ESPM International Relations professor Leonardo Trevisan said, in an interview with CNN this Thursday (7), that “economic problems brought down British Prime Minister Boris Johnson”.
The prime minister resigned from office on Thursday morning amid scandals and the collective departure of more than 50 members of the government. “Boris Johnson is the first great leader of industrialized countries brought down by high inflation caused mainly by the war in Ukraine,” Trevisan said.
In the professor’s assessment, the warning made by the Bank of England that the country may have double-digit inflation after 40 years was crucial for Johnson’s departure.
Commenting on relations between the politician and the Conservative Party, of which Johnson is a member, Trevisan said that “the fear of general elections made the Conservatives ask for the premier’s post”.
For the professor, “there is still no candidate that catalyzes all the votes of the party to replace Johnson”.
“It is necessary to wait for the first preliminary between the candidates to know who will actually have the clout to fund his nomination to the post of prime minister”, he reiterated.
Despite this, Trevisan highlighted the name of former finance minister Rishi Sunak, a former executive of Goldman Sachs, an American financial group. “In a time of economic crisis, his name draws attention”.
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Source: CNN Brasil
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