The BBC anticipates that Boris Johnson will appear shortly to announce his resignation as Tory leader, after the wave of resignations received in recent hours.
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According to the BBC British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to announce his resignation within hours, after more than 50 ministers had left him, including those newly appointed to replace others who had previously resigned, a rebellion that had left the government perilously close to paralysis.
According to the British chain, he will present his resignation as leader of the Conservative Party this Thursday in the face of the cascade of resignations within the Government, although he will remain as prime minister until autumn.
With eight ministers, including two secretaries of state, resigning in the past two hours, an isolated and powerless Johnson appears ready to bow to the inevitable and declare he is stepping down.
“Boris Johnson will resign as leader of the Conservative Party today,” said BBC political editor Chris Mason.
After days of fighting for his position, Johnson had been abandoned by all but a handful of allies. Even his finance minister, Nadhim Zahawi, who was appointed to his post on Wednesday, had called on his boss to resign.
“This is not sustainable and will only get worse: for you, for the Conservative Party and most importantly for the whole country,” he said on Twitter. “You must do the right thing and leave now.
The “tory” leader, who met late in the afternoon at the government headquarters in Downing Street – his office and official office – with his ministers before deciding his next steps, stated that he had no intention of giving up his position.
The Labor Partythe main opposition party, has announced that if the Conservative Party does not get rid of Johnson immediately, it will call a motion of censure parliamentary “His own party has concluded that he is not fit to be prime minister,” Labor leader Keir Starmer has said. “If they don’t get rid of him, then Labor will stand up for the national interest and we will table a no-confidence motion – we can’t continue with this PM hanging on for months and months.”
shrouded in scandal
Although the last few months of Boris Johnson have been dotted with scandals such as the one at parties in Downing Street during the pandemic, in recent days the straw that broke the camel’s back has been uncovered.
On June 30, The Sun newspaper reported that Boris Johnson’s deputy on the Conservative bench, Chris Pincher, appointed in February, had been accused of sexually harassing other men in a private London club, and was subsequently You know, it was not a unique case. As soon as he heard the news, Pincher himself apologized and resigned.
On July 1, the government office stated that prior to his appointment it was not aware of the accusations against Pincher.
On July 4, however, the prime minister’s spokesman admitted that Johnson was aware of the allegations against Picher, and that he had been informed of his “inappropriate behaviour.” Johnson had to apologize, claiming that he had “forgotten.”
Source: Eitb
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