– I think Boris Johnson should return as Prime Minister. He didn’t do too badly, Jaz Syan says of the man who left the post just six and a half weeks ago. news picks up the pace on yet another prime ministerial battle among Britons in London, and meets several people who want the controversial former prime minister back. – It wouldn’t matter if Boris makes a comeback! But when we ask Louise Raslan why she thinks so, she becomes uncertain. After a pause for thought, she comes up with why she likes Johnson: – He’s a fun guy. Back from holiday this morning This morning the plane carrying Boris Johnson landed at Gatwick Airport outside London. He has been on holiday in the Caribbean with his wife and children, for which he receives criticism. He is an elected politician, and should have met in parliament in recent weeks. But now he is back, and it is expected that he will announce that he is standing as a candidate for leadership of the Conservative Party once again. He already has the support of around 50 party colleagues in the House of Commons – the requirement is at least 100. This summer he was pressured to resign as Prime Minister due to violations of the law and lies. But Professor Tony Travers of the London School of Economics is not surprised that he wants his job back, after he said goodbye with the words “hasta la vista, baby” – “until we meet again”. But he is surprised at how quickly it seems to be happening. Professor Tony Travers at the London School of Economics is not surprised that Johnson wants to return to No. 10 Downing Street. Photo: Håvard Blekastad Almås / news – No one expected that he would attempt a comeback so soon, but then there was no one who could predict that Liz Truss would become Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister, he says to news. The party’s savior – I became physically ill when I heard that Boris Johnson might return as Prime Minister, says Cameron Pierson. We meet him and his friend David Simkin on a walk with their dogs. They are embarrassed to be British. Cameron Pierson and David Simkin are embarrassed to be British. They do not want Johnson back as prime minister, but believe he can save the Conservative Party if he becomes party leader again. Photo: Gry Blekastad Almås / news. – It is scandalous if he comes back to work, that people may have already forgotten what he did, it is unheard of, Simkin says indignantly. Nevertheless, they believe that he can become prime minister again and that he can manage to keep it until the next election. It is planned to be held in two years. – I think he can save the Conservative Party from ruin, because he is popular, Pierson asserts. Bigger political crisis than the Second World War Politics professor Tony Travers characterizes the political crisis in Great Britain as “deep”, and tells news that it is worse than the Second World War. news meets politics professor Tony Travers outside the London School of Economics in London. Photo: Håvard Blekastad Almås / news – Even the Second World War was not such a deep political crisis as this one. The government system worked quite well then. He believes that what the British are now witnessing is also worse than the Suez crisis in the 1950s. We have a political crisis which has led to an economic crisis which in turn affects politics. Britain’s international reputation as a stable democracy definitely looks less convincing than it did three or four years ago, he says.
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