On Saturday, two other MPs, both loyal to Johnson, also announced their resignations from Parliament
Rishi Sunak was supposed to bring some stability to Britain’s Conservatives when he took over as party leader and prime minister last fall after months of chaos. But the Conservatives have found themselves embroiled in a new round of turmoil, stirred up by Mr. Sunak’s nemesis: Boris Johnson.
In a lengthy statement, Mr. Johnson lashed out at the committee’s investigation, calling it a “kangaroo court,” a “witch hunt” and a “political hit job” as well as an attempt to punish him for Brexit. “Their purpose from the beginning has been to find me guilty, regardless of the facts,” he wrote. His abrupt departure will cause headaches for Mr. Sunak and the Conservatives, which languish far behind the Labour Party in recent opinion polls. On Saturday two other MPs, both loyal to Mr. Johnson, also announced their resignations from Parliament.
Mr. Johnson’s resignation “is most definitely not the end of Boris in the politics of our nation,” Senior Tory Jacob Rees-Mogg wrote in the Mail on Sunday. “In fact, his dramatic move – and his own hint that he will seek another Parliamentary berth – puts him in pole position to return as Conservative leader if a vacancy should arise.”
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