In Britain, dozens of representatives of the administration managed to leave their positions due to lack of confidence in Prime Minister Johnson.
11:32•Updated 11:40
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigns from the leadership of the Conservative Party, reports the BBC.
He will continue as prime minister until autumn. The new prime minister was appointed in October. According to Reuters, Johnson will make a statement on the matter later on Thursday.
Britain’s new finance minister Nadim Zahawi claimed earlier on Thursday on Twitter that the Prime Minister Boris Johnson should leave his position.
Until now, Zahawi has stood by Johnson.
– The situation is not on solid ground and it will only get worse for you, the conservative party, and most importantly for this country, Zahawi writes on Twitter.
The government’s ability to act has been questioned, and Johnson’s situation has been seen as difficult. Camilla Cavendish, former Prime Minister David Cameron’s policy director, has assessed for the BBC that the country currently does not have a functioning government
Previously, the number of those who left the British administration increased: as of Thursday morning, a total of 50 ministers, deputy ministers or other members of the administration have resigned due to lack of confidence in the prime minister Boris Johnson towards, says news agency AFP.
The Northern Ireland minister announced his resignation on Thursday morning Brandon Lewis and the Minister of Security Damian Hinds and deputy ministers Helen Whately, Guy Opperman, James Cartlidge and Chris Philp.
Johnson has also sacked one minister himself, the Minister for Housing, Communities and Local Government Michael Gove for disloyalty.
Margot James, who worked as a deputy minister in the Conservative Party at the end of the last decade, criticized Gove’s dismissal. According to James, Gove was perhaps the most competent minister in the government, whose dismissal was “completely irresponsible”