Why did Boris Johnson resign as British Prime Minister?

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Thursday Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been plagued by his office for many yearsFollowing a series of scandals, it is the Conservative Party's resignation from the top job. "Clearly will", he said. ..

Johnson, who survived an uncertain vote just a month ago in a COVID-related scandal called "Partygate," faces new controversy this week after an unprecedented number of ministers and party leaders. did. He resigned in protest of his leadership. 

Members of his party havecontroversial Prime Ministerwith a scandal of sexual misconduct involving former Deputy Secretary Tory Whip Crispincher. After it happened, I started calling to resign.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives, 2022 July 7, 2014, Downing Street in London.(Reuters / Peter Nicholls)

UK PRIME MINISTERBORIS JOHNSON announces resignation

2 Pincher, appointed by Johnson in May, resigned on June 30 after being accused of two men being drunk and groping for them at a conservative event the night before. 

The party whistle said he was "drinking too much" and "confused himself and others" after the event, the BBC reported.

Immediately after his resignation,Downing Streetsupported Pincher, admitted his misconduct and said he would retain his seat in parliament. However, he was suspended from the Conservative Party and forced to play an independent role. The issue turned to Johnson after the

No. 10 spokesman claimed that the Prime Minister was unaware of other allegations of misconduct.

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Johnson's complaint against Pincher during his post As a Foreign Minister with "inappropriate behavior" from 2019 to 2020, when the report emerged later, indicating that it was reported to have been noticed.

According to the BBC, after the disciplinary action investigated the issue, the allegations imposed on Pincher were confirmed, at which point Johnson and his then foreign secretary Dominique Raab were notified.

Crispincher on Downing Street in London.  (Aaron Chown / PA via AP)

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson takes leadership Faced with his resignation 

Later, Downing Street reversed that position, and the Prime Minister knew about media coverage of the allegations, but was "solved or official. I didn't proceed with the complaint. "

"In a way, it was concluded in some way. These issues tend to be anonymous," a spokesman told the BBC.

On Tuesday, Sir Simon McDonald, a former Foreign Ministry official, revealed that Johnson was not only aware of the allegations, but was also directly informed about them.

Downing Street claimed that he had forgotten the problem before the Prime Minister got Pincher the best job.

Johnson later admitted that the appointment of the pincher was a "bad mistake", but was damaged 

UK's most advanced Two cabinet members, Finance Minister Lishi Snack and Health Secretary Sajid Havid, resigned in protest on Tuesday. 

After Johnson appeared to refuse to resign, more than 40 parliamentarians and their aides, and a few other ministers submitted their resignations on Wednesday. 

Boris Johnson is .10 Downing Street, London, Thursday, July 7, 2022.(Chris J. Ratcliffe / Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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The rebellious Prime Minister succumbed to rising demands for resignation after one of his closest allies, Finance Secretary Nadhim Zahawi, resigned publicly on Thursday. For 48 hours at work, I called on Johnson to resign for the country.

Johnson is expected to remain in office until a new leader is elected in the internal party elections. This process is expected to take place in the summer. 

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