Boris Johnson is digging in as U.K. Prime Minister, after the resignation of two of the most senior members of his government brought his premiership to the brink
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, centre, speaks at the start of a cabinet meeting in Downing Street, London on July 5, 2022.July 6, 2022 12:41 AM EDT
The rapid appointments are part of Johnson’s fightback and an attempt to shift the narrative after the devastating blow of Sunak and Javid quitting in quick succession late Tuesday. Yet he’s by no means out of the woods, with rebel Conservatives still seeking ways to oust him over a series of scandals that have eroded his standing.
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson at a news conference following the final day of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit in Madrid, Spain, on June 30, 2022.The latest row was triggered last week when Tory MP Chris Pincher resigned as a government whip, or political enforcer, following newspaper allegations he had groped two men. That was damaging to Johnson, who had promoted Pincher to the role in February in a bid to bolster his own faltering support.
While Pincher has denied allegations of specific incidents, he said in his resignation letter he’d “embarrassed” himself and “caused upset” to others. He and his office haven’t replied to repeated requests for comment. After narrowly failing to oust Johnson in a confidence vote last month, Tory rebels had been calling on senior cabinet ministers to take matters into their own hands. On Tuesday, Sunak and Javid granted that wish—though the domino effect they may have hoped for in the cabinet failed to materialize.
Two of Johnson’s signature policies have also foundered. Six years since he successfully urged Britons to voted to, the economic arguments for doing so have failed to bear fruit. He also made “leveling up” the country his defining economic agenda, but failed to draw up a coherent set of policies to carry it out beyond long-established infrastructure investment.
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