Continental media are in no mood to donner un break to the
British PM, sensing the ‘beginning of the end’
For El País in
Spain, his “magic has vanished”. For Libération in
France he is “the only
Actor in the
Boris Johnson show – which is, increasingly, a flop”. In
Germany, Der Spiegel asked how long
Britain could last being governed “almost exclusively by defiant optimism”.
As the scandals mount, the approval ratings plunge, the electoral defeats accumulate, the rebellions multiply, his trusted
Brexit lieutenant jumps ship and the Omicron variant runs rampant, continental media seem – to coin a phrase – in no mood to donner un break to Britain’s beleaguered prime minister.