Headline Roundup • July 7th, 2022
UK PM Boris Johnson Resigns
Summary from the AllSides News Team
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation Thursday following a series of controversies and resignations of his high-profile officials.
Speaking in London Thursday, Johnson said "it is clearly now the will of the parliamentary Conservative Party that there should be a new leader and a new prime minister." Johnson said he'll remain prime minister until a replacement is found. He also noted that "As we have seen at Westminster, the herd instinct is powerful and when the herd moves, it moves and my friends in politics no one is remotely indispensable."
Johnson was voted into the PM spot by fellow Conservative Party members in 2019 after the resignation of former PM Theresa May amid Britain's exit from the European Union. Conservatives then won their largest House of Commons majority in nearly 40 years in the 2019 general election. He's now the third consecutive British PM to resign, after May and David Cameron in 2016. Johnson's handling of controversies, including sexual misconduct allegations against party leadership and government parties that broke COVID-19 lockdown rules, ultimately led more than 50 ministers and aides to quit in the past several days.
Johnson's resignation was the top story from sources across the political spectrum Thursday morning.
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LONDON — Scandal-ridden British Prime Minister Boris Johnson capitulated to mounting pressure to step down Thursday, announcing his decision after days of high-profile government resignations and calls from fellow Conservative Party members to quit.
“In the past few weeks, I have been trying to convince my colleagues it would be eccentric to change governments when we have achieved so much,” he said in his speech outside No. 10 Downing St. amid loud booing from the crowd nearby. “I regret not to be successful in those arguments and, of course, it’s painful not...
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He was the mayor who basked in the glory of hosting the 2012 London Olympics, and the man who led the Conservatives to a thumping election victory on the back of his promise to “get Brexit done.”
But Boris Johnson’s time as prime minister was marred by his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and a steady stream of ethics allegations, from alcohol-fueled government parties that broke lockdown rules to how he handled a sexual misconduct scandal involving a senior party lawmaker.
Here is a timeline of events relating to Johnson’s political career:
2001-2008:...
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation Thursday, marking the end of his time at the top of UK politics.
After resisting calls to step down for nearly two days, Johnson admitted to the world’s media gathered outside No. 10 Downing Street in London that “it is clearly now the will of the parliamentary Conservative Party that there should be a new leader and a new prime minister.”
“The process of that should begin now. the timetable should be announced next week,” added Johnson, who went on to thank British...
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