Distrust of Prime Minister Boris Johnson has left British politics in the field for longer: the Conservative Party voted for Johnson’s confidence in June. Johnson then won by a vote of 211-148.
14:14•Updated 14:23
The British government crisis deepens even more, because the so-called deputy minister, minister for family affairs Will Quince and the British government’s deputy minister for education Robin Walker announced on Twitter on Wednesday that they were resigning from their positions. Deputy ministers are ministers outside the government who have a smaller role in the government than the actual ministers.
In addition, three other deputy ministers also announced their resignations on Wednesday Boris Johnson from the government. Responsible for financial services John Glenn and, among other things, in charge of prisons Victoria Atkins resign, as well as the minister responsible for environmental affairs, among others Already Churchill are different. Glen and Churchill talk about their separation on Twitter. There has been news about Atkins’ resignation ITV channel. (you switch to another service)
Yesterday, Tuesday, two actual ministers resigned from the government led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, while the Minister of Finance Rishi Sunak and the Minister of Health Savid Javid submitted their resignations. Javid justified his departure with a lack of confidence in the prime minister.
Walker says the reason for his resignation is the problems in the leadership of the Conservative Party.
Quince, on the other hand, resigns because he feels that he previously gave false statements to the media to Chris Pincher about the scandal and Boris Johnson’s part in it.
Family Minister Quince published his resignation letter on his Twitter account. You can find the Twitter update from here. (you switch to another service)Quince mentions in his resignation letter that the decision was difficult, and highlights the inaccurate information Boris Johnson gave him before the media meeting.
In his resignation letter, Will Quince refers to the interviews he gave to the British media on Monday in which he defended the Prime Minister. Quince said at the time, according to the British newspaper Guardian, that Prime Minister Johnson had not known about any specific allegations against Conservative MP Chris Pincher before Pincher was appointed to the responsible positions earlier this year.
There has been a stir around Chris Pincher since Pincher was expelled from the Conservative parliamentary group due to allegations of convulsions.
A vote of confidence in the Prime Minister was already held in June
The lack of confidence in Boris Johnson has left the country on the political field for longer. The Conservative Party voted the Prime Minister’s confidence at the beginning of June. The background of the vote of confidence was especially the parties organized at Johnson’s official residence during the corona lockdown.
In the end, Johnson won his party’s no-confidence vote 211-148. According to party rules, a no-confidence vote cannot be held for at least a year, since Johnson won the vote.
Now the British newspapers are speculating whether the prime minister will be able to rally his ranks and restore confidence after the mass exodus of ministers.
Addendum 6.7 at 2:20 p.m.: Updated information about the resignation of the seventh minister.