Boris Johnson Announces His Resignation as UK Prime Minister

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned Thursday, acknowledging that it was “clearly the will” of his party that he should go.

He stepped down immediately as leader of his Conservative Party but plans to remain as prime minister while the leadership contest is held. He said he has appointed a new Cabinet following a multitude of resignations, but many are calling for him to go now.

It is a humiliating defeat for Johnson, who succeeded in leading Britain out of the European Union and was credited with rolling out one of the world’s most successful mass vaccination campaigns to combat COVID-19.

The announcement came after the latest ethics scandal around Johnson’s leadership led some 50 senior lawmakers to quit the government and left him unable to govern.

Speaking outside No. 10 Downing St., Johnson said he was “immensely proud of the achievements of this government,” from Brexit to steering the country through the pandemic, and leading the West in standing up to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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[markusmuller]

I would rather be interested in what the dark forces threatened him with:
Health, wealth, law enforcement, including all his friends and relatives ?!?

Well, if I remember correctly, then the post of Minister of Health would have been vacated for him recently...

[kathybumgardner]

he thinks this will. stop all legal culpability. it wont.😅

[joegover]

Don't let the door hit you on the way out

[bequemwaltz]

I don't know about UK, but the West certainly had a huge loss with Boris' resignation. He was a great Western leader. Putin will be grateful to the British .

[bluemoon]

Now Johnson will have enough time to comb his messy hair .