Prague, July 18 (CTK) – Britain led by its new Prime Minister Theresa May, who seems to be ready to be hard in pursuing her success, could become precisely the neighbour that Europe wants and needs at the current turbulent times, Ondrej Fer writes in yesterday’s issue of weekly Tyden.
He writes that the appointment of Boris Johnson, a proponent of Brexit and one of the winners of the battle for Britain’s departure from the EU, who however refused to seek the chairmanship of the Conservatives after David Cameron resigned, as foreign secretary is one of the interesting steps May has taken.
Fer writes that May has a remarkable political talent, in which intuition and the ability to analyse developments and mainly of cool calculation combine.
At first sight, the eccentric Johnson is definitely not the type of man who would be capable of representing the British empire abroad, yet May could not have made a better choice, Fer writes.
With Johnson, the Foreign Office will be weaker than ever before and in addition, May will keep him from the view of the conservatives who are not much fond of him, Fer writes.
And what is more, Jonhson, in his capacity as minister, will no longer be capable of using his most effective weapons, or exceptionally sharp and convincing newspaper articles, Fer writes.
He writes that May has shifted responsibility for the completion of Brexit on men who contributed to it the most, and he mentions International Trade State Secretary Liam Fox and Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union David Davis.
Fer writes that with this plus the deplorable state of the opposition Labour Party, May has created the most advantageous position possible for herself.
She has cornered her intra-party opponents with their own weapons and the opposition has stripped itself of the possibility of making use of Brexit for its benefit, Fer writes.
May has all preconditions for becoming a really strong politician. She dominates the home scene already now. In foreign policy she will play the gratifying role of a politician who can be talked to unlike the unpredictable Foreign Secretary Johnson, Fer writes.
However much paradoxical it may seem, Britain may close its ranks under May. With the appointment of Johnson as foreign secretary, May has made it clear that Britain will not be trying for some time at least to play any role in great power games and that it will concentrate on solving its own problems, Fer writes.
