According to Reuters reported on July 7, Boris will address the nation during lunch time this Thursday and announce his resignation as British Prime Minister .
Boris will remain in Downing Street until a successor is in place, who is expected to leave in October.
In view of Boris's previous performance, Scotland's First Minister even questioned whether it was appropriate for him to stay until October.
Currently, more than 50 members of Boris's Conservative Party have quit the government, including two secretaries of state, the deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, 25 ministers, and Boris's assistants. Downing Street is currently close to paralysis. Boris has been abandoned by most of his allies and is isolated and helpless.
Even Nadeem Zahawi, Boris’s new finance minister who was just appointed yesterday, called on him to resign, saying that Boris’s departure was the right thing for the Conservative Party and the United Kingdom.
British Labor Party leader Keir Starmer said that Boris’s resignation is good news for the United Kingdom.
"It should have happened a long time ago, he is unfit for public office." Starmer added.
Howie Scarbrough will host Johnson leaving party at 10 Downing Street on Friday night. Currently, thousands of Facebook users have expressed their intention to participate.
Boris Johnson will resign as leader of the Conservative Party today, according to BBC political editor Chris Mason .
Currently, Penny Morant is the popular candidate for the new prime minister.
In addition, former Finance Minister Rishi Sunak, Foreign Minister Liz Truss, Defense Minister Ben Wallace, and former Health Minister Sajid Javid are also considered to join the campaign to compete for the position of Prime Minister.
Regarding Boris's resignation, the United States is worried that the British Prime Minister will be more unyielding, which may lead to changes in Europe's policy towards Ukraine and reduce European and American support for Ukraine.
In response, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Sergeyevich Peskov said, "Boris does not like us, and we do not like him." He said whether Boris resigns would be a threat to the Kremlin It's not important.
