What did Prime Minister Johnson leave Britain for 3 years?丨 timeline

Cover reporter Huang Linyun

Boris Johnson, he was the mayor of London, who enjoys the glory of the 2012 Olympic Games. He was also known as the "Trump of the United Kingdom" and was elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to lead Britain out of the Brexit quagmire.

After Trump stepped down for a year and a half, the road to the Prime Minister of "Trump, UK" also came to an end. On July 7, 2022, Johnson issued a resignation statement that he would resign from the head of the Conservative Party and the British Prime Minister.

▲ On July 7, 2022, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson issued a resignation statement outside the Prime Minister's House

In the three years of serving as the British Prime Minister, Johnson has repeatedly fallen into allegations and controversy: from his own violations of epidemic prevention regulations to the party, to the scandal of sexual behavior of being accused of sheltering party members; The cost soared. His governance is lacking, and he has been in a moral dilemma. He has continuously overdrawn the trust of the Conservative Party and the social level.

In the context of unable to resolve the structural dilemma of British social social, he was forced by the cabinet because of the thorough scandal and became the last straw that crushed Johnson.

We briefly described the timeline of Johnson's time as the British Prime Minister, and reviewed the storms that he came along with British society in the past three years.

Strong "hard Brexit"

Lead the UK to get rid of the Brexit quagmire

May 24, 2019

Brexit has been unsuccessful at that time, and then Prime Minister Theresa May before persuading Parliament to accept Brexit agreements by the government and the European Union. Theresa May announced his resignation on June 7.

July 23, 2019

The British Conservative Party was divided into two factions, and one group supported the "soft Brexit" line that supported Teresa May (maintaining a closer connection with the European Union), and the other supported Johnson's "hard Brexit" route. Johnson was elected as a new leader in the Conservative Election and served as the British Prime Minister on the second day. The "hard Brexit" line occupied the internal wind of the Conservative Party. Johnson claims that whether or not he has reached an agreement with the European Union, Britain will be Brexit on October 31, 2019.

August 28, 2019

Johnson proposed that the British Parliament will be closed until mid -October, and the final period of Brexit at the end of October will only be half a month left at the end of October. Public opinion criticized that this move is to squeeze the time of the parliament and stop the government's "no agreement" to set up obstacles for the government. On September 11, 2019, the court ruled that Johnson's move was illegal. On December 20, 2019, the British Parliament voted to confirm Brexit on January 31, 2020 through the Brexit agreement reached by Johnson.

November 6, 2019

The British Parliament is dissolved -because Johnson asked to hold a general election in advance, in order to increase the number of conservative party members in the new parliament, so that the new "Brexit" agreement can be more successful. The election is set on December 12, 2019, and according to the requirements of the bill, the parliament must be dissolved 25 working days before the election. On December 12, 2019, the Conservative Party led by Johnson won a great victory in the election, winning a majority of seats in the lower house of the parliament, and paving the way for Brexit in Brexit. On January 23, 2020, the Brexit Agreement of Johnson voted through the British Parliament.

January 31, 2020

On January 29, 2020, the European Parliament passed the Brexit agreement. On January 31, 2020, Britain officially Brexit.

The British cannot see family and friends due to epidemic prevention

However, he took the lead in violation of epidemic prevention regulations to participate in the party

During the new crown epidemic in the UK, Johnson's drinking party violated the regulations of epidemic prevention, which caused strong dissatisfaction at the party and social level, and asked him to resign.

March 23, 2020

For the first time, Johnson announced the implementation of urban sealing measures in the UK, calling on people to stay at home to curb the spread of the new crown epidemic. One year later, the UK seal the city three times. On March 27, 2020, it posted a video to inform the public that it was infected with new crown pneumonia; on April 5, 2020, after a week of continued fever, he was hospitalized for the first time and was transferred to the ICU due to deterioration of the illness the next day.

November 30, 2021

British government officials from November 2020 to December, violating the new crown epidemic prevention regulations, and a party in the government office -this allegations were exposed, and the scandal involved more than 10 parties. Johnson began to deny these allegations at first, but on December 8, 2020, he authorized to investigate these scandals.

February 2022

The British government announced the implementation of a "coexistence with the new crown" plan to lift all new crown restrictions in the legal sense.

May 25, 2022

The investigation report on the "party door" of the Prime Minister's Government was announced. The Prime Minister's Government and government departments were involved in the 16 gatherings of the prime minister's palace (2020 to 2021) during the 16 gatherings that violated the regulations during the closing of the city. friend.

June 6, 2022

In the morning, the Conservative Party's "1922 Committee" announced that the members of the lower house of the party's parliament requested the letter to the Prime Minister's disapproval of voting, which has exceeded 54 copies required by the prescribed regulations, and Johnson will launch a voting of distrust. In the evening, Johnson won 211 conservative members voted. 148 people voted to hope that Johnson stepped down. Although 180 votes needed to pass the non -confident motion, it has shaken its control of power.

Later in governing British people's living costs soared

British inflation rate has reached 40 years, the highest

March 23, 2022

The British government announced the annual expenditure plan. The plan was accused of doing too little in helping people struggling to soaring living costs. Treasury Minister Rich Sunak refused to postpone the income tax in the plan, and also refused to levy huge profits taxes to oil and gas companies that have risen due to energy prices. However, on May 26, 2022, the government changed its tax decision to oil and gas companies, announcing that it would levy 25%of the huge profits tax, thinking that the public provided living subsidies. Policy fluctuations gradually make the public lose trust in the government. May 2022

According to the British National Bureau of Statistics, British inflation reached 9.1%in 12 months before May. Fuel and energy prices are the biggest factor to promote inflation, and food prices have further pushed up prices. British prices continue to rise rapidly, and the rise in food prices has risen fastest in 40 years, causing strikes and folk dissatisfaction. On May 5, 2022, Britain held local parliamentary elections. The Conservative Party lost nearly 500 local parliaments and suffered a tragic defeat.

June 21, 2022

Focusing on salary, working methods, and possible layoffs, the British railway broke out for 30 years, and most of the public transportation has fallen into a pause. Johnson said that the strike error caused various unnecessary deterioration and caused the British railway network to stagnate.

▲ In June 2022, the largest strike in the British railway in 30 years. This is the London Waterloo Station in London, UK on June 21

Indexed "Auxiliary Bow" sex scandal

The Prime Minister was forced by the Cabinet

June 29, 2022

The Conservative Vice Party whip and Congress Chris Ping Che, who was appointed by Johnson, drank drunk at a private party and stretched out the salty pig hands on the two male colleagues present. Subsequently, it was picked up more black history: As early as 2017, Ping Che was involved in a sensational sexual harassment scandal of parliament. At that time, his position was a conservative party assistant party whip. It was gone that year.

After Pingjian East Window had issued, Tangning Street insisted that Johnson did not know about Ping Che's previous sexual harassment, so there was no reason to stop the appointment of Ping Che. However, media reports said that Johnson received at least two reports about Ping Che, but did not take action. Public opinion believes that Johnson is undercover.

▲ The British Conservative Party Vice Party Board, Parliament Councilor Chris Ping Che

July 5, 2022

Johnson knows Ping Che's sexual harassment scandal, but he still appoints him as the Deputy Party whip of the Conservative Party, and he is in a crisis of trust. The British Minister of Health, Saiyd Javid, and the Minister of Finance, Rich Sunak, resigned one after another. Two important officials of the British government, the resignation of the Johnson government. Subsequently, the British government broke out on a large scale of resignation. Within two days, more than 50 government departments resigned. The British Ministers forced Johnson forced the palace. The Prime Minister Johnson was ordered, but he still refused to step down.

July 7, 2022

Johnson announced that he will resign from the position of the Conservative Party that day, but will continue to be the Prime Minister until this fall. In the summer of 2022, the United Kingdom will hold a conservative party leader for campaign, and the new Prime Minister will work at the Conservative Party Conference held in October 2022.

(Source of information: CCTV News, Xinhua News Agency, People's Daily, Global Network, Global Times, Beijing News, International Online, China Daily, CCTV, Surging News, etc.).

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