Teh One Who Knocks
07-09-2018, 03:00 PM
Harley Tamplin for Metro.co.uk
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Boris Johnson has resigned as foreign secretary, plunging Theresa May’s government further into crisis.
His decision to quit came less than 24 hours after another key minister, David Davis, stood down from his position as Brexit secretary.
In a statement, Downing Street 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 key Cabinet resignations come just days after Theresa May secured a hard-won agreement from senior ministers on an EU exit strategy.
Both Mr Johnson and Mr Davis agreed to the plan despite expressing their reservations.
Privately, Mr Johnson had reportedly criticised the prime minister’s plan for retaining strong economic ties to the EU even after Brexit, referring to the plan as ‘polishing a turd’.
Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner said: ‘Boris Johnson has now resigned, the HMS Tory Party is sinking fast, Tories cannot even move the deckchairs around as there is nobody to sit in them any more.
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‘What a complete shambles the incompetent Government is, time for Tories to go #ToryFail.’
Writing on Twitter, Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, appeared to express hope that the resignations could lead to Brexit falling through.
He said: ‘Politicians come and go but the problems they have created for people remain.
‘I can only regret that the idea of #Brexit has not left with Davis and Johnson. But…who knows?’
Speculation about Mr Johnson’s future had grown when he failed to attend a meeting of the Government’s Cobra emergencies committee on Monday earlier.
He had also been due to attend the Western Balkans Summit in London’s Docklands on Monday afternoon and to give a press conference at 5pm, but failed to appear.
He is the third minister to leave a Cabinet post in 24 hours.
Dominic Raab, a staunch Brexiteer, was named as Mr Davis’s replacement as Secretary of State for Leaving the EU earlier on Monday.
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Boris Johnson has resigned as foreign secretary, plunging Theresa May’s government further into crisis.
His decision to quit came less than 24 hours after another key minister, David Davis, stood down from his position as Brexit secretary.
In a statement, Downing Street 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 key Cabinet resignations come just days after Theresa May secured a hard-won agreement from senior ministers on an EU exit strategy.
Both Mr Johnson and Mr Davis agreed to the plan despite expressing their reservations.
Privately, Mr Johnson had reportedly criticised the prime minister’s plan for retaining strong economic ties to the EU even after Brexit, referring to the plan as ‘polishing a turd’.
Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner said: ‘Boris Johnson has now resigned, the HMS Tory Party is sinking fast, Tories cannot even move the deckchairs around as there is nobody to sit in them any more.
https://i.imgur.com/upY1VFK.jpg
‘What a complete shambles the incompetent Government is, time for Tories to go #ToryFail.’
Writing on Twitter, Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, appeared to express hope that the resignations could lead to Brexit falling through.
He said: ‘Politicians come and go but the problems they have created for people remain.
‘I can only regret that the idea of #Brexit has not left with Davis and Johnson. But…who knows?’
Speculation about Mr Johnson’s future had grown when he failed to attend a meeting of the Government’s Cobra emergencies committee on Monday earlier.
He had also been due to attend the Western Balkans Summit in London’s Docklands on Monday afternoon and to give a press conference at 5pm, but failed to appear.
He is the third minister to leave a Cabinet post in 24 hours.
Dominic Raab, a staunch Brexiteer, was named as Mr Davis’s replacement as Secretary of State for Leaving the EU earlier on Monday.