[Forwarded from Russian MFA ??]
#opinion by Maria Zakharova:
? It’s been fun to watch the government crisis in Britain unfold, with two key ministers resigning (https://www.npr.org/2022/07/05..../1109863241/uk-minis yesterday and five other high-ranking but less important politicians resigning shortly after.
The scandal revolves around recent drunken misconduct (https://www.independent.co.uk/....news/uk/politics/car by former Minister of State for Europe and the Americas Conservative Christopher Pincher. Prime Minister Johnson now stands accused of being fully aware (https://www.independent.co.uk/....news/uk/politics/bor of Pincher's checkered past when he appointed him Deputy Chief Whip of the Conservative Party in parliament.
Many in Britain and elsewhere were shocked.
But those in the know saw it coming.
One of our diplomats who worked in Britain attended as an observer the Conservative Party conventions that traditionally brought together top Tories led by the prime minister. Our diplomat’s eyes were wide with amazement when he returned. The party convention looked more like a drunken frat party. A Russian diplomat is unlikely to be spooked by excessive alcohol consumption, but British party officials didn’t just lose their spatial orientation – it was their human orientation, including sexual, too.
Well-dressed party activists start their mornings with high-end champagne. Then they switch to beer, which they drink in mind-boggling quantities. The parties start later in the afternoon with Tories going around the city emptying the liquor shelves of every bar.
The ruling Conservative Party has created nearly insurmountable economic hardships (https://www.theguardian.com/bu....siness/2022/jul/02/d for ordinary hardworking Britons.
No matter how often they repeat their “Moscow, Kremlin, Putin” mantra, they are unable to distract the public. People know who brought the situation in Britain to the brink of collapse and even the risk of disunion. Some “party.”
Looks like Robbie Williams needs to sit down and write a new hit titled “Party like a Tory.”
This problem is not ours. It’s a British problem. But London is trying to resolve its domestic problems by looking abroad and engaging in anti-Russian activities, provocations in Ukraine, global economic destabilisation, and financial piracy.
P.S. While I was writing this post, Children's Minister Will Quince resigned.
