POLITICAL CRISIS: Several people have called on him to step down in the wake of ethics scandals.
British Prime Minister Boris JohnsonJohnson said he would stay until the Conservative party picks a new leader, despite multiple people, including his two latest cabinet appointments, calling on him to step down immediately amid ethics scandals. Dozens of ministers and officials in his Conservative government have resigned this week.
"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," Zahawi said in a letter to Johnson."You must do the right thing and go now."British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives to make a statement at Downing Street in London, July 7, 2022.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - 2022/07/06: A protester holds a placard mocking the Conservative Party during the demonstration outside Parliament. Anti-Boris Johnson protesters gathered in Westminster as numerous ministers resigned from the Tory Government and pressure piles on Johnson to resign. "I just said to him, ‘Look, it’s just when you go now, and it’s how you go," Bernard Jenkin, a senior Conservative Party lawmaker, told the BBC he said to Johnson Wednesday."You can go with some dignity or you can be forced out like Donald Trump, clinging to power and pretending he’s won the election when he’s lost.’’CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
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