Boris Johnson finally announced today he will resign as British Prime Minister. In a speech on the steps of 10 Downing Street, Mr Johnson said he was sad to be ‘giving up the best job in the world’ before adding: “But them's the breaks.”
Mr Johnson had battled on as PM despite narrowly winning a bruising no-confidence vote a month ago - called by his own MPs in response to the Partygate affair and the public’s lack of trust in him. But he has not been able to survive the swathe of high-profile UK Government resignations of the last two days.
The resignations - which included Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid David - came after the Chris Pincher scandal. Mr Pincher was suspended as a Tory MP last week over allegations he groped two men at a private members' club in London.
