The biggest Conservative majority since 1987. I would like to say to the millions of people who voted for us in 2019, many of them voting Conservative for the first time, thank you for that incredible mandate. I have today appointed a cabinet to serve, as I will, until that new leader is in place. The timetable shall be announced next week. I agreed with Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of our backbench MPs, that this process of choosing that new leader should begin now. It is clearly now the will of the Parliamentary Conservative Party that there should be a new leader of that party and therefore a new Prime Minister. Read in full, Boris Johnson’s resignation statement: “Even if things can sometimes seem dark now, our future together is golden.” The prime minister concluded with an optimistic vision of the future of the country, saying: “Being prime minister is an education in itself – I’ve travelled to every part of UK and I’ve found so many people possessed of such boundless British originality and so willing to tackle old problems in new ways. While Mr Johnson stated that he intends on serving as a caretaker Prime Minister while the Conservative Party selects its new leader, a process which could take months, it remains to be seen if he will be afforded such a period, with the left-wing Labour Party threatening to launch a vote of confidence should he not leave office immediately. “And I want you to know from now on until the new Prime Minister is in place, your interests will be served and the government of the country will be carrying on.” “I want to thank you, the British public for the immense privilege you have given me. However, he said that the “Darwinian” system will be successful in finding a suitable replacement as prime minister. Johnson went on to say that it was personally painful to leave without accomplishing all of his goals and after securing a historic majority without the opportunity to defend it at the ballot box. The Prime Minister maintained his stance that it was a bad decision to launch a leadership contest amid the cost of living crisis and the war in Ukraine. And that is why we must keep levelling up, keep unleashing the potential of every part of the United Kingdom.”īoJo Lost His Mojo: Boris Johnson to Resign as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Because if I have one insight into human beings, it is that genius, talent, enthusiasm, imagination are evenly distributed throughout the population. “At the same time in this country, we’ve been pushing through a vast programme of investment in infrastructure, skills, technology. “Let me say now to the people of Ukraine, that I know we in the UK will continue to back your fight for freedom for as long as it takes,” Johnson said. And in the last few months, leading the west in standing up to Putin’s aggression in Ukraine.” Reclaiming the power for this country to make its own laws in parliament. Getting us all through the Pandemic, delivering the fastest vaccine rollout in Europe, the fastest exit from lockdown.
“I’m immensely proud of the achievements of this government, from getting Brexit done, to settling our relationship with the continent for over half a century. He also highlighted his role as one of the most vociferous supporters of the Ukrainian war effort. Trying to strike a positive tone, Mr Johnson hailed the achievements of his government, including stewarding the United Kingdom out of the European Union - despite significant issues such as Northern Ireland remaining - and bringing the country out of the coronavirus lockdowns that he himself imposed on the country. But them’s the breaks.”īoris May Be Going, But Britain Is Years Away From Getting the Political Class It Deserves And I want you to know how sad I am to be giving up the best job in the world. “I know that there will be many people who are relieved, and perhaps quite a few will be disappointed. And my friends, in politics, no one is even remotely indispensable,” Johnson declared. “As we have seen at Westminster, the herd instinct is powerful and when the herd moves, it moves. Yet in defiant fashion, Mr Johnson cast blame to the political system in London.
Despite desperate attempts to cling onto power, Mr Johnson was forced to resign after a record 59 government aids and cabinet ministers resigned following the sexual impropriety scandal involving the PM’s former deputy chief whip Christopher Pincher, whom Johnson had promoted to the role despite previously being informed of sex pest allegations made against the then-Tory MP.
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