{"id":1542625,"date":"2022-07-07T08:35:18","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T12:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1542625"},"modified":"2022-07-07T09:40:39","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T13:40:39","slug":"breaking-great-britains-prime-minister-boris-johnson-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-great-britains-prime-minister-boris-johnson-resigns\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Great Britain\u2019s Prime Minister Boris Johnson Resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbreaking-great-britains-prime-minister-boris-johnson-resigns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1542625&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Great Britain\u2019s Prime Minister Boris Johnson will resign, after scores of government ministers had quit and advised him to do so.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">PM Boris Johnson says the UK will continue to back Ukrainians&#8217; fight for freedom &#8220;for as long as it takes&#8221;, as he announces his resignation<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qiq4yHpPpB\">https:\/\/t.co\/qiq4yHpPpB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/92FFHQEmVu\">pic.twitter.com\/92FFHQEmVu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCNews\/status\/1545009916045303809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCNews\/status\/1545009916045303809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Johnson, the head of Great Britain\u2019s Conservative party (Tory party), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10990655\/Boris-Johnson-RESIGNS-Prime-Minister-replace-him.html\">met<\/a> with Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi, whom Johnson had appointed only on Tuesday after his predecessor Rishi Sunak had stepped down.<\/p>\n<p>Zahawi told Johnson, 58, that his situation was \u201cnot sustainable.\u201d He was echoed by Education Secretary Michelle Donelan, who also had been appointed in the previous 36 hours. Fifty-two government ministers have resigned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA\u00a0Downing Street\u00a0source said Johnson has spoken to\u00a0Sir Graham Brady \u2013 the chairman of the\u00a0parliamentary group the\u00a01922 Committee \u2013 and agreed to stand down, with a new Conservative leader set to be in place by the party conference in October,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10990655\/Boris-Johnson-RESIGNS-Prime-Minister-replace-him.html\">The Daily Mail<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Two possibilities exist; Johnson may stay in office until a new leader is chosen or he may step down from the position. Speculation has arisen that former Prime Minister Theresa May could serve as a temporary replacement until a successor is chosen.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s downfall was catalyzed by reports that he and his friends in government had held parties during the lockdowns imposed on the citizenry during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, he was harshly criticized for his knowledge of sexual misconduct allegations against Chris Pincher before he promoted him to deputy chief whip.<\/p>\n<p>Donelan announced she was quitting on Thursday morning; two hours earlier Northern Ireland\u00a0Secretary Brandon Lewis had made the same announcement, followed by Treasury minister Helen Whately, who stated, \u201cThere are only so many times you can apologize and move on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Their resignations were followed by those of security minister Damian Hinds, science minister George Freeman, and pensions minister Guy Opperman.\u00a0Attorney General Suella Braverman urged Johnson to resign.<\/p>\n<p>If Johnson called for a dissolution of Parliament and new elections in an attempt to survive, Queen Elizabeth could refuse his request based on the \u201cLascelles principles,\u201d which say she can refuse if \u00a0Parliament is \u201cvital, viable and capable of doing its job\u201d;\u00a0a new election would be \u201cdetrimental to the national economy,\u201d or if she can determine \u201canother prime minister who could govern for a reasonable period with a working majority.\u201d Conservative party senior members think all three of those prerequisites are met.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, the former mayor of London and a champion of Brexit, came to power after he quit as May\u2019s Foreign Secretary in 2018; she had championed a \u201c\u2019third way\u201d Brexit plan. May failed to succeed with her Brexit deal in Parliament three times, then resigned. In July 2019, Johnson won a crushing victory in July 2019 to become leader of the Tory party and subsequently the prime minister, although the Tories were in the minority.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson called for new elections, which were held on December 12, 2019, preaching, \u201cGet Brexit Done.\u201d The Tories won 365 seats, the biggest Conservative majority since Margaret Thatcher\u2019s reign.<\/p>\n<p>During Johnson\u2019s reign, the nation\u2019s rollout of the COVID vaccine was one of the fastest in the world. \u201cBy October 2021, over 40 million Brits \u2014 around 85 per cent of adults \u2014 had received at least one dose of a Covid jab,\u201d The Daily Mail noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great Britain\u2019s Prime Minister Boris Johnson will resign, after scores of government ministers had quit and advised him to do so. 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