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07.07.2022 - 20:05 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
After weeks of turmoil, culminating in a chaotic 48 hours of ministerial resignations, Boris Johnson eventually announced his resignation to the nation earlier today (July 7). When it looked like the Prime Minister would remain in power, the 1922 Committee came under scrutiny over its rules.
The committee only allows one vote of confidence per year for a serving Prime Minister and Mr Johnson won one called against him last month. However, the committee may still have had some power to forcibly remove the Prime Minister from office.
Chairing this committee since 2010 has been Sir Graham Brady. It was previously reported that Brady visited the Prime Minister in Downing Street to tell him the committee's executive was likely to change leadership contest rules by Monday to allow MPs to have another stab at removing him.
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Sir Graham Brady is a member of the Conservative Party who has served as the MP for Altrincham and Sale West since 1997. He has been chairman of the 1922 Committee since 2010, aside from a brief period in 2019.
During his tenure as chairman, the 55-year-old has overseen votes of no confidence in two Prime Ministers - Theresa May and Boris Johnson. Before succeeding Sir Michael Spicer as chairman in May 2010, Brady also served as Shadow Minister for Europe under four Conservative leaders, eventually resigning in 2007 in protest of David Cameron's opposition to grammar schools.
At the end of 2010, he was voted Backbencher of the Year by The Spectator at its annual parliamentary awards. In May 2019, he resigned as chairman to explore launching a bid to become Tory leader following May’s resignation. However, he opted not to run
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Boris Johnson has just resigned as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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.”
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