In less than two years Boris Johnson, our PM, is on a ventilator again, albeit this time on a political one.

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It was in December 2019 the Prime Minister won the general elections with a landslide majority. Naturally, he must have thought that the credit went to him. The ground reality was quite different. For example, I voted for him though I was and still am a member of the Labour Party. I refer to a clip in the TV sitcom Fawlty Towers, where Mrs Fawlty placed a statue on the front desk saying that it would look after the hotel in her absence better than Mr Fawlty. Thus, I would never have voted for Mr Corbyn, and there were millions more like me.

Unfortunately, in recent weeks the Prime Minister’s popularity has been nosediving. The revelation of a booze Party arranged by the Prime Minister’s principal private secretary on 20th May 2020, when he invited 100 people (40 turned up), triggered a public backlash against him. There have been more revelations since of the partying spree in 10 Downing Street when whole of the UK was in a lockdown due to pandemic. It appears that not only under the PM’s watch but with his blessings 10 Downing Street was turned into a pub.

In my candid opinion, though he deserved better treatment, but the naive and haughty people around him, who were completely disconnected with the voters, let him down miserably. Chickens have come home to roost.

As it stands, in less than two years the PM appears to be on a ventilator again, this time on a political one which might not save him from a sudden political death. Some of his former friends and now arch-enemies, have surreptitiously put a notice on his bed DNR (do not resuscitate).

He has apologised, but his ruthless enemies want his scalp. In my opinion, without allowing the grass to grow under his feet, he should resign forthwith. But before that, he should dismiss his advisors who undisputedly reflected otiose behaviour, and under no circumstances should be moved to plum jobs. According to a report, the principal private secretary, who was the ring-leader in the saga of 20th May 2020, might be given an ambassadorial post. He exhibited scant regards for the rules made by the Parliament. It would be an affront to the voters whom he treated flippantly.

After submitting his resignation, Boris Johnson may stand again to be the leader of the Conservative Party. Meanwhile an interim government could be formed. He might believe that once he resigns, his chance of becoming the leader of the Conservative Party again would be on a wing and a prayer. So be it, he has no other option.

Finally, I say to him with due deference:

“Please, stop to be a henpecked husband. Try to be a man.”