“Boris Johnson is to stand down as Conservative leader, but intends to carry on as prime minister until the autumn,” the BBC reports.
“He is expected to make a resignation statement in Downing Street shortly.”
Washington Post: “There was immediate and fierce pushback to that idea from some lawmakers and party grandees who warned that Johnson was soiling the Conservative Party brand and that he was too damaged to stay in office through the summer.”
Wall Street Journal: “Mr. Johnson attempted to cling to power amid frenetic plotting by rebels to unseat him and a push by a group of cabinet members to have him resign. Until recently he had spoken of his intention to stay in office until the 2030s. But as his authority withered, and with the growing threat that the party would change its internal rules to hold a vote to oust him, he agreed to step aside.”
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