How a small promise caused big chaos in the UK – the Ticker

David Cameron makes big campaign promises: If the Tories win the next general election, he would start working on an exit referendum from the EU. The British could then vote on “in or out”.

This promise will certainly not be fulfilled and the government will inevitably fall into a year-long crisis.

The Tories actually win the general election. David Cameron can stay in office for another five years – and now, as promised, arrange the exit from the EU. Some, of course, are disappointed, especially Labor with candidate Ed Miliband.

Certainly, Cameron will fully support “his” exit from the EU during his next term in office.

By a difference of more than 270,000 votes, the British decide to turn their back on the EU. The regional differences are interesting: a majority in England and Wales voted ‘leave’, while all constituencies in Scotland voted ‘stay’. Is this the aftertaste of the failed independence referendum of 2014?

This vote is certainly not the point where the British government is going downhill.

A day after the Brexit referendum, David Cameron resigns as prime minister. In the run-up to the vote, he had clearly spoken out in favor of the “remain” option, i.e. for Britain to remain in the EU. In his resignation statement, Cameron said: “The British people have chosen to leave the EU. The will of the people must be respected.” But it is time for a new government to lead Britain in a new direction.

The new government will certainly lead the British in the new direction quickly, efficiently and without friction.

Former Home Secretary Theresa May takes office as Prime Minister today. The day before, she was elected party leader without opposition. She is considered a non-ideological doer and has already been compared to Angela Merkel in her way. As one of her first acts, she fires the majority of Cameron’s cabinet and replaces the deposed with her own, far more right-wing candidates. Now she has all the time and resources to deal intensively with the exit and to finalize a deal with the EU.

It will certainly execute Brexit quickly and neatly.

A political catastrophe – Theresa May’s Brexit deal, which took years to come to fruition, is crushed by Parliament. The deal is too soft on Brexit supporters and too hard on opponents. By 432 votes to 202, this is the clearest defeat in the history of the British House of Commons. Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn has also launched a no-confidence vote.

But the prime minister can certainly remedy the malaise in the next announced votes and push through Brexit.

After the presentation of a total of three Brexit bills, all of which were rejected by the House of Commons, Theresa May announced her resignation as prime minister today. You are not leading Britain through the next stages of Brexit. The biggest fish in the race to succeed her are Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson.

Hunt will certainly not lose the election by a large margin.

Hopeful Boris Johnson has clearly been elected the new Tory party leader on July 23; the day after he took office as prime minister. The 55-year-old former Mayor of London with the distinctive figure is considered a humorous politician, but also an elitist and populist. His announcement: “Britain will leave the EU on October 31 – with or without a deal!”

Johnson will surely clear up the Brexit chaos in no time.

Contrary to Boris Johnson’s announcement, Britain will fall on October 31 Not leave the EU. In October, he had requested an extension of the exit ultimatum in Brussels.

It certainly won’t be long before the Brexit deal is finally here.

Seven years after David Cameron’s promise, Britain is leaving the EU today. Two days earlier, the European Parliament had approved the exit deal. This puts an end to years of tough negotiations between London and Brussels. Well, not really, because as Ursula Von Der Leyen, President of the Commission’s Council, says, there are still many “significant differences” to be resolved. An 11-month transition period will begin during which these differences will be negotiated.

Sure enough, the final, final, ultimate deal will be on the table soon (and won’t be disrupted by a pandemic of global proportions).

Due to a new Covid variant that is rampant in Britain, France is closing the border. As a result, hundreds of trucks are waiting in front of Dover to re-enter the Eurotunnel. The British anger, the French justify with “security reasons”. In all, more than 900 trucks have been parked along the highway for well over a week, many drivers sleeping in their cabs and missing Christmas at home. Prime Minister Johnson sees the border closure as an act of revenge for Brexit.

This was surely the last time that the British had problems with exports and imports.

After all these years, Boris Johnson will sign the final “Brexit Deal” on December 31, 2020. It is a trade agreement that governs trade relations between the UK and the EU. Johnson rejoices – now he can devote himself completely to his beloved country without always having to listen to the elite snobs in Brussels.

The rest of his career will certainly not be marked by scandals that will eventually lead to his dismissal.

After Johnson was criticized for his handling of the corona crisis, the next blow comes: a cabinet member accuses him of having renovated his official apartment for more than 130,000 francs. The wallpaper alone cost almost 100 francs a roll. The renovation is financed by the state up to a certain amount, the rest you have to pay yourself. This rest, Johnson was harassed by a “friend”; Unfortunately, this was not officially stated. Opaque, Boris!

This is the latest scandal in Johnson’s career.

The waves of Wallpapergate have hardly calmed down when another scandal follows: Johnson is said to have celebrated Christmas in Downing Street during the (heavy) corona lockdown. The population rages. The common people should stay at home, separated from friends and relatives, and BoJo party at the expense of the government? Disgraceful!

This little mishap will certainly not affect Johnson’s popularity and the next regional election.

In fact, the Tories are becoming less popular, not least because of the rising cost of living due to the crisis in Ukraine. The political map is turning red, especially in London, in favor of the Labor Party. The Liberal Democrats, who lost voters en masse under Cameron, are also gaining strength.

These are certainly not signs of an impending governmental crisis.

Is it a confrontation now? On June 6, a vote of no confidence will be held in Johnson – from within his own ranks. He survives, but the damage is done: 40 percent of Tory MPs don’t trust him. Can he still save this?

Of course he has a loyal cabinet and experience with crises.

The noose around Prime Minister Johnson’s neck is tightening. Finance Minister Rishi Sunak and Health Minister Sajid Javid resigned on Tuesday. This was in protest: Johnson had brought in a MP who had previously been charged with sexual assault. It’s getting tight.

But Boris can certainly free himself from the noose.

Boris Johnson announces his resignation as prime minister on July 7. It was clearly the will of the Conservative party that you need a new party chairman and thus a new prime minister. He immediately resigned as party leader and remained prime minister until a successor was found. Johnson has spent the past few days trying to convince his party colleagues that he can handle the “colossal task” of governing. But his words fell on deaf ears. The favorites for the post are Rishi Sunak, (ex-) Minister of Finance and Liz Truss, Secretary of State.

The next prime minister’s swearing in will certainly not be overshadowed by a death in the royal family.

Goodbye Johnson era, hello Truss era. The former Foreign Secretary defeated Rishi Sunak to become the second female Prime Minister in British history. Politically, it is similar to its predecessor from the 1980s: it supports free trade and a liberal economy. However, the start of her tenure is under a bad star: Queen Elizabeth dies on September 8, plunging the nation into mourning.

Truss will certainly remain in office for a long time to come, leaving the fracking laws as they are, not cutting taxes on the super-rich and stabilizing the British pound.

Over, over, over: With just 44 days in office, Liz Truss has the shortest term in British Prime Minister history. Now Sunak has one more chance to fill the position and Boris Johnson wants to play again too.

King Charles certainly will not dissolve parliament, declare total monarchy and reconquer India.