Despite the cascade of resignations in the British government, Boris Johnson promises to “continue” in his post

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson assured this Wednesday, July 6 that he would "

" in his post, despite a wave of resignations within the government which weakens his authority, against a backdrop of scandals.

Determined to stay at 10 Downing Street, he defended his government's action, touting tax cuts to MPs during the weekly Prime Minister's Questions.

But laughter burst out when he said he spoke Wednesday morning with members of the government, while resignations have followed one another since Tuesday evening.

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Fifteen departures

First to leave, the health ministers Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak finance announced a few minutes apart their resignation on Tuesday, tired of the repeated scandals that have been shaking the government for months.

In the process, other members of the less senior government also threw in the towel, bringing the total number of departures to more than fifteen.

Ignoring the ridicule, Boris Johnson, whose star has faded since his triumphant rise to power in 2019, asserted that "

."

Opposition Labor leader Keir Starmer blasted a "

" while Scottish Nationalist SNP leader in the House of Commons Ian Blackford demanded a snap election.

Two Tory MPs called on Boris Johnson to resign during the weekly question time.

“Total lack of confidence”

In his conservative camp, the resigners had harsh words for the head of government, questioning his honesty.

One of the starters, Secretary of State for Finance John Glen, dryly justified his resignation by a “

” in the Prime Minister.

The two shock resignations on Tuesday evening were announced when Boris Johnson had just apologized after a new scandal, acknowledging that he had made a “

” in appointing Chris Pincher to his government in February, deputy chief “

” in charge of the parliamentary discipline of Conservative MPs.

The latter resigned last week after being accused of touching two men.

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After affirming the opposite, Downing Street admitted Tuesday that the Prime Minister had been informed in 2019 of former accusations against Chris Pincher but that he had "

" them by naming him.

For Schools Secretary Robin Walker, who resigned on Wednesday, the government's "

" have been "

".

“Integrity” in question

A point also raised by Sajid Javid, 52, who judged that the British were entitled to expect “

”.

The departure of his finance colleague, Rishi Sunak, 42, comes in a particularly difficult economic context, in the midst of a crisis in the cost of living in the United Kingdom.

Boris Johnson quickly replaced the two resigners by appointing his Education Minister Nadhim Zahawi to Finance and Steve Barclay, hitherto in charge of government coordination, to Health.

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Ministers reaffirmed their loyalty to him and Nadhim Zahawi stressed on SkyNews that it is sometimes “

”, but “

” to reform the country.

Despite these marks of support, will Boris Johnson be able to survive this umpteenth crisis?

In the afternoon, he will face the chairmen of the main committees of the House of Commons, including some of his most vocal critics within the Conservative party.

According to a poll by the YouGov institute on Tuesday evening, 69% of British voters believe that Boris Johnson should resign.

Scandal after scandal

In the

, former Brexit secretary David Frost, who left in December, called on him to leave because '

' .

Already considerably weakened by the Downing Street party scandal during the Covid-19 pandemic, Boris Johnson survived a vote of no confidence from his own camp a few weeks ago.

There have been several sexual cases in Parliament: an MP suspected of rape was arrested and then released on bail in mid-May, another resigned in April for watching pornography in Parliament on his mobile phone and a former MP was sentenced in May to 18 months in prison for the sexual assault of a 15-year-old boy.

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The departure of these last two deputies caused partial legislative elections and heavy defeats for the conservatives.

And this, while the party had already suffered a very poor result in the local elections in May.

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