What a difference a day makes. Following yesterday’s bellicose pronouncement before the U.K. Parliament that he would not resign as prime minister because of the “colossal mandate” given to him by voters, Boris Johnson announced his decision to step down as leader of the Conservative Party — and, by extension, leave the office of prime minister.
Johnson’s departure will not be immediate. A successor as the head of the Conservative Party needs to be named, and the process could take weeks. And in announcing his resignation, Johnson stubbornly refused to take any blame for the circumstances that resulted in his own party revolting against him.
