British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was questioned for the first time on December 11 about his performance during the coronavirus pandemic. At the hearing, Sunak said that as Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time, he worked closely with then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and met frequently, "I probably see the prime minister more than my wife". (Global Times, December 13).
During the pandemic, Britain has performed well for all to see, not only as one of the deadliest countries in the world, but also for then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The UK's epidemic prevention performance is so poor, Johnson is of course responsible, and Sunak, as the chancellor of the exchequer at the time, also has some responsibility. So, how many points can Sunak score for his performance during the pandemic?
According to the UK**, Sunak launched a "Dining Out Assistance Program" in the summer of 2020, which medical experts have questioned as leading to a new wave of outbreaks. At the same time, Hancock, then the UK's health secretary, and Valance, the chief scientific adviser, both said during the pandemic that they had not received relevant notices before the plan was announced. It seems that Sunak's "Dining Out Assistance Program" is a bit of a sense of going his own way and going his own way. As we all know, the summer of 2020 is the outbreak period of the new crown epidemic, and the international community generally believes that we should stay at home more and go out less. In particular, Sunak's "Dining Out Assistance Plan" did not consult the British Health Secretary and Chief Scientific Adviser in advance, and it was completely arbitrary, and of course he should be quite responsible for the epidemic and the high number of deaths in the UK.
Objectively speaking, the main responsibility for the epidemic in the UK should lie with Johnson. For a while, Johnson pursued a policy of "herd immunity", and it was only after he went to the ghost gate that he was closed that the prevention and control policy was tightened. Sunak said that he saw Johnson more than his wife during the epidemic, which was obviously an exaggeration and was suspected of overstepping his authority - this is what the British health secretary should do, what does Sunak do as the chancellor of the exchequer frequently sees Johnson?Why do you frequently express your views on epidemic prevention measures to Johnson?Could it be that Sunak's level of medical care is higher than that of the British health secretary and chief scientific adviser, and he hopes that Johnson will make himself the British health secretary?
Personally, I feel that Sunak's appointment as the British Chancellor of the Exchequer is unreliable in two ways: first, Sunak does his own thing, oversteps his responsibilities, and does not seek truth from facts;Both, Sunak frequently contacted Johnson with selfishness, and Johnson finally had to be gloomy**, isn't it Sunak who took the lead in defecting, and then caused Johnson's cabinet members to defect one after another, and Johnson had to slip away in the end?Of course, there is another transitional figure after Johnson - Truss, who only served as prime minister for 45 days, and then Sunak served as the British prime minister, so that Sunak's ambitions did not succeed immediately. Sunak's claim that he works closely with Johnson is a complete joke in the eyes of the world.
Sunak has been the British Prime Minister for more than a year, and the overall feeling is not much different from his predecessors Truss and Johnson, he is still a small follower of the United States, still breathing out of the same nostrils as the United States, and still consistent with the United States on the issues of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. As a result, Sunak's approval rating has not been high. When Sunak was first questioned on December 11 about his performance during the coronavirus pandemic, he said that he had seen Johnson more than his wife and worked closely with Johnson, which was very much like lying, at least not factually. If you really want to give Sunak a score for his performance during the epidemic, I personally think that he should fail, at most a little higher than Johnson's score - how Johnson performed during the epidemic, the British people know it in their hearts, and the international community can see it very clearly. (Mao Kaiyun).