Boris Johnson resignation: Bye, bye, Boris – PM probably bowing to pressure
Created: 07/07/2022Updated: 07/07/2022 10:19 am
By: Alexander Eser-Ruperti
For a long time he vehemently resisted all calls for his resignation, but now the pressure has become too great even for him: Boris Johnson is resigning.
London – He had ruled it out for a long time, but now even Boris Johnson could not delay it any longer: the British Prime Minister has resigned, according to information from the
BBC
.
Before that, he had been fighting for months with his numerous opponents within the party, and the unprecedented exodus of ministers and other government employees left the British Prime Minister alone.
Boris Johnson's resignation seemed long overdue: scandals and calls for his resignation had dominated for months.
The party premier will not be fondly remembered by most.
Boris Johnson's resignation: British Prime Minister gives up resistance to internal party critics
There have been calls for Boris Johnson's resignation for months, and the party gate had already given him a vote of no confidence, which Johnson survived.
However, the distrust of his own party against him, which became evident as a result of the vote, did not make the British Prime Minister change his mind.
A few more scandals and a notable exodus of government employees later, the head of government is now bowing to the pressure: Johnson resigns as prime minister.
It's over for the British Prime Minister: after a long period of resistance, Boris Johnson bows to pressure from his party and resigns.
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Previously, more and more well-known and less well-known MPs and officials of his party had spoken out in favor of his resignation or had even resigned in protest.
A group of cabinet ministers recently took to Downing Street to call for Johnson's resignation.
Numerous close companions turned their backs on him: Home Secretary Priti Patel also recently apparently called for an end to Johnson's reign.
The debate has paralyzed British politics for months.
Boris Johnson's resignation: Partygate, Brexit, Rwanda - Johnson polarized with everything he did
With Boris Johnson stepping down, the question of what the British PM is leaving behind inevitably arises.
In view of the past few months, the answer is obvious: a heap of broken glass.
Never before have so many ministers and government officials in England resigned in protest against a head of government.
The government crisis did not end with the prime minister leaving office early.
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The realization remains that Johnson polarized with everything he did: deportation flights to Rwanda, Partygate, Brexit or attacks on the right to strike.
Johnson is also said to have been responsible for a sexist culture in government circles.
The list is hard to overlook.
Recently, allegations had also arisen that Johnson knew about sexual misconduct by MP Christopher Pincher and still made him "Chief Whip".
This gave Pincher co-oversight of faction discipline.
Johnson denied knowing about Pincher's misconduct before the hiring decision, but there are doubts about the version.
It seems Boris Johnson has once again taken it easy with the truth.
The reports fit seamlessly into the series of scandals
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Johnson resignation: Search for Boris Johnson's successor begins
With his resignation, the search for a successor for the ex-Prime Minister begins.
Various candidates are already positioning themselves.
The generally well-informed
Guardian
gives acting Trade Secretary Penny Mordaunt the best chance.
But the resigned Finance Minister Rishi Sunak is also expected to have good successor chances after Johnson's resignation.
The newspaper again places Secretary of State Liz Truss and Secretary of Defense Ben Wallace shortly behind them - for the time being there are various not unlikely options for Boris Johnson's successor.
