UK PM Boris Johnson Set To Resign Today

Boris Johnson is set to resign as British Prime Minister later today, UK media has reported.

The PM is, however, hoping to stay in office until December this year.

“Boris Johnson will resign as Conservative leader today – he will continue as Prime Minister until the autumn. A Conservative leadership race will take place this summer and a new Prime Minister will be in place in time for the Tory party conference in October,” Chris Mason, the BBC’s political editor, said.

 Sky News reports: “Boris Johnson will today resign as prime minister as he finally bows to the pressure of swathes of government resignations.”

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“Mr Johnson has spoken to Tory 1922 Committee chairman Sir Graham Brady and agreed to stand down, with a new Tory leader set to be in place by the party conference in October, a No 10 source said.”

The embattled PM woke up to another wave of resignations by government officials and party members declaring that he must quit immediately for the sake of his Conservative Party and the country at large.

In the last two days, 53 top government officials have walked out on Johnson.

Nadhim Zahawi, who was appointed chancellor on Tuesday, told the PM to step down.

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He tweeted: “Prime Minister: this is not sustainable and it will only get worse: for you, for the Conservative Party and most importantly of all the country. You must do the right thing and go now.”

Johnson had vowed to stay put but things have gone south in the last 48 hours with longtime colleagues and allies asking him to resign.

Ministers in charge of security, the courts, technology, education, finance, Northern Ireland, science have all packed their bags.

Outgoing Security minister Damian Hinds, told Johnson, “it shouldn’t take the resignation of dozens of colleagues, but for our country, and trust in our democracy, we must have a change of leadership.”

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Yesterday during a fiery Prime Minister’s Questions session, Johnson maintained that he would not leave office, stating that his work, even in difficult times requires him to keep going.

“Frankly, the job of a prime minister in difficult circumstances when you have been handed a colossal mandate is to keep going, and that’s what I’m going to do,” he said.