Chapter 833 Problem

In his previous life, before the London Olympics, Barron had seen reports that G4S Group's Olympic security could not be completed, so the British government had to urgently recruit thousands of active soldiers to join the security team.

That's why he instructed Wang Wanting, who was in charge of the Cavendish Trust Fund, to send someone to investigate G4S Group. After all, he is currently the controlling shareholder of G4S Group. If there is a problem with the security of the London Olympics, it will also affect his reputation.

But what he didn't expect was that the situation was so serious.

You know, the security situation of this London Olympics is still quite severe and is also very important.

Because there was news that the relevant British departments had obtained intelligence that the London Olympics might become a target of terrorist attacks.

And in July 2005, the day after Britain won the right to host the London Olympics, terrorist attacks occurred on the London subway and buses, shocking the world.

In addition, there is another background that cannot be ignored-next year is the 40th anniversary of the "Munich Massacre", the most serious political terrorist incident in Olympic history.

On September 4, 1972, eight terrorists broke into the Olympic Village of the Munich Olympics and hijacked nine Israeli athletes.

This incident resulted in the deaths of 11 Israeli athletes, one German policeman and five terrorists.

Therefore, the British government attaches great importance to the security of the London Olympics next year and does not want a situation similar to the "Munich Massacre" to happen in London.

"In addition to the security issues of the London Olympics, G4S Group also has more or less problems in the operation of some private prisons. These are all things that are prone to cause trouble, so the rectification of this company is imminent."

After seeing this investigation report, Barron realized the seriousness of the problem.

From these circumstances, it seems that the rectification of the G4S Group is imperative, and regarding the security of the Olympics...

"This is also related to the company's capital investment. I will negotiate with the British government and ask them to increase the security costs of the London Olympics. In addition, the training of security personnel needs to be accelerated..."

Although Britain is currently implementing a fiscal austerity policy, I am afraid that including London Mayor Johnson and Prime Minister Cameron do not want to wait until the opening of the Olympics for security problems to arise. Therefore, the wisest choice is to increase investment in Olympic security.

But reasonable reasons are also needed. I believe that the intelligence department will give more cautious suggestions...

As for the G4S Group, since there are so many problems now, it also shows that the management of this company has not done its job well. It is better to replace them. These people do need to be punished, and at the same time, some managers of the original protector security company can be promoted.

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Of course, Barron also has another purpose, which is to use this matter to test the current London Mayor Boris Johnson again.

After all, although Barron had a very good relationship with Johnson before, and he was once a frequent visitor to "Neverland", in Barron's previous life, Johnson's attitude on the issue of Brexit made him have some ideas about Johnson.

To use what Barron once said to Joe Harriman about Boris Johnson, he is a "rule-breaker".

Yes, Johnson has always been a maverick, and his behavior is rare in the current British political arena.

He has rich political experience and can keenly perceive the emotions of the British people.

As early as the Labour Party under former Prime Minister Blair, Johnson challenged London Mayor Livingstone and defeated Livingstone in 2008 to become the second mayor of London.

What Johnson can feel most in the direct election of the London mayor is the power of the people. As long as he can raise issues that the people are concerned about, he will have the opportunity to lead the trend of the times.

In the name of the people, or with the support of the general public, this is the foundation for Johnson to be able to do it easily in the political arena.

In the governance of London, Johnson has made considerable reforms in preventing crime and developing the economy, and these governing experiences laid the foundation for Johnson to become prime minister in the original time and space.

At that time, Johnson returned to the House of Commons as a Conservative MP in the 2015 general election. After the end of his term as mayor of London in 2016, he was only a member of the House of Commons.

But he had a close relationship with the then Prime Minister Cameron and was also an important supporter of Cameron within the Conservative Party.

However, it was this supporter who seized the opportunity created by Cameron and pulled Cameron out of the prime minister's position.

In the original time and space, Cameron led the Conservative Party to win a majority in the 2015 general election, bid farewell to the suspended parliament formed in 2010, and the Conservative Party was finally able to independently formulate major policies.

In order to fulfill his promise in the general election, Cameron brought forward the time of the Brexit referendum to 2016.

Originally, he wanted to use the remaining power of the Conservative Party's victory in the general election to guide the people to choose to stay in the European Union, so that the power of the people could put pressure on the European Union and promote the reform of the European Union institutions, but it backfired.

The biggest problem lies with Johnson.

As the influential mayor of London, Johnson's political views will affect a large number of people.

In February 2016, Johnson publicly expressed his support for Brexit after notifying Cameron via text message, which dealt a devastating blow to Cameron.

In May, Johnson resigned as mayor of London. Polls showed that 52% of people thought he did a very good job as mayor. At this time, there was only more than a month before the Brexit referendum in June. Johnson had become a key leader of the Brexit camp and was fighting for his political future.

The relevant system in Britain has a great restraining effect on the prime minister. This pressure is not only on the opposition party, but also on the ruling party.

The Conservative Party has detailed regulations for the election of leaders. Candidates must first be supported by 8 Conservative MPs. Generally, the final candidate can only be determined after two or more rounds of elections.

After Britain left the EU, the then Prime Minister Cameron resigned and the Conservative Party had to elect a new leader.

In the leadership election, Johnson was attacked by Gove, a close ally in the Brexit movement, and angrily refused to run.

After Theresa May was elected leader, in order to bridge the internal differences of the Conservative Party, she pulled Johnson, the leader of the Brexit faction, into the cabinet and appointed him as foreign secretary in July 2016.

The biggest problem of Theresa May's government is that it cannot calm the internal divisions of the Conservative Party. The power of the hard Brexit faction is getting stronger, and May's policy towards Europe is obviously lagging behind.

This created an opportunity for Johnson. He retreated to advance and resigned as Foreign Secretary in July 2018, waiting for the opportunity to move towards the position of Prime Minister.

Finally, Theresa May did not solve the Brexit problem quickly and suffered repeated defeats in the House of Commons.

Under pressure from Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee, May made the decision to resign.

Johnson officially participated in the Conservative Party leadership election and won without a doubt.

In July 2019 in the original time and space, Johnson became Prime Minister.