Boris Johnson’s successor: What does a new British PM mean for Canada?
Global News
A change in the British leadership matters on the international stage with the ripple effects of Johnson's exit likely to be felt abroad, political experts say.
The race for a new British prime minister is heating up after Boris Johnson’s resignation last week following a series of scandals.
Nearly a dozen candidates are vying to succeed Johnson as the leader of the ruling Conservative party in an increasingly bitter and unpredictable contest, with the winner then becoming prime minister in the fall.
With British politics in turmoil, the ripple effects of a change in leadership will likely be felt abroad but will not change Canada-U.K. relations, political experts say.
“This is not just a domestic situation,” said Andy Mycock, a reader in politics at the University of Huddersfield, in the United Kingdom.
A change in the British regime or the Tory leadership matters on the international stage, said Mycock, pointing to relationships with the European Union post-Brexit and the war in Ukraine.
“One of the things that we can absolutely be sure of is whoever replaces Boris Johnson, they’re certainly going to have a different personality and they’d … probably want to impose a different framework of policy,” he added.
Johnson’s announcement on Thursday came after months of ethics scandals and a wave of resignations from the government as he dramatically lost the support of his ministers and most Conservative lawmakers.
It still remains to be seen who will replace Johnson, who has been at the helm of a Conservative government since 2019.
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