Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss have made it to the final two in the race to replace Boris Johnson and become the next UK Prime Minister.
06.07.2022 - 16:23 / deadline.com
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson continues to teeter on the edge as the resignations continue to flood in in protest over his leadership.
The number of resignations from ministers in his government now stands at 20 and there is no sign of let-up. The previous highest number of resignations within 24 hours was 11 back in 1932, according to the Telegraph.
The under-fire leader vowed to continue this morning during a brutal Prime Minister’s Questions session in the UK parliament, which included his erstwhile Health Secretary Sajid David calling on more members of his cabinet to take action against the PM.
Many politicians and most political analysts now agree that it is only a matter of time before Johnson is toppled following a string of scandals and widespread disapproval of his lax standards.
On Tuesday two top cabinet ministers resigned in protest at his handling of allegations of misconduct against a prominent Conservative Party lawmaker.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid posted resignation letters within minutes of one another.
Javid wrote: “It is with enormous regret that I must tell you that I can no longer, in good conscience, continue serving in this government,’’
Sunak said the public expected its government to “to be conducted properly, competently and seriously.”
There has been growing condemnation and disarray within the UK’s right-leaning Conservative Party over Johnson’s handling of a series of incidents of misconduct within its ranks.
In the latest case, Johnson has been forced to apologize about keeping former Conservative party whip Chris Pincher in his post following allegations of sexual misconduct.
The resignations of Javid and Sunak are particularly significant because both
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Boris Johnson for drama This England following his resignation, according to reports.Today (July 7) Johnson agreed to resign as Conservative Party leader and UK Prime Minister, with a new leader set to be appointed by autumn.His departure comes after Health Secretary Sajid Javid, Chancellor Rishi Sunak and more than 50 other Conservative MPs resigned from certain roles in the party.According to Variety, upcoming Sky drama This England won’t be filming any scenes to reflect Johnson’s past 48 hours and resignation.
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson may have resigned on Thursday in the hours after dozens of staffers quit, but that won’t change the ending of Sky Original series “This England,” TheWrap has learned.The series, which stars Kenneth Branagh as the British leader (who is unrecognizable in the photo above), only covers the first wave of the pandemic. The series will trace the impact of COVID-19 on the nation during its first wave, and while the country and the PM was dealing with Brexit.“This England” is co-written and directed by Michael Winterbottom.
Boris Johnson has just resigned as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Boris Johnson has resigned as Prime Minister of the UK.The PM announced his resignation outside Number 10 Downing Street after almost three years in power.His resignation came in the wake of the departure of the former Health Secretary Sajid Javid and the former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and the resignations of over 50 MPs.Johnson has since been under increasing pressure to step down from his role as PM.Speaking outside Number 10, he said: “It is clearly now the will of the Parliamentary Conservative Party that there should be a new leader of that party and so a new Prime Minister.“I’m immensely proud of the achievements of this government in getting Brexit done, to settling our relations with the continent… reclaiming the power for this country to make its own laws in Parliament.”Johnson added: “To [the] new leader… I say I will give you as much support as I can. And to you, the British public.
Boris Johnson has announced he will quit as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after months of scandal battered his premiership.
A timetable for Boris Johnson’s replacement will be announced next week, as the embattled PM delivers his resignation speech outside 10 Downing Street, stating: “In politics, no one is indispensable.”
Boris Johnson‘s imminent resignation as Prime Minister.Johnson is reportedly set to quit today (July 7) following the recent resignations of Health Secretary Sajid Javid, Chancellor Rishi Sunak and over 50 other MPs.It came after Johnson apologised for appointing Chris Pincher as deputy chief whip despite knowing about a 2019 investigation into inappropriate behaviour made against Pincher. The MP resigned last week after being accused of groping two men in a private members club.“In hindsight, it was the wrong thing to do,” Johnson said earlier this week (via Reuters).
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has urged for a ‘proper change of government’ following the announcement that Boris Johnson has agreed to step down as Prime Minister.