• Friday, April 26, 2024
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on verge of falling from power

Boris Johnson

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on the verge of falling from power after thirty six of his ministers and aides resigned in the last one day over the issue of trust.

A group of ministers will meet with Johnson later today and the ministers are expected to demand his resignation.

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But Johnson insists he will carry on with the job of governing.

The elite 1920 Committee could change tge rules to force a vote of no confidence on the Prime minister should he choose to hang in there.

Trouble began for Johnson following revelations he was holding booze parties in Downing Street at a time Britons were told they could not leave their homes or Bury their dead because of the covid pandemic.

In the last week it emerged the Prime minister appointed a senior aide to the cabinet after knowing about allegations of sexual assault against Chris Pincher.