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The two ministers resigned after a day in which the prime minister acknowledged he had changed his story on how he handled sexual misconduct allegations ...

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Britain's finance and health ministers resigned on Tuesday, in what looked to be a final blow for Prime Minister Boris Johnson who had tried to apologize ...

The resignations came as Johnson was apologizing for what he said was a mistake by not realizing that former whip Chris Pincher was unsuitable for a job in government after complaints of sexual misconduct were made against him. Health Secretary Sajid Javid announced his resignation in a statement, saying he could "no longer continue in good conscience." Britain's finance and health ministers resigned on Tuesday, in what looked to be a final blow for Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who had tried to apologize for the latest scandal involving a sexual misconduct complaint about one of his ministers.

LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who seems to have spent half of his premiership apologizing for something, is in hot water again. Big time.

Editorial: The departure of Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid should herald the end of a discredited premiership.

A majority of Conservative backbenchers believe he should go, judging by the recent confidence vote that Mr Johnson won only with the help of those on the government payroll. Lord McDonald has spent a distinguished career exercising discreet influence at the top of government, advising foreign secretaries and prime ministers. The prime minister’s dissembling, his taste for obfuscation and self-serving half-truths, and his willingness to mislead are by now sadly familiar.

Both finance minister Rishi Sunak and health minister Sajid Javid sent resignation letters within minutes of each other to the prime minister.

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LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was clinging to power Tuesday after two of his most senior Cabinet ministers quit, saying they had ...

Boris Johnson was told of a complaint against Conservative MP Chris Pincher two years before promoting him, a minister said, in a major concession from the ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday apologised and said he had made a mistake by not realising that former whip Chris Pincher was unsuitable for ...

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UK prime minister's story kept changing. Now he's lost his Chancellor and Health Secretary.

And I have been given a categorical assurance that the prime minister was not aware of any specific allegation or complaint made against the former deputy chief whip.” July 5: 7 a.m. Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab, on a media round, confirms Pincher was investigated over alleged inappropriate behavior while he was a minister at the Foreign Office, but says this did not result in disciplinary action. Simultaneously in the House of Commons, Paymaster General Michael Ellis tells MPs the PM had been told, but “did not immediately recall the conversation.” 6:11 p.m.: Rishi Sunak quits, writing on Twitter: “The public rightly expect government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously. “It is clear to me that this situation will not change under your leadership – and you have therefore lost my confidence too.” Late in 2019: Johnson is made aware of the complaint upheld against Pincher by Foreign Office officials following the investigation. Pincher denies the allegations and a party investigation later clears him of wrongdoing. June 30: Pincher resigns saying he “embarrassed himself” after drinking far too much. I don’t believe he was aware.” Despite this knowledge, the prime minister appointed him to be deputy chief whip, a role which – ironically – involves enforcing party discipline. Summer of 2019: Officials complain to chief diplomat Simon McDonald about Pincher’s behavior. The allegations are described by McDonald as “similar” to allegations of his conduct at the Carlton Club last week.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is clinging to power after two of his most senior Cabinet ministers quit, saying they had lost confidence in Johnson's ...

To lose one Cabinet minister may be seen as a misfortune, but to lose two looks like carelessness. That's what British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces ...

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LONDON — Boris Johnson isn't going anywhere — at least not for now. Despite losing his Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid within ...

The prime minister could count on the public backing of a handful of his most loyal allies. When the program host reminded Afolami that he is a government minister, he responded that he is “probably not after having said that” and confirmed he is planning to quit. All signs Tuesday were that the prime minister was staying put, with a defiant reshuffle of his top team designed to shore up his position. The prime minister also appeared to be bleeding support from Conservative party members and voters. Johnson narrowly survived a vote of confidence in his leadership in June and under current Conservative Party rules, he is immune from another challenge until 12 months have passed. The turbulence marks an escalation of a crisis that has engulfed Johnson’s government for months.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face questions in parliament followed by a grilling by senior lawmakers on Wednesday, with his premiership on the ...

Rishi Sunak, the chancellor of the Exchequer, and Sajid Javid, the health secretary, both quit in connection with a series of scandals that have raised ...

Mr. Sunak announced billions of pounds in additional spending in May to help people with the rising cost of living, partly funded by a windfall tax on oil and gas companies. Then it was revealed that Mr. Sunak continued to hold a green card, allowing him to live and work in the United States for months after he became chancellor. Businesses are wading through a slew of warnings as many of them struggle to hire workers since Brexit and the pandemic have diminished the pool of available workers. It is that last quality, analysts say, that made Mr. Johnson so vulnerable to the setbacks he has suffered. Mr. Sunak cited the economy in explaining why he was resigning as chancellor of the Exchequer, Britain’s top finance official. The government insisted for days that Mr. Johnson did not know of any previous accusations, but then it emerged that he knew of the 2019 complaint, yet appointed Mr. Pincher deputy whip. Those moves and his air of competence, quickly made him a popular face of the government response. The resignations thrust Mr. Johnson into the most perilous position of his three-year tenure as prime minister after a series of crises that prompted his fellow lawmakers to hold a no-confidence vote against him last month. “The public rightly expect government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously,” Mr. Sunak said in a statement. “I’ve embarrassed myself and other people which is the last thing I want to do and for that I apologize to you and to those concerned.” Last Wednesday, Mr. Pincher attended an event for the Conservative Friends of Cyprus at the Carlton Club in one of London’s most exclusive neighborhoods, not far from Buckingham Palace. He has been accused of groping two men while he was there. Regardless of whether the remainder of the cabinet stays loyal, Mr. Johnson faces an uphill battle to restore his battered authority.

British finance minister Rishi Sunak, health minister Sajid Javid and Solicitor General for England and Wales, Alex Chalk have resigned from the Johnson ...

It’s disrespectful to his colleagues, his party and his country.” “The public rightly expect government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously,” he added. “I apologize to everyone who’s been badly affected by it,” Johnson told broadcasters. Signaling his intention to stay in power for as long as possible, Johnson quickly appointed former businessman and current education minister, Nadhim Zahawi, as his new finance minister. “He shouldn’t prolong the agony. The resignations came as Johnson was apologizing for appointing a lawmaker to a role involved in offering pastoral care to his party, even after being briefed that the politician had been the subject of complaints about sexual misconduct.

Already beset by various scandals and electoral setbacks, Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered even greater body blows on Tuesday with the resignation of both ...

The most compelling strength of the UK economy is employment. It’s not peaches and cream by any stretch but all the main parts of the economy are in reasonable shape when you consider the whole world shut down and then dramatically restarted. The banking sector has been at pains — under the steely eye of the Prudential Regulation Authority — not to leave itself exposed to potential non-performing loans. What matters is that the Bank of England has renewed confidence to continue its rate-hiking cycle to combat inflation. That potential fiscal splurge is hard to model into economic estimates, so be careful when listening to some of the more apocalyptic forecasts. Britain certainly feels fragile at the moment with runaway inflation, war in Ukraine and all manner of local difficulties plaguing the UK body politic.

UK's Boris Johnson fights for his political survival after top resignations and scandals · U.K. · British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid ...

Only a real change of government can give Britain the fresh start it needs." It has since emerged that Johnson appointed him to the role despite knowing of previous misconduct allegations against him. As a number of senior Tories called for Johnson to quit, the government's former Brexit negotiator David Frost also joined the fray, calling on the prime minister to step down without delay. As he faced such a vote only last month, a new challenge would require a rule change to allow another vote within the next 12 months. - But despite calls to resign, the prime minister shows no signs of being ready to stand down. Health Secretary Sajid Javid, likewise, resigned in protest against Johnson's leadership, which has been beset by controversy and scandal in recent months.

Les médias outre-Manche sanctionnent vivement le Premier ministre britannique, au lendemain de la démission de deux ministres clés de son gouvernement.

Selon le journal, le Premier ministre a déclaré que le gouvernement était désormais libre de poursuivre un « véritable programme conservateur, ouvrant la voie à la victoire lors des prochaines élections ». Dans ce qu'il qualifie d'« attaque » à l'égard de Rishi Sunak , le journal affirme que Boris Johnson a indiqué que les réductions d'impôts seraient désormais plus faciles à mettre en oeuvre. Le « Guardian » affirme que les lettres de démission de Rishi Sunak et de Sajid Javid ont porté un « coup dur à son autorité ». Le « Financial Times » rapporte que Downing Street s'est également montré soulagé lorsque d'autres membres du cabinet, dont Dominic Raab (Justice), Liz Truss (Affaires étrangères) et Ben Wallace (Défense), ont indiqué qu'ils restaient. Le quotidien ajoute qu'après leur départ, les opposants de Boris Johnson ont déclaré qu'ils feraient pression pour un second vote de confiance à l'égard du Premier ministre avant les vacances d'été du Parlement - s'il ne démissionne pas avant. Les éditorialistes sont lassés des scandales à répétition qui secouent Downing Street depuis des mois.

UK government is on the brink after the latest scandal to have hit the Conservative prime minister's administration.

- A number of Conservative MPs have expressed their unwavering loyalty to Johnson. “I fully support the prime minister,” Scottish Secretary Alister Jack said. - Pincher had resigned on June 30 as deputy chief whip of the Conservative Party amid complaints that he had allegedly groped two men at a private club. Economists say the country is now heading for a sharp slowdown or possibly a recession. - The resignations of Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid came as Johnson was apologising for appointing MP Christopher Pincher to a role involved in offering pastoral care to his party, even after being briefed that the politician had been the subject of complaints about sexual misconduct. Johnson’s finance and health secretaries quit on Tuesday, saying he was not fit to govern in the wake of the latest in a series of scandals to have hit his administration in recent months. A growing number of lawmakers in his ruling Conservative Party have said time is up, but Johnson has shown a resolve to remain in office and swiftly moved to reshuffle his cabinet.

Touché mais pas coulé, le premier ministre Boris Johnson se bat pour sa survie politique, passant sur le gril des députés britanniques mercredi, ...

Et ce alors que le parti avait déjà essuyé un très mauvais résultat aux élections locales de mai. Les ministres de la Santé Sajid Javid et des Finances Rishi Sunak ont annoncé à quelques minutes d'intervalle leur démission mardi soir, lassés des scandales à répétition qui secouent le gouvernement depuis des mois. Boris Johnson a rapidement remplacé les deux démissionnaires en nommant son ministre de l'Education Nadhim Zahawi aux Finances et Steve Barclay, jusque-là chargé de la coordination gouvernementale, à la Santé. De son côté, M. Javid, 52 ans, a jugé que les Britanniques étaient en droit d'attendre «de l'intégrité de la part de leur gouvernement». Les Britanniques attendent du gouvernement qu'il se conduise de manière «compétente» et «sérieuse» et «c'est pourquoi je démissionne», a écrit M. Sunak dans sa lettre à M. Johnson. Les deux démissions choc ont été annoncées alors que le premier ministre venait de présenter des excuses après un énième scandale, reconnaissant avoir fait une «erreur» en nommant en février dans son gouvernement Chris Pincher, «whip» en chef adjoint chargé de la discipline parlementaire des députés conservateurs.

Lassés des scandales à répétition, deux ministres britanniques de premier plan ont claqué la porte mardi soir à quelques minutes d'intervalle, ...

Le parti avait déjà essuyé un très mauvais résultat aux élections locales de mai. «Il est temps que Boris s’en aille. «Le public attend légitimement que le gouvernement soit conduit de manière compétente et sérieuse» et «c’est pourquoi je démissionne», a écrit M. Sunak, 42 ans. «Je pense que c’était une erreur (de le nommer au gouvernement) et je m’en excuse», a déclaré M. Johnson après avoir été, une fois encore, accusé de mensonges. Les deux démissions sont intervenues alors que Boris Johnson venait de publiquement présenter ses excuses, reconnaissant avoir fait une «erreur» en nommant en février dans son gouvernement Chris Pincher, qui a démissionné la semaine dernière après avoir été accusé d’attouchements sur deux hommes. Le ministre de la Santé Sajid Javid a présenté sa démission en expliquant dans une lettre diffusée sur Twitter que le chef du gouvernement avait «perdu sa confiance». Il a été suivi quelques minutes plus tard par le ministre des Finances, Rishi Sunak.

Le départ surprise, mardi, des ministres britanniques de l'économie et de la santé, deux figures importantes du Parti conservateur, ...

Chris Pincher a démissionné, le 30 juin, après avoir beaucoup trop bu et fait des avances appuyées à deux collègues hommes dans un des clubs privés les plus courus de Westminster. Mercredi matin, de nouveaux responsables, à l’instar du secrétaire d’Etat à la famille, Will Quince, ont annoncé leur démission, alors que M. Johnson devait affronter deux périlleux rendez-vous dans la journée : la séance des questions au premier ministre, à la Chambre des communes, et une audition programmée de longue date devant la « commission de liaison » du Parlement, chargée de surveiller l’activité du gouvernement. »

His most senior ministers are getting off the carousel of chaos because they just don't see him governing the country.

He wants a wife and he wants a mistress, responsibility and freedom, power and popularity. The latest scandal is over the appointment to a senior parliamentary position—responsible for enforcing party discipline—of a Tory lawmaker named Christopher Pincher, who had been accused of sexual impropriety. Now Britain is back to where it was only a few years ago, when, riven by Brexit and the failure to implement the result of the referendum, the country seemed utterly ungovernable. On the way up, Boris was a mocking, disdainful jester able to poke fun at the British political class, which had been failing for years even as it patted itself on the back. The U.K. today is a country without direction, without an idea, and without a government capable of governing. What Britain has is a prime minister with instincts, sometimes good, sometimes bad, who almost as a point of principle refuses ever to temper or abrogate them in any way.

Touché mais pas coulé, le Premier ministre Boris Johnson se bat pour sa survie politique, passant sur le grill des députés britanniques, mercredi 6 juillet, ...

Et ce alors que le parti avait déjà essuyé un très mauvais résultat aux élections locales de mai. L'ancien secrétaire d'État chargé du Brexit, David Frost, qui avait lui aussi démissionné en décembre, a jugé que leurs départs étaient justifiés, et appelé Boris Johnson à démissionner avant d'aggraver la situation. Ce dernier a démissionné la semaine dernière après avoir été accusé d'attouchements sur deux hommes.

Deux importants ministres britanniques ont annoncé mardi qu'ils quittaient le gouvernement conservateur de Boris Johnson.

Le parti avait déjà essuyé un très mauvais résultat aux élections locales de mai. «Il est temps que Boris s'en aille. «Le public attend légitimement que le gouvernement soit conduit de manière compétente et sérieuse» et «c'est pourquoi je démissionne», a écrit M. Sunak, 42 ans. «Je pense que c'était une erreur (de le nommer au gouvernement) et je m'en excuse», a déclaré M. Johnson après avoir été, une fois encore, accusé de mensonges. Une version discréditée par un ancien haut fonctionnaire, poussant Downing Street à reconnaître mardi que le premier ministre avait bien été informé en 2019 d'accusations à l'encontre de M. Pincher, mais qu'il les avait «oubliées» en le nommant. Il est «clair que ce gouvernement est en train de s'effondrer», a réagi le chef de l'opposition travailliste Keir Starmer en appelant à de nouvelles élections générales.

Boris Johnson s'accroche pour l'instant au pouvoir tandis que les démissions s'enchaînent au sein de son gouvernement.

Né à Bagdad de parents kurdes en juin 1967, il a immigré au Royaume-Uni à l'âge de neuf ans. À ce poste, cette championne du libre-échange, qui avait voté en faveur d'un maintien dans l'Union européenne avant de changer de camp, a conclu une série d'accords commerciaux post-Brexit. Il avait déjà démissionné en 2020 de son poste de ministre des Finances. Cette réserviste de la Royal Navy est considérée comme une bonne oratrice. Il est cependant jugé peu charismatique. Si des noms sont évoqués, aucun favori ne se dégage pour le remplacer.

From Jaws to The Thick of It, a roundup of some of the best satire as the prime minister fights for survival.

Footage of Tuesday morning’s grim cabinet meeting – why did Johnson let in the cameras? This isn’t a meme really, but it probably meets the definition of satire. The latest iteration of a popular meme format of the comedy gameshow.

LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday was fighting for his political life as more ministers and aides continued to quit his government, ...

One of the lawmakers to resign his post on Wednesday was Will Quince, children and families minister. The majority of the British public think that he should throw in the towel now. Analysts say that Johnson is lucky insomuch as their reasons for losing faith in Johnson seem to be varied — his critics aren’t coalescing around a single issue, the way that those who helped to get rid of Theresa May, Johnson’s predecessor, did when they ditched her. While some leaders may have read the room and decided to call it quits, Ford said, Corbyn did not and remained leader until the spring of 2020. And under the current Conservative Party rules, there’s no formal way for Johnson’s critics to quickly get rid of him. The resignations, which have followed a string of scandals, have prompted numerous questions: How long can Johnson survive?

Lassés des scandales à répétition, deux ministres britanniques de premier plan ont claqué la porte mardi soir à quelques minutes d'intervalle, ...

Le parti avait déjà essuyé un très mauvais résultat aux élections locales de mai. «Il est temps que Boris s’en aille. «Le public attend légitimement que le gouvernement soit conduit de manière compétente et sérieuse» et «c’est pourquoi je démissionne», a écrit M. Sunak, 42 ans. «Je pense que c’était une erreur (de le nommer au gouvernement) et je m’en excuse», a déclaré M. Johnson après avoir été, une fois encore, accusé de mensonges. Les deux démissions sont intervenues alors que Boris Johnson venait de publiquement présenter ses excuses, reconnaissant avoir fait une «erreur» en nommant en février dans son gouvernement Chris Pincher, qui a démissionné la semaine dernière après avoir été accusé d’attouchements sur deux hommes. Le ministre de la Santé Sajid Javid a présenté sa démission en expliquant dans une lettre diffusée sur Twitter que le chef du gouvernement avait «perdu sa confiance». Il a été suivi quelques minutes plus tard par le ministre des Finances, Rishi Sunak.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he plans to stay in power despite the resignations of two top cabinet ministers and a slew of more junior ...

The poorest in our society are going to be starving to death the second half of this year. "The difficulty is not overall the program of the government. The government has done a lot of positive things that unite the Conservative Party," he said. In a scathing letter, Sunak said that "the public rightly expect government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously. But I'm afraid he has neither the character nor the temperament to be our prime minister." "At some point we have to conclude that enough is enough," he told fellow lawmakers.

The British Prime Minister's support inside his Conservative Party is shrinking rapidly after the resignations of Treasury chief Rishi Sunak and Health ...

Were Johnson to go, the process to replace him could take a couple of months. He later took a pummelling from the so-called liaison committee, where senior politicians grilled him over his past behaviour, his motivation and some of the scandals that have come to define much of his tenure. A month ago, Johnson survived a confidence vote of Conservative lawmakers. “I suspect we will have to drag him kicking and screaming from Downing Street,” one Conservative lawmaker told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. “And that’s what I’m going to do.” Johnson might take some relief from the so-called 1922 Committee that sets the rules for leadership confidence votes.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson on June 24, 2022. (CNN) Boris Johnson's Conservative government is in deep crisis, engulfed once more in a ...

The government's poor handling of Pincher's resignation means the scandal is now tied to Johnson personally. "The biggest threat to this government is its own staggering incompetence," said one senior government official. While he did not admit the allegations directly, Pincher said in a letter to Johnson The details of how Downing Street got itself into such a mess bear laying out. But that was overtaken within minutes by the resignation of the two Cabinet members. Finance minister Rishi Sunak also resigned, saying that people "rightly expect government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously."

One of Boris Johnson's allies claimed that Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid had failed to "tap up" support from other cabinet ministers, before announcing their ...

The chairman of the 1922 committee, Sir Graham Brady, could go to No 10 with - metaphorically - a pile of no confidence letters under his arm. I don't want this to go on until the Autumn." This includes an MP who prominently supported him in the last leadership contest. And what is striking is that I have spoken to a number of Conservative MPs who backed Boris Johnson in the last confidence vote, who would not support him in the next one. If Boris Johnson were to be defeated in a confidence vote, then nominations would be open for a new leader - with MPs potentially whittling the candidates down to the final two before the summer recess. After a wave of high profile resignations, Number 10 will be keen to say they have stabilised the ship - there is a new chancellor, with a new approach, a new health secretary and a new education secretary.

Resignations are a feature of the constitution of the United Kingdom, and not a bug. When a minister resigns, a noise is made that usually catches the ...

What is missing is the soothing green light of a change of prime minister. The first is the power of patronage which derives from the royal prerogative, and this enables a prime minister to hire and fire cabinet ministers and to set the agenda for the government. The constitution of the UK is used to prime ministers being got rid of between general elections. And current Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears to have lost the confidence of both. Resignations are a feature of the constitution of the United Kingdom, and not a bug. The prime minister of the United Kingdom has surprisingly few formal powers.

Le premier ministre britannique Boris Johnson a assuré qu'il «continuerait» à son poste, malgré une vague de démissions au sein du gouvernement.

Le bureau exécutif du puissant «Comité 1922», compétent pour trancher la question, doit se réunir dans l’après-midi. Une sixième démission parmi les secrétaires d’État a suivi quelques minutes plus tard. Ignorant les appels à partir, Boris Johnson a au contraire affirmé que le «mandat colossal» qui lui avait été confié par les électeurs en 2019 lui conférait le devoir de «continuer». Loin du triomphe de ses débuts à Downing Street en 2019 sous la promesse de réaliser le Brexit, le chef du gouvernement conservateur semble aujourd’hui cerné par les affaires embarrassantes et les accusations de mensonges. • À lire aussi: Le gouvernement de Boris Johnson secoué par un nouveau scandale sexuel Boris Johnson s’est montré déterminé à «continuer» à son poste de premier ministre britannique mercredi, malgré une avalanche de démissions au sein du gouvernement qui fragilise plus que jamais son autorité, déjà très entamée par une succession de scandales.

Mais à 58 ans, le héros charismatique du Brexit, un homme politique atypique qui fin décembre 2019 avait offert à son parti conservateur une victoire historique ...

Sa vie privée est à la hauteur du personnage. Ses explications à géométrie variable ont miné la confiance, tandis que les problèmes s’accumulent pour le Royaume-Uni, dont une inflation record de 9 %. En 1987, le voilà journaliste stagiaire au Times grâce à des relations familiales. Mais cumule 4000 livres sterling d’amendes de stationnement pour les voitures qu’il est censé tester. Une vingtaine d’autres départs à des échelons moins élevés du gouvernement ont suivi en cascade. (Londres) Fin juin, Boris Johnson évoquait crânement un troisième mandat, se voyant premier ministre jusqu’en 2034.

De nouveau en lutte pour sa survie politique, après la démission de plusieurs ministres ébranlés par le plus récent scandale à secouer son gouvernement, ...

Le départ de ces deux derniers députés a provoqué des élections législatives partielles et de lourdes défaites pour les conservateurs. Et je ne vais jamais risquer de perdre mon intégrité, a encore dit M. Javid pour justifier sa décision de claquer la porte du gouvernement. Le parti avait en outre encaissé de très mauvais résultats aux élections locales de mai, qui ont soulevé des doutes sur la capacité de M. Johnson à diriger ses troupes. Déjà considérablement affaibli par le scandale des fêtes organisées à Downing Street pendant la pandémie, M. Johnson a survécu il y a quelques semaines à un vote de défiance de son propre camp. Outre la situation de M. Pincher, plusieurs autres affaires à caractère sexuel ont éclaté au Parlement britannique ces dernières semaines : un député soupçonné de viol a été arrêté puis libéré sous caution mi-mai, un autre a démissionné en avril pour avoir regardé de la pornographie au Parlement sur son téléphone portable et un ancien député a été condamné en mai à 18 mois de prison pour l'agression sexuelle d'un adolescent de 15 ans. M. Javid s'est plaint d'avoir été berné lorsque l'entourage du premier ministre lui a dit qu'il n'y avait pas eu de fêtes à la résidence officielle de M. Johnson alors que le public devait s'astreindre à respecter des mesures anti-COVID, ce qui s'est révélé inexact. M. Andrews a accusé le controversé premier ministre de Deux députés conservateurs ont ouvertement demandé à Boris Johnson de démissionner lors de la séance, mais la charge la plus sentie est venue de Sajid Javid, dont la démission mardi à titre de ministre de la Santé, présentée en même temps que celle du ministre des Finances, Rishi Sunak, a mis le feu aux poudres. L'ex-ministre de la Santé a expliqué avoir voulu donner une dernière chance au premier ministre, avant d'apprendre qu'il avait à nouveau été trompé lorsque M. Johnson a affirmé ne pas avoir été informé d'allégations d'inconduite sexuelle visant Chris Pincher, nommé whip adjoint du gouvernement conservateur en février. Soulignant la fragilité de l'économie britannique et la guerre en Ukraine, le chef du gouvernement conservateur a également plaidé que Le travail d'un premier ministre dans des circonstances difficiles, quand un mandat colossal lui a été confié, est de continuer, et c'est ce que je vais faire, a-t-il lancé lors d'une période de questions à la Chambre des communes. De nouveau en lutte pour sa survie politique, après la démission de plusieurs ministres ébranlés par le plus récent scandale à secouer son gouvernement, le premier ministre britannique Boris Johnson a déclaré sans détour mercredi qu'il entend rester au pouvoir.

Boris Johnson's scandal-ravaged premiership appeared on the brink of collapse Wednesday, after numerous ministers and former allies pulled their support for ...

Johnson has developed a good relationship with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and been a leading player in Europe's response to Russia's invasion. Johnson's efforts to cling to power were branded "pathetic" by the opposition leader Keir Starmer, who also turned his attack towards the few allies in his Cabinet still propping him up. Numerous Prime Ministers have been dumped from office by sudden and deadly rebellions within their own parties, with leaders typically choosing to resign once the writing is on the wall. "The public rightly expect government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously," Chancellor Rishi Sunak said in his resignation letter on Tuesday night. Less than three years ago, Johnson secured a landslide election win and then enacted Brexit, a political revolution for which many within his party had clamored for decades. His longtime ally and senior Cabinet minister, Michael Gove, also urged him on Wednesday afternoon to accept that his time is up, two senior advisers with knowledge of the situation confirmed to CNN. That news was first reported by Mail+, Daily Mail's digital platform.