Boris Johnson vows to stay in office despite scandals

Jack Birle

July 06, 09:03 AM July 06, 09:03 AM

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is vowing to keep in ability regardless of calls to action down immediately after two of his major Cabinet members resigned.

TWO Major MINISTERS RESIGN FROM JOHNSON Federal government

The current chief of the Conservative Get together mentioned whilst addressing British Parliament Wednesday that he will go on to provide as prime minister regardless of the "tough instances" of the occupation.

"When items are hard, of training course, people today convert their fireplace on the chief of the place, but it is my position to get on and supply our manifesto, which we are, and to produce on the mandate on which I was elected and to get this nation by means of rough times, just as we did from COVID," Johnson explained.

The exodus from Johnson's Cabinet continued on Wednesday when Stuart Andrew, Britain's housing minister, submitted his resignation.

In his resignation letter, Andrew praised Johnson's leadership navigating Brexit and COVID-19 but reported he was anxious "loyalty and unity" to his get together had clouded his judgment of Johnson's additional the latest struggles.

"Having said that, I worry I have allow these override my judgement not too long ago. There comes a time when you have to glance at your very own individual integrity and that time is now," Andrew wrote. "Consequently, presented modern gatherings, I have no other alternative than to resign."

Calls for the key minister to resign had been renewed on Tuesday after Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak and British Wellness Secretary Sajid Javid resigned. Sixteen persons within just the Johnson authorities have resigned inside of the past working day, in accordance to BBC Information.

Johnson, who grew to become prime minister in 2019, survived a no-self confidence vote past month, only gained 148 of the needed 180 votes to remove him as chief of the Conservative Party.

Johnson has been accused of violating the country's COVID-19 lockdowns by hosting parties and is dealing with an investigation to figure out if he intentionally lied or misled British Parliament.