Boris Johnson Resigns As UK Prime Minister

Boris Johnson has just recently resigned as the United Kingdom's Prime Minister. But why? Was he forced to, or was it a personal choice? Let's find out. 

Johnson's resignation was actually a bit of a personal choice, but the rest of society still played a big role. First, earlier in the week, dozens of Johnson's government officials resigned from their posts, including some members of his cabinet. This was all in response to multiple recent scandals that have happened, the most recent being about Chris Pincher. Pincher was accused of being involved in a scandal recently and stepped down from his post. Boris Johnson then denied that he knew anything about any previous accusations against Pincher, but then changed his story multiple times as new information was posted in the media. This led many people to believe that he was lying. 

Many of the members of his government who resigned said that how Johnson handled the Pincher scandal was terrible and that they were done serving a part in his government as to how he had been handling things recently. A few months ago, he narrowly avoided being voted 'no confidence' by his own party and also refused to follow COVID rules during the lockdown by hosting parties at his home, and was fined for doing this.

He then resigned as his party and the country lost faith and confidence in him and decided to step down. However, he will still remain in office for the time being until a replacement is selected.

By Armaan Dhawan