British Prime Minister Boris Johnson finally succumbed to pressure from the current calling for his departure after the resignation of dozens of ministers and senior officials in his government and the growing demands among lawmakers that he should step down. He appeared weak and isolated outside his residence in Downing Street (the headquarters of the government) to confirm that he would resign as prime minister in Britain.

Since yesterday, the political pressure on Johnson has intensified, and the last hours before announcing his resignation witnessed intense efforts and continuous pressure from his political surroundings and some of the most prominent elected officials and men of his party to force him to leave and leave office after a series of successive scandals.

Al-Jazeera correspondent in London, Mina Harbelo, said that the resignations in Johnson's government included, within 48 hours, more than 55 ministers, ministers of state and assistant ministers, including the ministers of justice, interior, industry, finance, health, motherhood, childhood and the state for technology and media affairs, in addition to a large number of senior officials and Conservative MPs.

Despite Johnson's resignation, he is still struggling to remain head of the caretaker government, but the Al-Jazeera correspondent reported that the ministers and party representatives who rebelled against him said that they would not allow him to continue at the top of the government, and they would look for someone to run the country, pending the election of a leader for them in October. next October.


last hour negotiations

Johnson's support has evaporated in what Reuters described as "one of the most volatile days in modern British political history", with Nazim Al-Zahawi, the finance minister appointed by Johnson, on Tuesday, joining calls for him to step down.

Al-Zahawi and other cabinet ministers went to Downing Street on Wednesday evening with a senior representative of non-government representatives to tell Johnson that the game is over.

At first, Johnson refused to leave and seemed intent on clinging to his power, fired Michael Gove, one of his most prominent members of his cabinet who had been among the first to tell him he should resign, in an attempt to reassert his authority.

But by Thursday morning, with so many resignations, it became clear that his position was untenable.

"This is an unsustainable situation that will only get worse for you, the Conservative Party and, most importantly, the entire country. You must do the right thing and go now," Zahawi wrote on Twitter.

Some of those who remained in their posts, including Defense Secretary Wallace, said that what prevents them from leaving is their commitment to maintaining the security of the country.

This nation is at a crisis point with a rouge Prime Minister who has lost the support of his MPs Party Members & wider public but clings to office inflicting huge damage on our democracy.

Anyone who serves under this charlatan now is a national disgrace #BorisJohnsonMustGo pic.twitter.com/yYCsJHZg7G

— dominic dyer (@domdyer70) July 6, 2022

There were so many ministerial resignations that the government was facing the threat of paralysis.

Despite his imminent departure, Johnson was working to fill vacancies in his cabinet.

"It is our duty now to make sure that these people have a functioning government," Michael Ellis, a government minister, told parliament.

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss called for "calm and unity" on Thursday, following the resignation of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

"The Prime Minister made the right decision. The government under the leadership of Boris has made many achievements, the achievement of Brexit, vaccines, support for Ukraine. Now we need calm, unity and continue to rule until we find a leader," Ters wrote in a tweet from Bali, where she is expected to participate in a ministerial meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20) on Friday. new".

on the opposing front;

Opposition Labor leader Keir Starmer has said he will call a confidence vote in Parliament if the Conservative Party does not move to oust Johnson immediately.

"If they don't get rid of him, Labor will step in in the national interest and put forward a vote of no-confidence because we cannot continue with a prime minister who clings to power for months and months," he added.

From Brexit, parties during lockdown, the economy, and corruption, Boris Johnson has led time after time.

Enough is enough, Boris Johnson must go.#BorisJohnsonMustGo #brexit #britain pic.twitter.com/qU2edxZUM9

— Volt UK (@UkVolt) July 6, 2022

Russia: Johnson does not like us and we do not like him

at the level of external reactions;

The Kremlin said Thursday it hopes "more professional people" will take power in the UK.

"We hope that one day people who are more professional and able to make decisions through dialogue will come to power in Britain," Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in response to a question about this political crisis that seems to topple Johnson.

Peskov added that the British prime minister "does not like us very much, and neither do we."

For her part, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the situation in the UK is evidence that "the (Western) liberal regimes are going through a deep political, ideological and economic crisis."

For its part, Kyiv thanked British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for his support of Ukraine in "the most difficult times" after the Russian war on it, after Johnson announced his resignation from the leadership of the Conservative Party, which paves the way for his departure from the post of Prime Minister.

"Thank you Boris Johnson ... for always being at the forefront of supporting Ukraine," presidential aide Mikhailo Podolyak wrote on Twitter.

Johnson's potential successors

Many said that Johnson should leave immediately and hand power to his deputy, Dominic Raab, claiming that he has lost the confidence of his party, and according to some estimates and opinion polls, these are the most prominent figures who could take over from Johnson:

Ben Wallace:

The 52-year-old defense minister is more popular than ever in the atmosphere of the Russian war in Ukraine.

Although he has denied any interest in leading the Conservative Party, he is seen within the party's ranks as an outspoken and competent figure.

An opinion poll conducted by YouGov among members of the Conservative Party and the results of which were published Thursday, revealed that Ben Wallace, the defense minister since 2019, would win over all his other competitors in the event of an election to choose a new Conservative leader.

Penny Mordaunt:

Penny Mordaunt, 49, the Secretary of State for Foreign Trade, was a key figure in the Brexit campaign in 2016 and has since worked on negotiating trade deals.

Mordaunt, who served in the reserves in the Royal Navy, is known for her oratory skills.

According to opinion polls, she has recently risen in popularity among conservatives and is considered a serious choice as prime minister.

An opinion poll conducted by YouGov indicates that she is the second serious candidate to take over the leadership of the party, after Wallace.

- Rishi Sunak:

The finance minister, the first Indian politician to hold this position, resigned from the government on Tuesday in a surprise move, and his resignation puts him among the favorites to succeed Johnson, after his popularity plummeted due to his wealth and the tax arrangements of his wealthy wife that sparked discontent in the midst of a crisis. Purchasing power.

Sunak, whose grandparents immigrated from northern India to the UK in the 1960s, was an analyst at Goldman Sachs and later worked for speculative funds, becoming an MP in 2015.

The 42-year-old advocate of Brexit, Sunak took over as finance minister in 2020 but has been criticized for insufficient measures to curb price hikes.

Liz Truss:

Her outspokenness and willingness to meddle in the culture wars made Secretary of State Liz Truss very popular with the Conservative Party base.

Truss, 46, was given the sensitive position as a reward for her work as Minister of International Trade.

While in office, the free trade specialist who voted to remain in the European Union before moving to the other camp struck a series of post-Brexit trade deals.

Her hardline stances on the war in Ukraine or her threats to break away from the European Union's deal on Northern Ireland impress some conservatives.


turbulent career

Johnson came to power nearly three years ago, vowing to take Britain out of the European Union and save it from the bitter wrangling that followed the 2016 referendum to leave the bloc.

Since then, some Conservatives have enthusiastically supported the journalist and the former mayor of London while others supported him, although with reservations, because he was able to win over sections of the electorate who would normally reject their party.

This was confirmed in the December 2019 elections, but his administration's often combative and chaotic approach to governance and a series of scandals have exhausted the satisfaction of many of his deputies, while opinion polls show he is no longer popular with the general public.

Johnson's leadership has been mired in scandals over the past few months, as police fined him for violating COVID-19 lockdown laws and a damning report was published about the behavior of officials in his Downing Street office who violated their lockdown rules.

In the latest scandal, Johnson apologized for appointing a deputy to a government position, even after learning that the politician had been the focus of sexual misconduct complaints.

The Downing Street narrative has changed several times as to what and when the Prime Minister knew about the previous conduct of the politician who was forced to resign.

His spokesman blamed a problem with Johnson's memory.

In addition to the scandals, there have also been shifts in policy, a defense of a lawmaker who broke lobbying rules, and criticism that he has not done enough to tackle inflation as many Britons struggle to deal with rising fuel and food prices.

The crisis comes at a time when the British are facing the heaviest pressure in decades on their financial conditions, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and the persistent rise in inflation.

The British economy is expected to be the weakest among the major countries in 2023, after Russia.

It also comes after a few years of internal division sparked by a heated vote in 2016 for Britain to leave the European Union, as well as in the face of threats to the formation of the United Kingdom itself, with growing demands for another referendum on Scottish independence, which could be the second in ten years.