Drug Use Moves Brexit In The Battle To Succeed May

MADRID.- The battle of the British Conservative Party to find a successor to the Prime Minister

Theresa May

just added a new weapon: drug use. Especially cocaine.

For the British, the nightmare never seems to end. After the three years of instability with the month of May, they are now facing the possibility that the future of the country, the exit of the European Union (EU) and, by the way, the Conservative Party, are in the hands of an addict. .

This is at least the latest scandal that broke out in what promises to be a very bloody battle to choose the successor of the May outgoing.

What seems obvious is that, whether the drug is consumed or not, the political debate seems to be moving away from the sword of Damocles that the country has on its head. And that will expire on October 31, the last extension date given by the EU to define its exit from the bloc.

Far from it, the question is aggravated towards the consumption of narcotics.

Gove, the first

It all started a few hours ago with Michael Gove, one of the possible successors and former Minister of the Environment, who admitted to having made the habit of consuming cocaine. "But it was before, in my life as a journalist, and not when I devoted myself to politics," clarified the ambitious conservative politician.

Gove, who is among the "top five" to stay with May's position, made these statements during an interview with the Daily Mail which, obviously, had received information on the habits of the day. aspiring, never better said.

It was the first step for what was then an earthquake of accusations. Immediately, they started to leave files and files containing data on drug use from other stakeholders.

Boris Johnson

, the former foreign minister, also fell in the round of accusations. Although, with its habitual campechanía, nuance that, in fact, the drug – the cocaine also – "did not rise" by the nose.

"I do not remember very well, it happened while I was studying at the university, I picked up some coke, but I think I sneezed or quit Something happened because it did not go through my nose, "he said.

"I guess no one will blame me for something that happened twenty years ago, when I was someone else," said the candidate, who has just undergone a lie trial during the campaign that led to the affirmative vote for Brexit.

Opium and marijuana

The file revocation continued throughout the weekend. International Development Minister Rory Stewart said he had consumed opium. He said in an interview with the SkyNews Network, in which he stated that the episode had been produced "fifteen years ago" at one evening and that it was 39, was "a stupid mistake".

The current Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jeremy Hunt, and the former Minister of

Brexit

Dominic Raab admitted to using marijuana. A drug much lighter than the two previous for the British conception in the matter.

While the miseries of the candidates for her succession were broadcast before the microphones, May began the last stretch of the Way of the Cross in which she drifted down Downing Street.

He is no longer the leader of the party – he resigned last Friday with an internal letter – and only remains the "interim" prime minister until the conservative militants elect a new leader.

The responsibility for succession then lies with more than 100,000 activists and not the entire British electorate.

Hand saw

Johnson, who is almost 55 years old, sounds like the absolute favorite. But that does not mean that he will take the job. His figure, of indefatigable serruchador of the soil in which May sits, is in conflict for many.

It may be for this reason that he has redoubled his efforts and that he appears simply in the media to clarify his position and create a flag, again, with the Brexit .

Johnson claims that if he becomes prime minister, he will not pay the EU fine of more than 50,000 million euros, unless it sets a "much cheaper" table than that of May and which has never been approved by Parliament. Otherwise, he says, we go without agreement.

Always with the promise that the country "will be much better" in this way. Argument that many contradict their lies about saving money which would mean for the British the departure of the EU.