British Prime Minister Johnson agreed to resign from the position of prime minister.

Jimu Journalist Song Qingying

Intern Yang Xingnan

On July 7, local time, 58 -year -old Boris Johnson announced his plan to resign from British Prime Minister. In July 2019, Johnson became the fourteenth Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The "party door" became the starting point of his political Waterloo. Within one month when he encountered a distrust voting crisis, he announced that he had ended in less than 3 years. Johnson still couldn't escape the fate of his former Cameron and Teresa May.

Johnson (Picture Source: Guardian)

Born in New York and worked in the media

On June 19, 1964, Johnson was born in New York, USA, and studied in Eaton School of British noble school in high school. In 1987, after graduating from Johnson Oxford University, he worked in the Times and Daily Telegraph, and was the editor -in -chief of "The Viewer" in 1999.

Johnson was involved in politics in 1993. In 2001, he was elected as a member of the Henry District, Oxford County. In 2004, the then Conservative leader Michael Howard appointed Johnson as the vice chairman of the Conservative Party. In 2005, Johnson officially served as the Conservative Party's "Shadow Cabinet". Education Minister.

In May 2008, Johnson defeated Labor candidate Ken Liveston with a million votes, and was elected mayor of London, England in 2016.

In May 2012, Johnson once again defeated Ken Liveston, a former competitor, was re -elected as the mayor of London, and held the London Olympic Games during the second term. In February 2016, he approved voting Brexit in the "Brexit referendum" campaign and became the center of media attention.

In 2016, the referendum held in June showed that the Brexit camp won, and former Prime Minister David Cameron resigned from the position of Prime Minister. Johnson is widely considered to be the leader of the Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister's substitute.

In July 2016, Johnson served as British Foreign Minister. In July 2018, Johnson resigned as a huge difference with former Prime Minister Theresa May.

In July 2019, Johnson defeated his opponent Jerry Hunter to win, becoming the fourteen British Prime Minister in the reign of King Elizabeth II.

"Party Gate" to open a political career Waterloo

Johnson (Picture Source: Guardian)

Since the outbreak of the UK, Johnson himself and the ruling party's scandal have continued.

In May last year, people familiar with the matter said that Johnson misappropriated the official residence of the Prime Minister of Political Donation during the epidemic, and the renovation amount was as high as 200,000 pounds (about 1.8 million yuan).

At the end of November last year, the "party door" incident that shocked Quanying was exposed, and Johnson's political career began to go downhill. According to reports, since the implementation of a strict epidemic blockade in 2020, the Prime Minister's House and the Cabinet have held many carnival activities in violation of regulations, and Johnson has also participated in it.

Johnson and Prime Minister's Office denied that the conservative party appeared in the Conservative Party to call on Johnson's resignation, and Johnson was forced to apologize.

With the report on the "party door" of the Cabinet and British police, Johnson confirmed that he participated in the party during the blockade and received police tickets. The Conservative Party demanded that his resignation is even stronger.

After several months of sawing, on June 6 this year, at least 54 members of the United Kingdom had sent a letter to ask for the initiative to vote for the prime minister, resulting in 15%of the conservative members of the Conservative Party. Voting procedures for Johnson's disbelief.

In the end, although Johnson won the disagreement voting and kept the position of the Prime Minister. The Conservative Party supported 148 votes for 21 votes and supported Johnson to continue to serve as British Prime Minister.

The British media revealed on July 1 that the Conservative Party Deputy Party whipped by Johnson was suspected of sexual harassment. The British Prime Minister's palace initially stated that Johnson's appointment was unclear before he was packed, but a spokesman for the Prime Minister's palace said on the 4th that Johnson knew some of the allegations, but turned a blind eye.

On the 5th, Johnson publicly apologized, but then, two key members of the British Cabinet Javid and Financial Minister Sonak announced their resignation. Javid said that he "lost confidence" about Johnson, and Sonak said that "can't go on like this."

Johnson stated in the parliament on the 6th that although many officials resigned because of losing confidence in the government, he would still "continue to move forward."

On July 7, when the 59th member of the British government announced his resignation, Johnson finally agreed to resign. It is expected that he will announce the resignation of the conservative party on July 7th, and the position of Prime Minister will be retained until October, and the new party will be preferred.

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