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2020-11-12T18:23:45.025Z


The premier's biggest pro-Brexit advisers are heading out. Dramatic turnaround in London after Trump's defeat.


Maria Laura Avignolo

11/12/2020 2:17 PM

  • Clarín.com

  • World

Updated 11/12/2020 2:17 PM

For a lover of the classics like Prime Minister Boris Johnson,

the palace coup

in Downing St led by his girlfriend Carrie Symonds is a repeat of a Greek theater piece.

In a fierce power battle and revolt that transcended its walls, Lee Cain, Boris' Brexiteer adviser, communications chief and future chief of staff, resigned on Wednesday night after a confrontation with Currie, which was none other than the head of communications for the conservative party.

The next to leave could be

Dominic Cummings

, his controversial and abrasive Brexit adviser, who faced Boris on Wednesday over the departure of his partner, Lee Cain.

Currie argued that Cain and Dominic block access to Boris and separate him from his ministers, deputies and the party.

But the exodus could widen with

Lord David Frost

, who heads the Brexit negotiations, Lord Lewis, and his entire team of negotiators with the EU, plus other Eurosceptics from the cabinet.

A mutation

seems to be underway.

Carrie Symonds and Boris Johsnon at Downing St. Photo: Reuters

The Brexit purge

The purge has a name: Brexit.

The defeat of Donald Trump in the North American elections, the arrival of the Democrat and pro-Irish Joe Biden to the White House and the failure of the current diplomatic negotiations of Brexit, in the last week, before an agreement or a no-deal exit from the The European Union are the fuel for this spectacular revolt by the most unexpected of the protagonists, who keeps the ear of the prime minister.

Boris's Brexit model could be readjusted, in the best "Johnson way," as hurdles mount and the prospect of a post-pandemic, post-Trump, and post-Brexit pariah Britain increases.

Boris is a pragmatist,

not deterred by scruples.

Cain's resignation late Wednesday night sparked

frantic calls in Downing St

from other officials as signs of the purge slowly began to leak to the press.

The advisers wondered "if Cummings was next" and how many would go with him.

Cain, Boris's communications director and a former Brexiteer journalist, had already resigned but will step down from the post at the end of the year.

Cummings had a fierce confrontation with Boris to defend his friend Cain.

Boris didn't budge.

The girls defeated him

Boris' two most powerful advisers - Cain and Cumming - have been defeated by

two women

in political communication.

Carrie Symonds, Boris's girlfriend, and former ITN journalist

Allegra Stratton

, who is the new face of Downing St, at Boris's chosen television lectures.

Downing Street Press Officer Allegra Stratton.

Photo: Reuters

Allegra is in London

a well-known political journalist

on television and in The Guardian.

She left journalism to be the political advisor and "spin doctor" to Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of finance, who with his new and glittering career could be the next British premier.

Stratton opposed Cain's appointment as Boris Johnson's future chief of staff, and has never spoken to him since he came to power.

Currie Symonds objected to Cain's appointment and was "uncomfortable" when she questioned his ability for the position.

Along with Stratton, they reproach him "for his abrasive ways and communication strategy that did not favor Boris."

The two are

the most powerful voices

on Downing St today and they make themselves heard.

It was nearly midnight when Cain wrote his resignation: "After careful consideration, I have resigned tonight as communications director for 10 Downing St and will step down at the end of the year."

He admitted that he had been offered the position 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.

With great discretion, Cain led Downing St forward when Boris was in the hospital and Dominic Cummings had eloped to his farm in Durham because he had coronavirus.

The breakup with Carrie Symonds was because she posted photos of herself and Boris on her Instagram account last June, without notifying her. A powerful fight broke out in Downing St and ended with serious combat injuries last night.

Applause.

Carrie Symonds and Boris Johnson.

Photo: Reuters

The Blind Palace Blow

The palace coup in Downing St despaired lawmakers, in the midst of a pandemic, with Brexit negotiations on the ground, the Brexit rewriting law rejected by the House of Lords.

At the same time, the European negotiator, Michael Barnier, and the Irish warned that "the Brexit negotiations are likely to

fall apart

.

"

In the midst of this imbroglio, the 1922 Committee, which detests Cummings and is the highest party authority, and the deputies urged the government "to take advantage of the crisis for an

urgent complete change of team

and to start again."

"The prime minister must put this crisis to good use and put at 10 Downing St someone the MPs know and respect, who has the interests of the party and the prime minister at his heart," said Sir Charles Walker, vice chairman of the powerful committee. 1922. Dominic Cummings is an anarchist and is not even affiliated with the Conservative party.

The crisis can put an end to the disdain for the party, the deputies, the Parliament, the press that Lee Cain and Dominic Cummings have carried out, which has produced a feeling of alienation in the party.

Dominic Cummings.

Photo: Reuters

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

The Irish and European negotiator Michael Barnier believe the latest Brexit negotiations in London

are a failure

.

There is not a single progress in the last week before they decide to sign an agreement or leave the EU without it. Both sides have 7 days to get a free trade agreement, before the European summit on Thursday next week.

The European Parliament must ratify the agreement before the end of the year to prevent an exit with No Agreement.

Britain does not believe a deal will be reached this week.

The negotiations will move to Brussels.

European leaders want strong British guarantees for state aid, taxes, workers' rights, the environment and fisheries.

Britain does not want a new system regulating future governments hands-free from Brussels.

The balance of power

is changing

in Downing St. The Old Brexiteer Guard is being the victim of this palace coup, where the biggest beneficiary may 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

Look also

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Source: clarin

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