“Lady Macbeth”, “Carrie Antoinette”, the “Anne Boleyn” of Downing Street. The mistakes of the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, have one culprit: his wife. When the ‘premier’ is up to his neck in water, resentful conservatives and vengeful advisers charge against what they point to as the instigator of all evil.
Carrie Johnson and her ‘entourage’ they are wreaking havoc, say the inquisitors. Manipulative, ambitious, the influence of the former head of political communication on her husband, 23 years older than her, has led to a succession of scandals and culminated in ‘Partygate’. In the words of the former Brexit strategist, and today a frontal enemy, Dominic CummingsBoris”he doesn’t have the balls“to tell her who is the prime minister and who makes the decisions.
Intrigue at Carrie’s Court
Cummings isn’t the only one scorned. An unauthorized biography by former Conservative Party deputy chairman Michael Ashcroft will go on sale next month, entitled ‘First Lady: Carrie and Boris Johnson’s Court Intrigue’. The billionaire describes the prime minister as a “lonely” figure surrounded by friends of his wife, whom he accuses of being “preventing Britain from governing as effectively as the voters deserve“.
Even before its publication the work has been cataloged misogynist and there are rumors of a possible lawsuit for defamation. “It is a lack of dignity to charge against Carrie Johnson who does not have any position in the Government“, The Minister of Health, Sajid Javid, has declared. “It’s the latest attempt to discredit her,” says Carrie’s spokeswoman.
Carrie is blamed for forcing her husband to back down on important decisions, alienating him from the people around him and replacing them with friends of hers or appointees who have received her approval. She would also have encouraged luxuries that others have paid for, such as holidays on Mosquito Island or at Zac Goldsmith’s villa in Marbella.
His hand would be behind the decor of the flat of 11 Downing Street, with wallpaper at 1,000 euros per roll and a budget that Johnson could not afford and for which he had to ask a Conservative Party benefactor for money. The case led to an investigation questioning the prime minister’s ethics and his lack of honesty when he tried to hide what happened.
Johnson would have followed the directions of his wife in the evacuation from Kabul of 160 dogs and cats of an animal shelter, during the tragic hours when the Taliban took control of the capital and thousands of Afghans struggled to get on a plane to leave the country. The ‘premier’ has denied her involvement, but Dominic Dyer, a militant in defense of animals and a friend of Carrie, has hinted that he mediated her rescue.
No limits, no barriers
If their detractors are to be believed, the Johnsons share an attitude of being above the rules. In the epicenter of the Government, limits and barriers between work and fun have been diluted. Former Conservative Prime Minister JohnMajor, accused Johnson on Thursday breaking the law with parties and “asking the public to believe the unbelievable”. The couple, who in three years have had two children, have been acting as they please without calculating the consequences.
The example that has ended up accentuating the fall from grace has been the endless parties during the pandemic. Carrie is after several of them. There are photos that show her presence at festive events and testimonies that point to her as organizer. His was the idea for the birthday party in the Cabinet meeting room. In her apartment the “party victory” to celebrate Cummings’ march. She and her husband are presumably due to testify at the police investigation.
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Sexism
Those who watch the war against Carrie acknowledge that she is the most powerful and influential ‘First Lady’ in recent British history. At the same time they argue that trying to exculpating Johnson by attacking her is ridiculous and sexist. He has been in politics for 35 years and is after all the prime minister. The responsibility and blame for what goes wrong is yours.