Boris Johnson Resigns as U.K. Foreign Secretary
Source: Bloomberg
Boris Johnson has resigned as U.K. Foreign Secretary, Bloomberg News reports.
A spokesman for Downing Street said: This afternoon, the Prime Minister accepted the resignation of Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary. His replacement will be announced shortly. The Prime Minister thanks Boris for his work.
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BumRushDaShow
(128,343 posts)Just saw a WaPo breaking.
THAT is a biggy! That guy was just insane.
IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)The Trump of Britain.
Johnson and Trump should exit to some island somewhere and rule over that, like Napoleon on Elba.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Backwards, that's
"Able was I, ere I saw Elba."
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)And part of what must be a danger point for Putin's plans also. Good luck, PM May.
LeftishBrit
(41,202 posts)And bad as she is, he's worse.
Nitram
(22,755 posts)The Brexit vote was clearly as compromised as our presidential election by the same unholy alliance of mega-wealthy right-wingers and Russian disinformationists.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Just as in WWII, we might end up being the word's last defense against Putin. If we both survive.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)If a confidence vote gets called we might be looking at snap elections. Again.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)that can challenge for PM? I got the impression before that the head of Labour wasn't really all that viable for PM last time out.
T_i_B
(14,735 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)she'd likely be replaced by a hopefully more reasonable Tory/Conservative?
T_i_B
(14,735 posts)Which would most likely be an acrimonious affair, possibly splitting the party. I very much doubt that any successor to Theresa May as Conservative leader would be anything other than a complete fruitcake.
If they then lose a vote of confidence parliament it's a matter of how they can call a snap election. With the Conservatives in disarray it would be a contest to see who can f**k up the least, and Labour could certainly end up as the largest Party, which would result in Jeremy Corbyn becoming PM.
But we live in strange times, and strange things can happen. Just look at the last UK general election!
videohead5
(2,164 posts)Don't they vote on Brexit again? I'm pretty sure they would vote to stay in the EU now.
turbinetree
(24,683 posts)have issued a warning.....................they will move.................14,000 people Britain's are effected by this crap..................and then these same tories complain about the health care system lacking funds, so they want to cut programs ........................figure it out yet....................
I wonder if the Breixt crowd thought that far ahead past there racist view's since that is what Breixt was all about.............and then there is Russia and there intelligence hands being involved in this Breixt shenanigans ........
T_i_B
(14,735 posts)SunSeeker
(51,502 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,560 posts)and now two resignations today from British govt members should make for an interesting visit.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142104485
T_i_B
(14,735 posts)A total disaster as foreign secretary, and Theresa May should have sacked him much sooner rather then letting him flounce of his own accord.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,262 posts)who has been running the Department of Health, into the ground, for 6 years.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/09/jeremy-hunt-appointed-to-replace-boris-johnson
At my nephew's funeral, my brother and sister-in-law said "and, of course, we thank all the amazing people in the NHS. Not Jeremy Hunt, of course." And there was a general murmur of agreement. It takes something to get called out at a funeral, and for the whole congregation to think it justified.