Boris Johnson claimed that "they changed the rules halfway through" and referred to his time in office as a relay race during his farewell speech from Downing Street this morning.
The now ex-Prime Minister was the first ever to be proven to have broken the law whilst in office and eventually resigned after losing the support of the Conservative Party, following the Partygate scandal and Chris Fincher affair. His final speech took place outside what has been his home since 2019 ahead of Liz Truss taking over the role after both meet the Queen at Balmoral this afternoon, with him urging the Conservative Party and the country to get behind his successor.
Throughout the speech, Johnson referred to his "success" as Prime Minister and opened with: "This is it folks. Thank you everybody for coming out so early this morning.
