- The secretary of health and the secretary of the treasury resigned within minutes of each other, and the head of the treasury told him to leave “for the good of the country.”
- Johnson will no longer be the British prime minister, it only remains to be seen whether he will stay until the Conservative Party chooses a replacement.
- The UK economy is hanging by a thread with inflation running at 9.2%.
The Prime Minister of Great Britain, Boris Johnson, said that he will resign this Thursday, July 7, after the departure of most of his ministers and other officials, a situation that left him without power as leader of the Conservative Party and without guarantees to continue in charge.
The final decision was made when Treasury chief Nadhim Zahawi asked Johnson to resign “for the good of the country.”
As of Thursday morning, it is unclear if the controversial leader will stay in office until the Conservative Party chooses a new leader to replace him, or if he will step down today.
That will be known in the next few hours, according to Reuters, The country and AP.
Prime Minister, this situation is not sustainable and can only get worse. For you, for the Conservative Party and, most importantly, for the entire country, you must do the right thing and leave,” Zahawi told Johnson in a letter.
Zahawi’s words came after two other top ministers and three other secretaries of state left on Thursday, bringing the number of people who have walked away from the Johnson administration this week to more than 60.
Boris Johnson leaves government in Britain
Johnson, 58, had rejected calls for resignation on Wednesday, saying he had a voter mandate to stay in office.
However, this Thursday morning in Europe, he has been forced to admit the reality: he no longer has power.
Even Bernard Jenkin, one of the most prominent Conservative Party lawmakers, acknowledged that he had met with Johnson and recommended that he leave.
According to Jenkin, he said these words to her: “Look, it’s about how you go. He can resign with some dignity or he can go like Donald Trump, cling to power and pretend that he has won, when he has lost.”
Johnson was holding his own as British prime minister despite serious accusations against him of being too close to party donors, protecting those accused of harassment and corruption, and lying in Parliament about parties during the pandemic. .
However, the latest revelations that Johnson knew about the sexual abuse allegations against Chris Pincher, one of the most prominent Conservative Party lawmakers, before he was promoted, brought the tension to the maximum.
Pincher stepped down as leader of Johnson’s party after being accused of groping two men at a nightclub.
Those revelations triggered other similar claims against Pincher.
Johnson was trying to change the British tradition: it is highly unusual for a prime minister to cling to the post under pressure from his own government.
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