Analysis: Boris Johnson’s reign is as good as over | Rob Harris
Boris Johnson’s premiership is in free-fall, and it is now a case of when, not if, he leaves Downing Street with his suitcase, wife Carrie, two small children and rescue dog Dilyn in tow.
It’s a comparison he would not take kindly to, although one backbench MP recently referenced the wartime leader when calling on Johnson to quit by repeating the lines Tory MP Leo Amery once said to Chamberlain. The final straw for his now former chancellor Rishi Sunak and health secretary Sajid Javid – the prime minister’s deceit over the promotion of a man he knew had a history of drunken sexual harassment to deputy chief whip – was ultimately part of a wider pattern.Confronted with a problem that appeared to reflect badly on his judgment, once again Johnson sought to cover up and conceal in an attempt to avoid confronting the situation.
In the end, Johnson could not even deny claims from his former top aide, Dominic Cummings, that the PM once even referred to him as “Pincher by name, pincher by nature” long before appointing him in February. Sunak cited economic differences, suggesting that Johnson was no longer prepared to take hard decisions essential to combat inflation.Javid, widely viewed as a potential successor, wrote that “the British people also rightly expect integrity from their government”.
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