Boris Johnson bids 'sad' farewell in resignation from 'best job in the world'

dailystar.co.uk:

Boris Johnson has finally announced his resignation as UK Prime Minister after his Cabinet spiralled into turmoil. News broke of his decision to cave in and quit soon after 9am this morning (Thursday, July 7) - just short of two years since he proudly entered 10 Downing Street in July 2019.Mr Johnson's two years and 348 days as PM falls short of his predecessor Theresa May's stint of three years and falls into the unfavourable ranking of the seventh shortest spell in the history of the British premiership.

However to the frustration of some within his party, he will assume a caretaker position as leader of the country until a permanent replacement is voted in later this year.Speaking outside 10 Downing Street today (July 7), Johnson announced it was time to begin the search for a new leader, in an emotional farewell.

He said that it was "clearly the will of the parliamentary Conservative Party that there should be a new leader" as he confirmed his resignation.Ultimately BoJo's leadership couldn't take a staggering flurry of resignations that saw more than 50 ministers quit on him in less than 48 hours in a bid to finally put an end to his flagging reign in the top job.The Prime Minister spoke to the Queen about his resignation on Thursday morning in a "courtesy call".Mr Johnson said he sought to stay Prime Minister because he felt it was his "obligation" to continue to do what the Tories promised in 2019. "I want to say to the millions of people who voted for us in 2019, many of them voting Conservative for the first time, thank you for that incredible mandate, the biggest Conservative majority since 1987, the biggest share of the vote since 1979. "And the reason I have fought so hard in the last few days to continue to.