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In reply to the discussion: David Davis resigns as Brexit secretary [UPDATE: JOHNSON'S GONE TOO!] [View all]Denzil_DC
(7,265 posts)9. Johnson finally resigns!
Boris Johnson has resigned as foreign secretary, becoming the third minister in 24 hours to walk out of the government rather than back Theresa Mays plans for a soft Brexit.
The prime minister hammered out a compromise with her deeply divided cabinet in an all-day meeting at Chequers on Friday, but after consulting friends and allies since, Johnson decided he could not promote the deal.
A Downing Street spokesman said: This afternoon, the prime minister accepted the resignation of Boris Johnson as foreign secretary. His replacement will be announced shortly. The prime minister thanks Boris for his work.
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The prime minister was due to address her backbench MPs in Westminster at 5.30pm, in an atmosphere becoming increasingly febrile. If 48 MPs write letters of no confidence to the chair of the backbench 1922 Committee, Graham Brady, May will face a vote of no confidence.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/09/boris-johnson-resigns-as-foreign-secretary-brexit
The prime minister hammered out a compromise with her deeply divided cabinet in an all-day meeting at Chequers on Friday, but after consulting friends and allies since, Johnson decided he could not promote the deal.
A Downing Street spokesman said: This afternoon, the prime minister accepted the resignation of Boris Johnson as foreign secretary. His replacement will be announced shortly. The prime minister thanks Boris for his work.
...
The prime minister was due to address her backbench MPs in Westminster at 5.30pm, in an atmosphere becoming increasingly febrile. If 48 MPs write letters of no confidence to the chair of the backbench 1922 Committee, Graham Brady, May will face a vote of no confidence.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/09/boris-johnson-resigns-as-foreign-secretary-brexit
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Denzil_DC
Jul 2018
OP
Quite a lot of us were there to express our views on having him in our backyard!
LeftishBrit
Jul 2018
#24
My reading is that May finally realized that the only way out of the years-long impasse
Denzil_DC
Jul 2018
#8
Good riddance, except that he may now seek the keys to No. 10 and ultra-hard Brexit
LeftishBrit
Jul 2018
#10
I think that although opinion polls would want a GE I doubt the Tories would listen
Soph0571
Jul 2018
#12
One name being mentioned as Foreign Secretary on social media at the moment is Gove.
Denzil_DC
Jul 2018
#13
I checked oddschecker for who was favourite as new Foreign Secretary. "Tristram Hunt", strangely
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2018
#18
The bookies, for once, don't seem to have any more of a clue than the rest of us:
Denzil_DC
Jul 2018
#20
Indeed, having had to give up his Telegraph column when he became Home Secretary,
Denzil_DC
Jul 2018
#29