Boris Johnson will not comment. During a particularly tense press conference, the British Prime Minister's spokesman did not give any justification for the news that shocked the country. In question, the arrival ofAndres Sabitsky, 27 years oldas an adviser to Dominic Cummings, himself a powerful and sulphurous senior adviser to Boris Johnson.

In fact, the young man is preceded by his reputation. For several years, through interviews, posts on his Twitter account or on the Dominic Cumings website, Andrew Sabitsky has been distilling his radical and sensationalist opinionsHow do you remember it? guardian this Monday, February 17th.

Thus the new addition to the Prime Minister's office believes that the IQ of African Americans is lower than that of their white compatriots or even that women's sport is more similar to Paralympic sport than to men's sport.

Andrew Sabitsky, a supporter of a form of eugenics, wants a system of “long-term contraception“Mandatory in certain cases, taking as a comparison the mandatory nature of certain vaccines.

The furious opposition

When the young man's appointment was announced, reactions quickly erupted across the country.

Shadow Cabinet member Jon Trickett “can't find the words to describe the appointment ofa man who officially admitted to having supported forced sterilization of people he considers unworthy” and demands his resignation.

Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's First Minister and member of the social democratic Scottish National Party, believes it is time for the government to “take back control” and “demonstrate certain basic valuesbut fundamental in the terms used in [notre] public debate.

Internal boycott

In addition to unanimous opposition, there is also gnashing of teeth within the Conservative majority in Westminster all the way to the corridors of 10 Downing Street. Members of various ministries are therefore willing to call for boycott of meetings where Andrew Sabitsky would sit when others announced to a journalist Buzzfeed who would simply never respond to your emails.

“Hiring this idiot is an insult to all those who preceded him”exclaims a former special adviser to the British government. The Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps, says that he does not share Sabitsky's ideas, as does the government.

But Boris Johnson, through his spokesman, remains silent on the approach of his special adviser and friend Dominic Cummings. “The Prime Minister's ideas are public and well documented”systematically attacks the spokesperson as soon as a journalist asks him whether or not he shares the newcomer's vision. There is no confirmation, but no denial either.

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