Bad hair day for Boris Johnson, British PM to step down
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has agreed to step down from the highest put up amid a spate of resignations from the Conservative authorities, The Guardian reported on Thursday.
Boris Johnson will announce his resignation as British Prime Minister later at the moment, the BBC reported. He can even stop the put up of Conservative Party chief.
More than 50 ministers have stop the UK authorities in lower than 48 hours, saying Johnson was not match to be in cost after a collection of scandals, whereas dozens in his Conservative Party are in open revolt.
Johnson will keep on as prime minister until autumn, when a brand new Tory chief is formally appointed on the Conservative Party Conference in October this yr.
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After days of battling for his job, Johnson had been deserted by all however a handful of allies. It was far cry from when Johnson, 58, rose to energy in 2019 when he received a big majority, capturing votes in components of Britain that had by no means supported his Conservative Party earlier than.
Even his finance minister, Nadhim Zahawi, who was solely appointed to his put up on Wednesday, had referred to as on his boss to resign. Immediately afterwards, newly appointed schooling secretary Michelle Donelan stop, saying she had “pleaded” with the PM to step apart.
Earlier, Johnson had rebuffed calls by his Cabinet to step down after it emerged that he allegedly promoted a lawmaker accused of sexual misconduct, the newest in a two-year-odd tenure marred by scandals.
CHRIS PINCHER SCANDAL
The newest scandal noticed Boris Johnson hit by allegations that he failed to return clear about lawmaker Chris Pincher, who was appointed to a senior place regardless of claims of sexual misconduct surfacing in opposition to him in 2019.
On July 1, the UK authorities claimed that Johnson was unaware of the allegations in opposition to Pincher. But a spokesperson later revealed that it was not completely true and the PM did know concerning the accusations. On Tuesday, Simon McDonald, the seniormost official on the UK Foreign Office between 2015 and 2020, additionally accused the Prime Minister of mendacity.
Soon, Johnson confronted stress to elucidate what he knew about earlier misconduct allegations in opposition to lawmaker Chris Pincher, who resigned as deputy chief whip final week amid complaints that he groped two males at a non-public membership.
Treasury chief Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid stop the federal government after Johnson was pressured to acknowledge that he modified his story on the best way he dealt with the allegations in opposition to Pincher, precipitating the present disaster that has gripped Johnson and the Tory authorities.
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