UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign after mutiny in his party
following a rebellion in his Conservative Party and said in an address to the nation that the process of choosing a new prime minister “should begin now.”
Johnson initially attempted to ride out the crisis — despite an unprecedented flight of middle-ranking ministers from the government, a battering at Prime Minister’s Questions and a bruising appearance before a committee of senior lawmakers in Parliament. On Wednesday, he still insisted he wasn’t going to resign.
“He was always unfit for office. He has been responsible for lies, scandal and fraud on an industrial scale,” said Starmer on Twitter. Conventionally, when a Conservative leader resigns, he or she gives the party time to hold a thorough leadership contest.“What a depressing state of affairs. So much needless damage caused,” Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said on Twitter.
Johnson’s departure will mark a remarkable downfall for a Prime Minister who was once seen as having political superpowers, with an appeal that transcended traditional party lines. Numerous other scandals have also hit his standing in the polls. These include accusations of using donor money inappropriately to pay for a refurbishment of his Downing Street home and ordering MPs to vote in such a way that would protect a colleague who had breached lobbying rules.
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