Boris Johnsonis no longer the British prime minister, after his successortook over the positionon Tuesday.
Johnson, 58, announced he wasstepping downas prime minister in July after losing the confidence of his cabinet. However, he opted to continue as caretaker prime minister until the party could find a replacement.
“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,” Johnson told reporters at the time.
“I have agreed with Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of our backbench MPs, that the process of choosing that new leader should begin now and the timetable will be announced next week,” he continued.
Boris also shared a message for the new prime minister and the British public.
“To that new leader, whoever he or she may be, I say I will give you as much support as I can,” he said. “And to you the British public, 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.”
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Later that month, Boris addressed lawmakers during his final session in the British Parliament, according toCNBC.
“Remember, above all, it is not Twitter that counts; it is the people that sent us here,” Johnson said, reminding lawmakers to put voters at the top of their agendas.
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Boris' resignation came on the heels of his COVID-19 “Partygate” scandal, in which 16 social gatherings were found to have taken place in Downing Street during a 20-month period of various levels ofCOVID-related lockdownsin England.
source: people.com
