In the end, he couldn’t last any longer.
Boris Johnson steps down as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, following intense pressure from party colleagues, with over 50 resignations within government from cabinet level down.
Those included his newly-appointed duo, Education Secretary Michelle Donelan and Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi, both of whom quit after less than 48 hours after accepting new roles. After the flood of resignations, his position was untenable, despite his PMQs stance on Wednesday that he’d be going nowhere.
