It’s a triple slap for Boris Johnson. Two weeks after narrowly winning a vote of confidence, the British Prime Minister has just suffered two defeats in partial legislative elections. In the aftermath, the executive chairman of the Conservative Party, Oliver Dowden, has just resigned.
With our correspondent in London, Emeline Wine
The letter was sent at 5:30 this Friday morning. Oliver Dowden explains that ” after a series of electoral setbacks, we cannot carry on business as usual. Someone has to take responsibility “. Oliver Dowden, the chairman of the Conservative Party and historical follower of Boris Johnson, says he shares the ” distress and disappointment of voters after recent events, including the Partygate and the loss of 500 seats in the last local elections.
Worst Tory result
Oliver Dowden resigns a few minutes after the results of two partial legislative elections. The Tories recorded their worst result and lost both seats. Boris Johnson has yet to respond publicly. He is currently in Rwanda for the Commonwealth summit, but he had indicated, upstream, that he would not resign in the event of a setback.
Will the government remain loyal?
The Prime Minister is protected from another vote of no confidence from his party for a year, having won the last one in early June. But his government, so far loyal, could decide to turn against him in view of the latest electoral underperformance and two years from the next election.
Grateful for the results difficult “, Boris Johnson promised Friday to ” to listen voters, but showed determination to “continue” his work at the head of the government. ” We must recognize that we must do more and we will do it, we will continue, addressing people’s concerns said the British Prime Minister from Rwanda.
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