Johnson falls and other leaders could fall

They are straw rulers in the face of the Russian dictator, Vladimir Putin. I wrote about it in recent columns: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was about to fall, hanging by a thread, because members of his own Conservative Party stopped believing in his leadership and simply wanted him out of Downing Street.
 
The red-haired journalist and politician who on several occasions has been compared to Donald Trump - not only for his physique but also for his pragmatic ideas and his distortion of reality - has had to tender his resignation forced by more than 60 resignations from various members of his Cabinet. It was not the opposition, but his own Tory colleagues fed up with his lies, his lack of ethics and his poor morals. Fed up with his wrong decisions. 
 
In the end, the tremendous 'Partygate' scandal has devoured him. Like Saturn to his son. Johnson has squandered the huge vote of confidence that first led him to replace the rocky Prime Minister, Theresa May, on 24 July 2019.
 
He replaced her and was then vindicated in power through the ballot box in an important vote because he won 365 MPs for the Conservative Party, a result not seen since the 1970s.
 
Johnson has been devoured by his own demons, mainly his own lies. The soap opera of hidden parties in Downing Street has lasted seven months; while the citizen was prevented from meeting his own people to cut the SARS-CoV-2 transmission, the Prime Minister was enjoying himself in his mansion house with the coke on the side in the company of his trusted people. People who betrayed him, of course, because chats were leaked to the British press in which guests were asked to bring their own drinks; and there was no shortage of videos of Johnson dancing without a mask while the public complied with the restrictions. 
 
Even the markets did not want him in power any more. As rumours swirled on Thursday 7 July of Prime Minister Johnson's imminent resignation, the London Stock Exchange rose and remained in the green; following his confirmation that he was stepping down as leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister, the FTSE-100 closed up 1.14% and the pound held steady against the dollar. 
 
The Brexit Prime Minister is leaving, after less than three years in government. A few days ago, at the G7 meeting in Germany, Johnson laughed out loud at the photos of the Russian dictator shirtless and riding a horse. He even frivolously went so far as to tell Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that he had a bigger plane than he did. 
 
His comments were widely criticised in the most serious circles of international analysis and policy advisory groups. How could someone so lacking in seriousness and respect be making such far-reaching decisions that could lead to a major conflict with Russia? 
 
What next for the UK? The process involves the Conservatives electing a new leader and endorsing him or her as Prime Minister. Johnson has appointed a temporary Cabinet for the transition days between his departure and the new leadership. There are those who are rushing him to make the process quick, although Johnson wants it to happen next autumn.

On the subject 
 
There is a remarkable political weakness in the rulers who are making all the decisions - without referendums - on how to respond to Russia's atrocious invasion of Ukraine, as determined by the US, in their own interests.
 
Putin just has to sit back and wait for a change of political cycle in the united nations of the West to sanction and condemn him for his atrocious military occupation. That is his main gamble.
 
And that the bloody sanctions imposed by several countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia will end up having a damaging boomerang effect on societies and public opinion, which will see their expectations eroded. And as the economic and social situation worsens and the monster of recession returns, to that extent polarisation will again be reflected at the polls in favour of the poles. And Putin will just have to rub his hands together.
 
Johnson's exit is only the beginning of the cracks that are appearing in other leaderships: in France, Emmanuel Macron has lost his absolute majority and his next five years of government anticipate ungovernability. 
 
In the first round, a motion of censure was attempted by the socialists, communists, ecologists and France Insoumise - a total of 149 deputies - and Macron has been saved by the skin of his teeth because they did not get enough support in the National Assembly. 
 
After the summer, Joe Biden's big test will come. The US president is experiencing frenetic attrition in a country that has become an enemy of his own. 
 
Practically everything is stacked against him. The polarisation of American society only favours the return of Donald Trump or Trump's emulators. The Republicans continue to show defiant muscle, as evidenced by what is happening with the Abortion Bill.
 
The involution of policies and thinking in the United States is highly worrying and I insist, Putin at almost seventy years old just has to sit back and wait for the fall, one by one, of the leaders who have challenged him for his criminal invasion.