harder to reconcile.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson walks at Downing Street in London, Britain July 6, 2022. REUTERS/Henry NichollsLONDON, July 6 - The end is in sight for Boris Johnson. The prime minister’s grip on power is slipping after two senior members of his cabinet
while questioning his competence. But the debate over his suitability for office masks deep divisions over a range of policy issues. A new leader will find them even harder to reconcile., in 2018, it was because they disagreed with Theresa May’s handling of Brexit. Johnson was one of them. What was striking about Tuesday’s exodus was the absence of disagreement over policies.
Yet the chaos of Johnson’s administration has helped to obscure fundamental and unresolved debates over Britain’s direction following its departure from the European Union. The government has pursued both state intervention and free trade, and talked of cutting taxes while raising the fiscal burden to its highest share of GDP. It has advocated financial deregulation while introducing vague and far-reaching powers to intervene in corporate takeovers.
Johnson’s election victory in 2019 owed much to his ability to persuade people on both sides of these debates that he agreed with them. Though he may extend his tenure by days, weeks, or even months, that balancing act has run its course. His potential successors will find the inherent tensions of Britain in 2022 even more difficult to resolve.
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