UK PM Johnson on the brink after ministerial resignations - The 58-year-old leader's grip on power is becoming more precarious by the minute
Boris Johnson’s position as UK prime minister was on the brink on Wednesday, after two of his senior ministers quit in protest at his scandal-hit leadership, piling on pressure as he faced a grilling from angry MPs.
Johnson then faces an hours-long grilling from the chairs of the House of Commons’ most powerful committees, who include some of his most virulent critics in the Tory ranks. But by Tuesday, that defence had collapsed after a former top civil servant said Johnson, as foreign minister, was told in 2019 about another incident involving his ally.
“I and a lot of the party now are determined that he will be gone by the summer recess : the sooner the better.” But the influential “1922 Committee” of non-ministerial Tory MPs is reportedly seeking to change the rules.Jacob Rees-Mogg, a doggedly loyal cabinet ally and Johnson’s “minister for Brexit opportunities” dismissed the resignations as “little local difficulties”.
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