LONDON aEUR: Under heavy pressure from his own party members, Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister, has resigned as leader and chief of the Conservative Party. This resignation caps an extraordinary political career that has seen highs and lows as well as many scandals.
He stated that he would remain in office until the Conservatives elect a new leader for their party. Then, he will take over as prime Minister.
Johnson stated, in front of No. As loud crowds could also be heard near 10 Downing St., London. "But, as we saw at Westminster, the herd instinct can be powerful and when it moves, it moves."
After dozens of Cabinet ministers, aides, and other officials quit his government, they said they couldn't continue to serve under his leadership. Many former Cabinet ministers advised him to resign.
Johnson announced that Johnson would make an announcement next week regarding the timeline for selecting the new prime minister.
Johnson's Conservative Party lawmakers credit him with driving Brexit through British Parliament after his predecessor Theresa May was unable.
He also led the Tories in a historic landslide election, leaving them with an 80-seat majority at the House of Commons. This was the biggest victory since Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's 1987 win.
Johnson was forced to resign over perceptions of his character, not policy or political differences. Johnson is distrusted by many Conservative lawmakers and members of the general public. According to YouGov, nearly 4 out of 4 Britons thought Johnson was untrustworthy in a poll they conducted last month.
This week, 69% of respondents to the same poll believed Johnson should resign.
His decision to make Chris Pincher, a lawmaker, a power position despite the fact that Johnson knew Pincher was subject to sexual harassment allegations, triggered the scandal that ended his three-year premiership.
Initial statements by the prime minister's office stated that Johnson did not know about specific allegations. Johnson admitted that he knew about the allegations on Monday after new accusations were made against him. Dominic Cummings was Johnson's former chief advisor with whom he had a bitter fallout. He claimed that Johnson had called him "Pincher by Name, Pincher by Nature."
Johnson didn't deny that he used the phrase, and he apologized for appointing Pincher.
Pincher, who was the deputy chief whip of the House of Commons, resigned last Wednesday over the scandal. Johnson suspended Pincher from the party so that he could not join fellow Conservatives in Parliament.
The scandal by itself would not have caused Johnson to resign. Johnson's Cabinet members saw the scandal as part of an ongoing pattern.
Johnson maintained that his staff followed all of the social distancing guidelines set by the government during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was later revealed that Johnson's staff had hosted a series parties, which included drunken people spilling red wine onto walls. Most Britons complied with the regulations, and some even couldn't say goodbye to their loved ones who were dying. Johnson and his staff were resentful by many.
Johnson's Cabinet ministers got tired of supporting the prime minister to the media, only to discover later that they had been given false information.
Savid Javid (the former UK health secretary) said Wednesday that "Treading a tightrope of loyalty and integrity has become difficult in recent months." "Now, this week, we have cause to question the integrity and truth of everything we've been told. We must conclude that enough is enough.
The opposition Labour Party attacked Johnson's loyal Cabinet members and forced them to resign. Labour leader Keir Sternmer stated Wednesday that the U.K. couldn't afford to rely upon Johnson while it struggled with major issues such as the war against Ukraine and record levels of inflation at home. Starmer ridiculed Johnson's Cabinet in the House of Commons and referred to its staying power as "the charging of a lightweight regiment." This was a reference the Charge of the Light Brigade which was a notoriously unsuccessful British cavalry attack during the Crimean War.
"Have self-respect!" Starmer advised Johnson's cabinet members. Starmer told Johnson's cabinet members, "Anyone with any information about them would be long gone" from Johnson's front bench during a crisis. Isn't it better for the country to have a Z-list of nodding dogs?
Johnson's resignation was also the result of political calculations by the Conservative Party. Johnson was seen as a winner by the party, which is why he rose to power in 2019. Johnson, a Conservative, had already won two terms in London as mayor. Johnson was also an important force behind the 2016 referendum to leave the European Union. This resulted in a surprise victory that changed the course and direction of British history.
However, last month the Conservatives lost two seats in Parliament during special elections. Many believe Johnson is no longer able to electrify the party, which has made it seem like Johnson is no longer the person that he once was.
Nicholas Allen, a professor of politics at Royal Holloway University of London, believes Johnson was ultimately responsible.
Allen states that "the flaws in Boris Johnson’s character are much more difficult to ignore." "Johnson's tendencies to break rules, dissemble and lie caught up to him, making it impossible for any politician to defend him."
These tendencies drove loyal Johnson supporters like David Somers (a retired cattle farmer from Cornwall) away. Somers, who was visiting London on Thursday, stopped by No. When he heard Johnson would be stepping down, Somers stopped by No. 10 Downing St. He believes the prime minister did a great job in the U.K.'s vaccination rollout and providing weapons support to Ukraine. Somers claims Johnson's inability to tell the truth aEUR about Pincher and staff parties during the pandemic was too much.
Somers claims that he should have been open about it, and now the dogs have come out of the cupboard to bite him on the backside."
Johnson, 58 years old, took an unusual route to political power. Johnson, 58, did not rise through the ranks of local government but became a famous journalist. He became a columnist for newspapers and appeared on Have I Got News For You on the BBC.
Johnson has been plagued by questions about integrity throughout his career. Johnson was fired by the Times of London in 1988 after he made up quotes that he claimed to have been attributed to his godfather.
Johnson was elected to Parliament in 2001. Johnson was elected to Parliament in 2001. However, the Conservative Party fired him for lying about an affair.
Sonia Purnell was a journalist with London's Daily Telegraph during the 1990s, when Johnson and her colleague Johnson were in Brussels. She wrote a book called Just Boris: The Tale of Blond Ambition about him. She spoke out about Johnson's potential as prime minister in a 2019 interview with NPR.
She said, "He has a very long track record in lying."
Johnson is a skilled politician. Johnson was a gifted politician. Johnson's best-known image as London mayor was when he rode on a zipline waving Union flags in support of the 2012 London Olympics. He ended up being stranded at 15 feet above the ground with the harness against his groin.
Many of his supporters found him entertaining, charismatic and refreshingly political incorrect. His political views on Brexit and other issues alienated urban liberal voters, as well as some of his racist remarks. He claimed that Muslim women wearing burqas looked just like British "letter boxes" when compared to British women. He referred to Africans in 2002 as "piccaninnies" when he was writing as a journalist.
Johnson was eventually referred to as a Marmite character by the British. This is a name for the yeast and vegetable spread that Johnson adores or loathes.
As Johnson rose up the political ladder, so did the stakes and the consequences of his false statements. He campaigned in 2016 on a double-decker bus with a sign that said that more than $400 million would be given to Britain each week if the U.K. leaves the EU. Although it wasn't true, some voters believed it was a reason to support Brexit.
His government reached a 2020 Brexit deal with the EU, which requires customs checks to be applied to goods that are going from Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Johnson is pushing legislation through Parliament to allow his government, which could risk a trade war against the EU, to remove some of the checks that it had agreed to.
Johnson made the most recent false statements regarding Pincher, an alleged predator sexually, and government rules that governed the pandemic. It was a matter for life and death.
