In basketball, we call money time
the last seconds when the fate of a close match is decided and where the cohesion of the team is expensive. However, it is in full psychodrama that the team of the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tackles this week of money time
in the interminable match of Brexi. Friday November 13, 2020 in the evening, «BoJo»
a limogé Dominic Cummings, his influential, but highly controversial, special advisor.
The “hero” of Brexit
The Oxford history graduate is considered one of the architects of the 2016 referendum. Director of the campaign for the Leave
, Cummings, 48, had been able to transform the anger of the British, battered by ten years of austerity, into a vote to leave the European Union. The famous slogan Take back control
(regain control), that was him. Cummings also contributed to the historic victory of the Conservatives and Boris Johnson in the legislative elections at the end of 2019.
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His surprise departure comes two days after the resignation of another outright Brexit. Tried to become chief of staff to the Prime Minister, Lee Cain in fact also took the door, Wednesday, November 11. As if, in a sudden backlash, the prospect that these two ultras
take even more power from Boris Johnson had awakened and mobilized the moderates of the Conservative Party.
Towards concessions towards the European Union?
Many, especially among the elected Tories, no longer supported the morgue of Cummings, judged uncontrollable
, he who had tried unsuccessfully to suspend Parliament in the midst of final Brexit negotiations or he who was caught violating confinement … BoJo
, Carrie Symonds, former director of communications for the Conservative Party, wanted him to leave.
Boris Johnson eventually let go of Clain, then Cummings. Is this a sign that the United Kingdom could make the necessary concessions to finally reach a compromise on its future trade relationship with the European Union? Nothing is less sure. It is undoubtedly more for internal reasons than Boris Johnson, widely criticized for its management of the Covid pandemic (51,858 deaths), gave their heads, to close the ranks of the party.
It is however minus one
. An agreement must be concluded in the coming days so that it can be ratified in time by the British and European Parliaments. Otherwise, at 1is January, the only rules of the World Trade Organization will apply, at the risk of plummeting trade in the midst of the coronavirus crisis.
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