Boris Johnson will resign after a wave of government resignations and a revolt from his own Cabinet left him unable to carry on.
The U.K. prime minister — who spearheaded the campaign for Brexit and led his party to an emphatic election victory in December 2019 — will be stepping aside soon, teeing up a race to replace him as head of the governing Conservative party, according to a close ally.
"The Prime Minister will make a statement to the country today," said a No. 10 Downing Street spokesperson.
The move follows 24 hours of high drama in Westminster, with two senior Cabinet ministers resigning, followed by a spate of exits that rippled through the government ranks. A delegation of senior ministers — including a chancellor he had appointed less than a day before — visited Johnson Wednesday night to tell him the game was up.
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