Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he's out of the running for party leadership

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced this week that he is taking his name out of the running to be next leader of the Conservative Party. Former Finance Minister Rishi Sunak is now thought to be the leading contender for next Prime Minister.

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[joshrowe]

When no one wants to be the one the people hold responsible for what's coming. It's a shame the people don't recognize they voted for these problems generations ago, and have only allowed them to get worse.

[november]

Enough is enough, and he knew it very well .

[bulkierwriter]

The year of the three ministers and two monarchs.

[lifeonwheels]

No one wants to take the sinking ship…it’s like winning a position to be the most hated …

[richardmann]

What a joke this little nation is these days.

[jackmehoff]

Tonight developing news from Britain, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson finally learns what a comb is.

[richardflechs]

Finally, some good news to come from England!

[richhillyer]

Smartest thing he's done since his 15 minutes of fame.

[_Diggler]

I’m sure someone at Black Rock could be called upon for fiscal advise perhaps even a suggestion for PM…

[MJVH]

Make sense since he just resigned... this world has a memory of 30 seconds

[DistractedDaisy]

They got upset because he had a few parties (he was human) and now they might be upset that they acted to fast to replace him.

[b.visconti]

Things Must be tough over there..no one seems to want to clean up the mess..God Bless the Communities there 🙏

[emanuelbabayagaortiz]

Gaffe they’ll take Richi. Pelosi said she wanted to retire. A monarch and career politician are the same thing

[factsoverfear]

Uhhhh If Rishi wins racist will come out of the back woods in the Uk 😅

[edwardsmith]

It could be because he just got fired from that job. Der.

[kingarchnyc]

Thank you for not embarrassing ur country’s political system! 😂

[JL-fxcd]

First the BREXIT (neocon) disaster, then Covid pandemic, and now "nobody is working, "..

[sinistan]

why does boris hair always look like he just woke up 😄

[RajHK]

Them’s not the brakes. Them’s the battery, the carburetor, the exhaust, the radiator…

[pumathewsp]

80% of Tory’s party wanted Boris and 20% wanted Rishi. I guess now all the members will go crawling back to Rishi😂