London (CNN)Boris Johnson's scandal-ravaged Prime Minister is on the verge of collapseWednesday A number of ministers and former allies withdrew their support for the embarrassed British Prime Minister and urged him to resign before he was forced to resign.
The epic collapse of Johnson's political career can be hours in completion. He has refused to give in so far, but conservative lawmakers are discussing reforming the party's rules and voted to expel him if necessary.
By Wednesday evening, a delegation of his ministers reportedly had descended down Downing Street and told him to quit. In it, Home Secretary Priti Patel, one of Johnson's most loyal supporters, told the Prime Minister that the party's general view was that he had to go, close to Patel. Sources told CNN.
"At some point we must conclude that it is sufficient," the first former health minister, Sajid Javid, of many ministers who resigned in the last 24 hours, told Johnson in parliament Wednesday. rice field. "We conclude that the problem starts at the top and it doesn't change."
Five ministers resigned all at once on Wednesday afternoon, and at the end of the working day, Johnson had more than 30. Lost a member of the government.
His longtime ally and senior cabinet minister, Michael Gove, also urged him to accept his time out on Wednesday afternoon, and two senior advisers who knew the situation were on CNN. Confirmed to. The news was first reported by the Daily Mail's digital platform, Mail +. Gove's office made no official comment on this issue.
At the beginning of Wednesday, Johnson decided not to resign. "I'm not going to resign," he told the Parliamentary Commission, adding that "the country frankly needs an election at the end."
A series of endless scandals
A number of prime ministers have been dismissed in a sudden and deadly rebellion within their party. It's on the wall. However, the speed at which the Johnson administration fell towards the cliff reflects several episodes in British political history.
The pincher story finally sank Johnson's support base. Johnson barely survived a vote of no confidence in early June, but rebels fine-tuned the party's rules and threatened to allow another vote in the near future. t Resignation-and now he will be expected to lose.
Grumpy Johnson struggled with the Prime Minister's question in Parliament and answered a question from a member of Parliament at a Parliamentary Commission meeting. Meanwhile, many more of his allies have elicited their support.
Johnson's commitment to power was branded "poor" by opposition leader Keir Starmer. "A country in the midst of a crisis isn't worth much better than a nodding dog Z-list cast," Starmer asked in Congress.
If Johnson resigns, a conservative leadership campaign will be launched and the winner will be the prime minister.
The person needs to overcome domestic problems such as the cost of living crisis that has hit British households and inherit a wealth of foreign pressure. Johnson had a good relationship with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and was a leader in Europe's response to the Russian invasion.
