Following a spate of resignations from the government, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced his resignation as head of the Conservative party.
He declared on Thursday that the parliamentary Conservative party had clearly expressed its desire for a new prime minister and party leader.
"I had concurred with Sir Graham Brady, the head of our backbench MPs, that the selection process for the new leader should be started right away. The schedule will also be revealed the following week.
"So I want to say thank you to the millions of people who supported us in 2019—many of whom cast their first-ever Conservative votes. I appreciate your extraordinary mandate. Since 1987, the largest Conservative majority," he continued.
Johnson's resignation is a spectacular fall for a prime minister who was once regarded as possessing superpowers and having appeal across traditional party lines.
On the promise of negotiating a Brexit deal and guiding the UK to a successful future outside of the European Union, he won a resounding win in December 2019.
However, the Covid-19 pandemic's consequences led to the collapse of his premiership.
His downfall was mostly brought on by Johnson's poor handling of a crisis involving a government official who is accused of molesting two persons at a dinner last week.
Johnson won an 80-seat majority in the general election less than three years ago, but since then, he has been involved in a number of other controversies that have hurt his popularity.
These include claims that he improperly used donor funds to pay for renovations to his Downing Street residence and instructed MPs to vote in a way that would shield a colleague who had broken lobbying laws.
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