The resignation of Boris Johnson, the beginning of the end or the end of the worries for Theresa May

Of two things one: either the resignation of Boris Johnson, announced Monday, July 9, sounds the beginning of the end for Prime Minister Theresa May, either she announces the beginning of the end … of her troubles. The flamboyant Foreign Minister, like Brexit Minister David Davis, who had left the government a few hours ago, has been provoking Theresa May for two years and threatening to slam the door without ever the act. To the point that their recurring resignation was the subject of many jokes. That these advocates of a clear divorce with the European Union (EU) do it today, a few days after the publication of new guidelines on Brexit, much more conciliatory with the EU, is both consistent with the characters and in political logic

On Monday afternoon, in an overheated political climate, the resignation of Mr. Johnson revived rumors of a possible vote of no confidence against Theresa May and a political crisis. The Foreign Office chief did not immediately explain his decision, whose motives, in accordance with his muddled strategy, are not clear. Why did he endorse on Friday evening the EU-backed compromise deal at the end of the Checkers government seminar to make his apron three days later? It is true that during the meeting, as he later fled, he elegantly considered that defending the plan of Mr. ^me May would be "waxing a poop" ] "polish a turd" )

No doubt also the head of the Foreign Office, former head of the pro-Brexit campaign in the referendum, could he not do less than the Minister of Brexit, who considers that the Checkers agreement betrays the vote of the British. Iain Duncan Smith, a former pro-Brexit minister, also felt that the resignation of "Boris" constituted " a great shock to …