Report by Yashasvi Anika Tandon
UK PM Boris Johnson resigned on Thursday, 8th July, 2022, after the number of resignations of the ministers from the Conservative Party. 60 ministers have resigned till now.
Timeline
The timeline of events is as follows:
Thursday, 30th June : Deputy Head of Government Whip, Chris Pincher resigns.
Tuesday, 5th July : Health Secretary Sajid Javid and Chancellor Rishi Sunak resign. Dr Andrew William Murrison, who was the Prime Ministerial Trade Envoy, resigns live on TV. Education Minister Nadhim Zahawi is appointed Chancellor. Chief of Staff Stephen Barclay is made Health Minister while University minister Michael Dovelan, becomes Education Minister. Alex Chalk, Solicitor General resigns as well which makes it 10 people who have resigned.
Wednesday, 6th July: More resignations follow.
Thursday, 7th July : UK PM Boris Johnson resigns after a number of protests and resignations.
Friday, 8th July: Rishi Sunak announces that he is a candidate for the UK PM post. The other candidates at the time of publishing this piece are Suella Braverman, Tom Tugendhat, Grant Shapps, and Steve Baker.
Reasons for Boris Johnson’s resignation
1. Continuous protest and resignations from British ministers
2. A no-confidence vote against Boris Johnson early in June.
3. Economy slump in Britain.
How will a new Prime minister be selected?
Candidates will give their names for PM. The restriction is that the candidate must be nominated by 2 MPs from the Conservative Party. It is necessary for him or her to be backed by 8 members.
After that there will be numerous rounds of voting by MPs and the person with least votes will be eliminated . The process will be repeated till only two candidates are left.
Then a postal ballot will be conducted by the Conservative Party members. The winner of this ballot will be the new UK Prime Minister.
Image from the Twitter of Boris Johnson.