Johnson’s Brave Face Can’t Hide His Fading Grip on Power
- Prime minister’s authority weakened after loss of trusted aide
- Some senior ministers are also starting to distance themselves
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Hours after one of Boris Johnson’s longest-standing allies quit -- with a stinging rebuke of his judgment -- the U.K. prime minister gathered shell-shocked staff in Downing Street to tell them “change is good.”
But while Johnson has tried to put his trademark optimistic spin on yet another week of turmoil, the ebullient persona that carried him to the top is now jarring with the reality of a desperate battle to cling to power.