Scandal-ridden Boris Johnson announced on
Thursday he would quit as British prime minister after he dramatically
lost the support of his ministers and most Conservative lawmakers, but
said he would stay on until his successor was chosen.
Bowing to the inevitable as more than 50 government ministers and
aides quit and lawmakers said he must go, an isolated and powerless
Johnson said it was clear his party wanted someone else in charge, but
that his forced departure was “eccentric” and the result of “herd
instinct” in parliament.
“Today I have appointed a cabinet to serve, as I will, until a new
leader is in place,” Johnson said outside his Downing Street office
where his speech was watched by close allies and his wife Carrie.
“I know that there will be many people who are relieved and perhaps
quite a few who will also be disappointed. And I want you to know how
sad I am to be giving up the best job in the world. But them’s the
breaks,” he added, making no apology for the events that forced his
announcement.
His term in office was ended by scandals that included breaches of
COVID-19 pandemic lockdown rules, a luxury renovation of his official
residence and the appointment of a minister who had been accused of
sexual misconduct. We’ve seen the PM abandon common
standards of decency time and time again. Behaviour difficult to
justify.Any decent individual would have resigned ages ago by now, but
this man has no decency, just a sorry excuse for a man, devoid
of any shame without intellect or any respect but indulgent constructs
so unfit for office.
There were cheers and applause as he began his speech, while boos rang out from some outside the gates of Downing Street. In a wonderful touch Protester Steve Bray could be heard in the background playing ‘Bye, bye Boris’ through speakers.
After days of battling for his job, Johnson had been deserted by all
but a handful of his closest allies after the latest in a series of
scandals sapped their willingness to support him.In his short and bizarre resignation speech which didn’t mention
the word resign or resignation once, there was no apology, no
contrition, there was no
apology for the crisis his actions have put our government, our
democracy, through, all serving to expose the hollowness of the man. He leaves office the most hated man in his party and his country.
The Conservatives will now have to elect a new leader, a process which
could take weeks or months, with details to be announced next week. If he's resigned why has this shameless charlaton not fucked off yet.It all reveals a transparent display of his shamelessness and hunger for power knowing no bounds. Boris Johnson forming a new government is
like Harold Shipman being caught and then putting together a palliative
care team involving Beverly Allitt. Some are talking of Johnson
remaining till October or November. That’s completely unsustainable.
It’s dangerous for the UK. He cannot be allowed to stay for a day
longer, he must go immediately.
After what he admitted re
meeting the former KGB agent, plus the fact he is obviously aggrieved he
poses a clear insider threat risk to national security. The idea he
won’t go immediately is absurd. A caretaker PM has no authority on the
world stage. If he is not fit to be PM now, then he is not fit to be PM
next month, or next week or even tomorrow. He is not fit to be PM for
one second longer than is absolutely necessary. He is obliged to go and until he does, I cannot see how, in these
circumstances, the UK can be said to be a functioning democracy.
