BBC News , "Boris Johnson will serve as PM untill a successor is elected in the autumn"

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

So, party on I guess?

[CanonRay]

1. Why can't the Conservatives just form a new government?

I don't recall this happening previously.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. It is actually the usual procedure

but since the anti-Boris reaction was so big this time, many suggested he just couldn't continue as PM in the - 2 months? - until they've chosen a new leader. But there's never been a "caretaker" PM before, which other countries do use sometimes.

Last time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_May#Resignation

May survived a party vote of no confidence in Dec 2018, but not by much (like Johnson survived, but not by much, a couple of months ago). She continued to lose votes in the Commons on Brexit, with Tory rebels voting against her. After protracted "surely she has to stand down" murmurs, she said on 24 May 2019 she would resign as party leader, but not PM, on 7 June, which allowed them to start the leader selection process. The party election finished on 23 July; she resigned as PM the next day, and Johnson took over then.

[The Magistrate]

2. That Resignation-22 Is One Helluva Resignation, Sir

"And everybody gets a share!"

[imanamerican63]

3. Well, you know if Trump was in charge?

[Richard_GB]

4. While today is a good day here in Britain

The new prime minister will still be another Tory.

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

5. LOL, he blames "the herd instinct", Moo moo moooooo, moo?

[sdfernando]

6. yeah...but it really is the "heard instinct"

They 'heard' about the drunken covid parties
They 'heard' he knew about the minister's drunken man groping
They 'heard' so much!

[gratuitous]

7. What could go wrong in the meantime?

I believe I'll work on my tan by standing in the English rain.