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Vol.1

Issue 44

June 2022

Boris Johnson resigns,

what happened?

Mariam Elsafty- Sophomore- Political Science
mariam.yasser2020@feps.edu.eg

The residents of the international political system Revelations of parties in Johnson's Downing
witnessed a dangerous, but expected news on Street office during the country's lockdown
Thursday, July 7, 2022. Boris Johnson, the prime in 2020 and 2021 sparked outrage and tested
minister and the leader of the Conservative Party, the Conservative Party's patience with its
announced his resignation from being the leader election-winning but erratic leader.
of the Party. United Kingdom is a parliamentary Johnson's election as Conservative leader
system which is ruled by the head of the and prime minister in July 2019 marked the
government, who is the prime minister in this end of a wild ride to the top. He had held
case, and he is also the leader of the majority high-level positions such as London mayor
party in the parliament. So basically, Boris and Foreign Secretary of the United
Johnson’s resignation in 7 July 2022 was Kingdom, but he had also spent time on the
considered to be like a president resigning from political sidelines due to self-inflicted gaffes.
his office. His resignation was expected by many, However, he lacked the seriousness required
saddened some, and made others very happy. for a leader.
Boris Johnson aspired to be like his hero,
Winston Churchill, a larger-than-life figure who
guided Britain through a crisis. He was brought
down by crises he created, as a trickle of ethics
allegations turned into a flood that engulfed his
government and turned his own party against
him. Johnson resigned on Thursday after the
chorus of criticism from his own party became
too much for him to bear. Johnson's career was
25 always characterized by extremes. He led Britain
out of the European Union and through a global
health crisis that threatened his own life, but he
was deposed after violating restrictions he
imposed in response to COVID-19.