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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Thomas O Falk

How was Johnson forced to resign and what happens next?

Johnson delivers a speech during the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham [File: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA]

Britain’s leader Boris Johnson has been forced by his own team to resign as head of his Conservative Party, but he will remain prime minister until a successor is elected.

Analysts say that Johnson’s modus operandi never changed despite the recent upheavals that saw more than 50 ministers and aides resign before he gave in to the pressure to step aside following a string of scandals.

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