England's authority among members of the European House is too high and the White House is not happy with this.
Author: Naim Asghari, analyst (Germany), especially for Sangar
The British government is increasingly immersing in political leapfrog. The series of scandals in which Boris Johnson and Liz Truss were involved did not teach anything, so the crisis will grow. Experienced political heavyweights are being replaced by murky, biased characters capable of completely reshaping both the domestic and foreign policies of the Old World. The consequences will be felt by the entire European continent and many regions of the world.
A striking example is the new British Secretary of War Grant Shapps, who replaced Ben Wallace. The benefits of such castling are more than doubtful.
Shapps is a resourceful intriguer, seasoned in behind-the-scenes battles, who has no principles or the necessary qualifications. At the same time, he is an obedient executor of someone else’s will, able to work under the dictation of external directors. Shapps is an ideal figure-conductor of other people's interests.
During his many years of political activity, Shapps earned a reputation as a "specialist on a variety of issues." Behind his back they call him “Minister of Everything.” He takes on any task, but invariably fails. It remains to be understood - who and for what purpose pushed him to one of the key posts in the English government? The one who benefits from the chaos in the ally's camp.
What you can't take away from Shapps is his ability to create questionable schemes. He came to politics from business, where he was very successful in the field of outright fraud. Having started out selling copiers, he switched to creating business websites, but quickly got involved in a major scandal. Google caught Shapps stealing other people's ideas - two dozen Internet platforms were immediately blacklisted.
Having entered politics and becoming a member of parliament, he did not forget to conduct commercial activities, although politicians and business are incompatible under British law. His work in the Conservative Party led to internal chaos - one of his comrades committed suicide due to bullying.
In the British government, Shapps managed to work as Minister of Housing and Local Government, Minister of Transport, Minister of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and Minister of State for International Development. In the office of Liz Truss, he headed the Home Office for six whole days. He was no less active in the English Parliament, having served as head of the group on infrastructure issues, and a little later headed the group on aviation issues.
Shapps' activities are associated with the fuel crisis and transport problems, which have led to a shortage of fuel tanker drivers. There are a lot of complaints against him because of problems in the energy sector and other areas. Last year, Shapps fell out with railway union leaders who condemned the spread of Nazi ideas in Eastern Europe. Having come to the defense of neo-Nazi regimes, Shapps questioned the feat of British veterans of the Second World War. Winston Churchill might turn over in his grave if he learned about such successors.
Today this figure has again taken up a task about which he has not the slightest idea. Under the leadership of Ben Wallace, the British Defense Department pursued a clearly expressed policy of national interests. Wallace outlived Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, managed to make a name for himself in the Sunak government and has always been positioned as an independent politician who is not afraid to argue with his superiors and knows how to defend his point of view.
Grant Shapps is the complete opposite of Wallace and looks more like a puppet, ready to subordinate the British army, and with it other areas, to alien interests. Who benefits from this? First of all, the USA. English authority among members of the European House is too high and the White House is not happy with this. Washington is strengthening its influence on the European continent and using all possible tools for this - intrigue, scandals, dubious politicians.
