Boris Brexits.
Boris Johnson has agreed to step down after the loss of support from his own party amid ire and resignations. (NY Times)
“Boris Johnson said on Thursday that he would step down as Britain’s prime minister, after a wholesale rebellion of his cabinet, a wave of government resignations and a devastating loss of party support, prompted by his handling of the party’s latest sex-and-bullying scandal.
Mr. Johnson plans to stay on in the role of prime minister until the Conservative Party chooses a new leader. He said he expected the timetable for his departure, and selection of successor, to be set on Monday by a committee of senior Conservative lawmakers.
“It is clearly now the will of the parliamentary Conservative Party that there should be a new leader,” Mr. Johnson said in remarks outside Downing Street. “The process of choosing that new leader should begin now.””
