Tim Bale puts it more politely, saying that perhaps Boris’s team had “an overly optimistic view of the disease’s progression” that afflicts the prime minister. Charles Moore, for his part, considers that Downing Street did exactly what it had to do: “Clinical issues are private matters. They should only be made public when the facts are absolutely certain., so it is only natural that they only revealed that he was hospitalized after he entered the hospital. Some press has been impatient, but I don’t think there has been any mistake. ”
And now, in the face of this scenario, what can the British do in the face of the little information available on the condition of patient Boris Johnson? “The only sensible thing to do is to wait,” predicts Moore. “And support Boris, because he remains our prime minister.”
Formally, Boris Johnson is the prime minister. But in practice, who will now be in charge will be Dominic Raab. Theresa May’s former Brexit minister, who slammed the door because he disagreed with the leader’s strategy to leave the European Union, was also a candidate for leadership of the Conservative Party and lost to Boris. But, due to his strong pro-Brexit credentials, he was eventually asked to serve as Foreign Minister in the new executive. And the proximity to Johnson is so close that he was chosen as number 2 now that the prime minister is hospitalized.
The choice provoked some “sururu” in the British press, since, in a country without a written constitution, there is no predefined rule for what should happen in such a case. And before a 46-year-old minister with limited political experience, doubts arise about Raab’s ability to rise to the job.
“I think people are exaggerating a lot,” devalues Charles Moore. “The British system has very informal rules. There is no vice president here like in the United States, there are much broader solutions. But let’s see, from a constitutional point of view, it is the Prime Minister who leads the House of Commons and the government. Therefore, it is up to him to choose who should replace him ”.
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