‘From One Crisis to the Next’: Brexit-Torn Britain Stumbles
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‘From One Crisis to the Next’: Brexit-Torn Britain Stumbles
Yet, Mr. Johnson and Ms. Patel were leading campaigners for Brexit in the referendum,
and Mrs. May therefore found them cabinet jobs — a big one in the case of Mr. Johnson, one of the public faces of the campaign to leave the European Union.
With Brexit now the key dividing line in British politics, he said, management of a cabinet has become "close to impossible." Having already lost her defense secretary, Michael Fallon,
and with two other ministers under threat in the sleaze allegations, Mrs. May has declared Ms. Patel’s case closed.
8, 2017
LONDON — Britain’s embattled prime minister, Theresa May, got a break of sorts Tuesday from the sprawling sex and sleaze scandal
that has already forced the resignation of a cabinet minister — but only because her weakened government was embroiled in two new crises.
When Mr. Fallon stood down last week, the internal balance of the cabinet meant
that he had to be replaced by someone who — like him — was loyal to Mrs. May and who had campaigned for remain during the referendum.
On Tuesday Mr. Johnson said that in a phone conversation with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, he had expressed concern
that his words had been used against Ms. Zaghari-Ratcliffe, but was told that was not the case.
Yet, Mr. Johnson and Ms. Patel were leading campaigners for Brexit in the referendum,
and Mrs. May therefore found them cabinet jobs — a big one in the case of Mr. Johnson, one of the public faces of the campaign to leave the European Union.
With Brexit now the key dividing line in British politics, he said, management of a cabinet has become "close to impossible." Having already lost her defense secretary, Michael Fallon,
and with two other ministers under threat in the sleaze allegations, Mrs. May has declared Ms. Patel’s case closed.
8, 2017
LONDON — Britain’s embattled prime minister, Theresa May, got a break of sorts Tuesday from the sprawling sex and sleaze scandal
that has already forced the resignation of a cabinet minister — but only because her weakened government was embroiled in two new crises.
When Mr. Fallon stood down last week, the internal balance of the cabinet meant
that he had to be replaced by someone who — like him — was loyal to Mrs. May and who had campaigned for remain during the referendum.
On Tuesday Mr. Johnson said that in a phone conversation with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, he had expressed concern
that his words had been used against Ms. Zaghari-Ratcliffe, but was told that was not the case.