Great Britain: Boris Johnson’s girlfriend leads a ‘palace coup’ in Downing St.

For a classic lover like Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the palace coup set at Downing St and directed by his girlfriend Carrie Symonds, is a rehearsal for a Greek play. In a fierce battle for power and a revolt that transcended its walls, Lee Cain, Brexiteer adviser to Boris, communications chief and his future chief of staff, resigned on Wednesday evening after a confrontation with Currie, who was none other than the responsible for communications for the Conservative Party.

The next could be Dominic cummings, his controversial and abrasive Brexit adviser, who confronted Boris on Wednesday following the departure of his partner, Lee Cain.

Currie argued that Cain and Dominic block access to Boris and separate him from his ministers, MPs, and the party. But the exodus could be prolonged with Lord David Frost, who is leading the Brexit talks, Lord Lewis, and his entire team of negotiators with the EU, as well as other Eurosceptics in the cabinet. A mutation seems to be in progress.

The Brexit purge

The purge has a name: Brexit. The defeat of Donald Trump in the North American election, the arrival of Democrat and pro-Irish Joe Biden to the White House and the failure of the ongoing diplomatic negotiations on Brexit last week, before a deal or an exit without The agreement of the European Union is the fuel for this spectacular revolt of the most unexpected of the protagonists, which keeps the ear of the Prime Minister.

Boris’ Brexit model could be readjusted, in the best ‘Johnson’ way, as obstacles mount and the prospect of a post-pandemic, post-Trump and post-Brexit outcast increases Britain. Boris is a pragmatist, who the scruples do not stop.

Cain’s resignation too late Wednesday night unleashed frantic calls to Downing St other officials, as indications of the purge slowly began to circulate in the press. Councilors wondered “if Cummings was next” and how many would go with him. Cain, Boris’ communications director and former Brexiteer journalist, had already resigned but will step down at the end of the year. Cummings had a fierce confrontation with Boris to defend his friend Cain. Boris has not moved.

The girls defeated him

Boris’ two most powerful advisers – Cain and Cumming – were defeated by two women of political communication. Carrie Symonds, Boris’s girlfriend and former ITN reporter, Allegra Stratton, who is the new face of Downing St, in the television lectures chosen by Boris.

Allegra is in London a well-known political journalist on television and in The Guardian. She left journalism to become the political adviser and “spin doctor” of Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of Finance, who with his new and brilliant career could be the next British Prime Minister. Stratton has opposed Cain’s appointment as Boris Johnson’s future chief of staff and has never spoken to him since taking office. He didn’t intend to depend on him.

Currie Symonds objected to Cain’s appointment and was “uncomfortable” when she questioned his abilities for the job. With Stratton, they blame him for “his abrasive ways and his communication strategy which did not favor Boris”. Both are the most powerful voices today at Downing St and be heard.

It was almost midnight when Cain wrote his resignation: “After much consideration, I have resigned tonight as the communications director of 10 Downing St and will be stepping down at the end of the year.” He admitted that he had been offered the post of chief of staff and that it had been “an honor” to work with Boris, who thanked him for his services. He was replaced by James Slack, a British civil servant, who served Theresa May and Boris Johnson.

Thus ended his political career. Cain quietly led Downing St forward when Boris was in hospital and Dominic Cummings had fled to his farm in Durham because he had coronavirus. The breakup with Carrie Symonds was due to the fact that she posted pictures of herself and Boris on her Instagram account last June, without warning him. A violent brawl broke out at Downing St and ended in serious combat injuries last night.

The blind blow of the palace

The coup at Downing St Palace has brought lawmakers to despair, amid a pandemic, with Brexit negotiations on the ground, the Brexit rewrite law rejected by the House of Lords. At the same time, EU negotiator Michael Barnier and the Irish warned that “Brexit negotiations are likely to fall into pieces “.

Amid this mess, the 1922 Committee, which hates Cummings and is the party’s highest authority, and MPs urged the government to “take advantage of the crisis for a complete urgent equipment change and start over ”.

“The Prime Minister must capitalize on this crisis and put at 10 Downing St someone whom MEPs know and respect, who has the best interests of the party and the Prime Minister at heart,” said Sir Charles Walker, Deputy Speaker of the powerful committee. 1922. Dominic Cummings is an anarchist and is not even affiliated with the Conservative Party.

The crisis can end the contempt for the party, MPs, Parliament, the press that Lee Cain and Dominic Cummings wielded, which has produced a sense of alienation in the party.

Boris Johnson was the first European to speak to President-elect Joe Biden, assuring him that the Good Friday deal, which guarantees peace in Northern Ireland, would not be affected by Brexit.

Disastrous negotiations

Irish and EU negotiator Michael Barnier believes the latest Brexit talks in London they are a failure. There is not a single progress last week before they decide to sign a deal or leave the EU without it. The two sides have 7 days to secure a free trade agreement, before the EU summit on Thursday next week. The European Parliament must ratify the deal before the end of the year to prevent a no-deal exit.

Britain does not believe a deal will be reached this week. The negotiations will move to Brussels. EU leaders want strong UK guarantees for state aid, taxes, workers’ rights, the environment and fisheries. Britain does not want a new system regulating future hands-free governments from Brussels.

Balance of power it changes in Downing St., The Old Guard Brexiteer falls victim to this palace coup, where the biggest beneficiary could be a new Brexit: More “soft”, more flexible and less ideological. OR No Brexit. With Boris, the end is never known but the defeated are the Brexiteers.

Paris, correspondent