Andy Field ABC News - July 7, 2022 - KRDO’s Afternoon News

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation this morning amid a mass revolt by top members of his government, marking an end to three tumultuous years in power in which he brazenly bent and sometimes broke the rules of British politics.  Months of defiance ended almost with a shrug as Johnson stood outside No. 10 Downing St. and conceded that his party wanted him gone.  “Them’s the breaks,” he said.  But all is not quite as it seems: even though  Johnson stepped down immediately as Conservative Party leader, he said he would remain as prime minister until the party chooses his successor. The timetable for that process will be announced next week, he said.  But many in the party want him gone before then, and his government has been shredded by scores of resignations.