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Prime Minister Boris Johnson (on February 2)
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's crisis continues to escalate.
Johnson is reportedly losing his next close associate.
The consultant Elena Narozanski - responsible for women's politics, cultural politics and extremism - has resigned, reported the well-connected conservative blog "Conservative Home" and the newspaper "The Telegraph".
Four other Downing Street confidants had previously said goodbye, including Munira Mirza, a longtime and important companion.
Prime Minister hits the resignation of a confidant hard
Johnson supporters in his Conservative Party and members of the government emphasized that the resignations show that the prime minister is implementing the promised cultural change.
"Now the Prime Minister is taking charge," Energy Secretary Greg Hands told Sky News.
A report on the "Partygate" affair about celebrations in Downing Street during the Corona lockdown spoke of leadership failure.
The police are investigating.
Johnson is under a lot of pressure.
In particular, the resignation of his confidant Mirza hits the prime minister hard, commentators say.
She justified her move with personal attacks by Johnson on opposition leader Keir Starmer.
Finance Minister Rishi Sunak also distanced himself from the criticism of Starmer on Thursday evening.
Another prominent Tory followed on Friday in MP Huw Merriman.
Johnson had used a right-wing conspiracy theory against Starmer.
The prime minister accused opposition leader Keir Starmer in parliament last Monday of failing to investigate pedophile BBC presenter Jimmy Savile when he was head of the public prosecutor's office.
Savile is considered one of the worst sex offenders in British history.
He died in 2011 without ever being prosecuted for his actions.
Although Starmer was in office at the time, he had nothing to do with the Savile case.
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