According to British media reports on the 16th, due to welfare, the epidemic and the Afghan problem, the image of the British Johnson government in the British people continues to collapse. For the gradual indignation, the Conservative Party led by Johnson is also well aware, and can only recoup the decline in support by reorganizing the cabinet. In this cabinet reshuffle, the former "prime ministerial candidate" has become a victim.
The first thing Johnson did in the cabinet reshuffle was to change the foreign secretary of the cabinet. As soon as the cabinet was reshuffled, Raab was directly replaced by a minister of justice and deputy prime minister from the position of British foreign secretary. For such an appointment adjustment, the US media Bloomberg believes that it seems that Raab's position is only a level transfer, and he is also the deputy prime minister, "but in fact, let Raab, who is a lawyer, serve as the minister of justice again, which means that Raab is degraded, after all, the status of the minister of justice is limited." ”
According to the report, although the British cabinet ministers are nominally all of the same rank, the top leaders who control different functional departments also have different positions. Among the many cabinet ministers in the United Kingdom, the Foreign Secretary, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Home Secretary are the most senior, after all, in an emergency, these three ministers are most likely to take over the post of Prime Minister and directly determine some important matters in the United Kingdom.
Raab, who was once the "candidate" for the British prime minister, has become a "victim" in this cabinet reshuffle, because in afghanistan, the British people have a very bad sense of the Johnson government and Raab. British media previously broke the news that when the situation in Afghanistan was rapidly deteriorating, when British diplomats and citizens needed to be transferred in time, Foreign Minister Raab, as the direct person in charge, went out on vacation "desperately" and "did not know what to ask" at the same time.
Reuters reported that britain's failure to evacuate most of the British before U.S. troops withdrew from Kabul airport led to anti-government demonstrations within Britain protesting the Johnson administration's disregard for the lives of the British. At the same time, the British also made a joke in the chaotic evacuation operation, "first evacuate cats, dogs and dogs, or evacuate citizens first", which made the British people disappointed in the government.
As the first person responsible for the evacuation, Raab has received a lot of condemnation and criticism. At the same time, the British parliament also required Raab to attend the "Afghan evacuation" inquiry meeting in accordance with the regulations. And Raab's performance at the questioning meeting can be said to be "bad to the point".
British opposition lawmakers challenged at the questioning meeting, "How many people have been organized for our evacuation?" How many people did we evacuate within the final time frame? How many more British citizens and Afghans who need to arrive in the UK are trapped in Afghanistan? For such a question, Rab, who had just returned from a vacation, was clearly not in a state, and there was not a single question that could be answered.
Subsequently, opposition lawmakers repeatedly asked Raab to explain when he was out on vacation, but Raab repeatedly evaded answering this sensitive question at the questioning meeting, saying that asking questions related to vacations was "fishing questioning" and that he would not answer such trap-filled questions.
At the hours-long meeting, Raab shirked his responsibilities and did not say what Britain needed to do in the next few hours. After the questioning meeting, the British people gave Rab the title of "one question and three don't know" and demanded that Rab resign immediately.
Raab's performance at the questioning meeting has not only affected himself, but even the Johnson government has suffered, which is reflected in the continued decline in support of the Johnson government. Therefore, in this cabinet reorganization, Johnson's transfer of Raab from his original position is undoubtedly to quell the opposition's attack and appease the dissatisfaction of the British people.
Johnson can't do without restructuring the cabinet, raab is one of them, and the former health secretary's affairs have considerable influence. Former British Health Secretary Hancock was exposed for indecent behavior with a female secretary during working hours, which directly led to Hancock's resignation, and Johnson, who appointed Hancock, was also criticized.