British Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a statement at Downing Street in London, Britain, July 7, 2022. Reuters/Phil Noble
By Reuters
Boris Johnson said on Thursday he was resigning as Britain’s prime minister, bowing to calls from ministerial colleagues and lawmakers in his Conservative Party.
“The process of choosing that new leader should begin now,” Johnson said at the door of Number 10 Downing Street.
“And today I have appointed a cabinet to serve, as I will, until a new leader is in place.”
After ministers, including two secretaries of state, continued to quit the government early on Thursday saying the scandal-plagued leader was no longer fit to govern, an isolated and powerless Johnson prepared to bow to the inevitable and declare he resigns as British prime minister