After one of the most tumultuous 48 hours in UK politics, the world watched incredulously as over 50 government ministers and aides resigned from government in an exodus not seen since the 1930s.
The Chris Pincher sexual misconduct scandal was the straw that broke the camel’s back and, via multifarious public statements, MPs claimed they could no longer excuse such unpallatable politics. After a sleepless night for Johnson, where reporters noted his Downing Street flat lights remained on all night, news broke this morning that he had finally decided to resign but would retain his position until the autumn. In his resignation speech, he said he was sad “to be giving up the best job in the world, but them’s the breaks.” Read the full resignation speech here.
