LAST UPDATE: 17:20 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is fighting to stay in office amid a “rain” of resignations from his government in protest at his leadership. The new finance minister, Nadeem Zahawi, called for unity after his predecessor, the health minister, and several other ministers left. Johnson’s position is in crisis following the dramatic […]
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Britain: New demand from Conservative MPs for a motion of censure against Prime Minister Johnson
Conservative MPs Chris Skidmore and Tom Hunt have today written to their party’s 1922 Committee calling for a vote of impeachment against Boris Johnson as the British prime minister faces mounting calls for him to resign. of. In his letter, Skidmore calls for changes to Conservative Party rules to allow a new impeachment motion against […]
Can Boris Johnson be forced to resign and how is his successor chosen?
Today found British Prime Minister Boris Johnson clinging to power but badly hurt by the resignation of ministers who deemed him unfit to lead the country, while a growing number of MPs are calling for his resignation. Johnson narrowly escaped a censure motion tabled in parliament last month, with the confidence vote giving him immunity […]
Britain: New resignations from the government
LAST UPDATE: 12.17 Britain’s Conservative Party member and Under Secretary of State for Education Will Queens announced his resignation today as backlash continues over the way British Prime Minister Boris Johnson handled yet another scandal within his government. Queens said he was resigning after he was “inaccurately” informed about Johnson’s appointment of a politician who […]
Britain: ‘Game over’ for Boris Johnson?
Britain’s national newspapers paint a very bleak picture for the Tory prime minister today as Boris Johnson faces the biggest crisis of his tenure, following the resignations of Rishi Sunak as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Sajid Javid’s resignation as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Minister of Health. “Game over”, concluded the title of the main […]
Britain: Foreign Minister Liz Truss supports Boris Johnson
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said she supports Prime Minister Boris Johnson “100%” after two of his cabinet ministers resigned earlier, as reported by the BBC. Finance and health ministers Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid tendered their resignations earlier, as Johnson himself sought to apologize for a fresh sexual misconduct scandal involving a member of […]
Britain: Johnson in a new ‘whirlwind’ – Barrage of resignations of ministers and MPs
LAST UPDATE: 23:30 Finance Minister Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid submitted their resignations on Tuesday, followed by MPs and Conservative party officials, sparking a new crisis in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government. British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak justified his decision by saying he had reluctantly come to the conclusion that […]
Exports of Ukrainian grain via Danube proposed by Johnson
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said today that alternative routes should be considered to retrieve grain stuck in Ukraine, including via the Danube River, if it cannot be moved through the Bosphorus Strait in Turkey. “The Turks are absolutely necessary to solve this problem. They are doing the best they can… It depends on the […]
Britain: New sex scandal shakes Boris Johnson’s government
A member of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government responsible for party discipline of Tory MPs has resigned after accusations of cheating on two men, causing fresh problems for the already scandal-weakened British leader. In his resignation letter dated yesterday, Conservative caucus deputy leader Chris Pincher admits he had “drank too much” and apologizes for […]
UK MP resigns from government for ‘drinking too much’
A British MP resigned today from Boris Johnson’s government for “drinking too much”, according to British media, in yet another scandal involving the prime minister. Christopher Pincher, who was deputy in charge of party discipline, wrote in his resignation letter that he still supported Johnson but was forced to resign after an “incident” on Wednesday, […]
