Gone but not gone: Boris Johnson quits but clings on to power
The Guardian says BORIS JOHNSON dramatically quit as prime minister after a mass walkout of MPs finally sealed his fate, signalling an end to one of the most divisive and turbulent periods in British politics.
In a speech outside Downing Street on Thursday that was tinged with bitterness, he blamed ministers for turning on him but expressed neither regret nor contrition for his mistakes.
The abrupt denouement kicked off a scramble among contenders to take over in Downing Street – and demands from some MPs that he go now and not wait until the leadership election has finished.
Johnson told a newly patched-together interim cabinet on Thursday afternoon that no major policies, tax decisions or other changes of direction would be made before the handover to a new leader.
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