Boris Johnson Resigns as U.K. Foreign Secretary

[demmiblue]

Source: Bloomberg

Boris Johnson has resigned as U.K. Foreign Secretary, Bloomberg News reports.

A spokesman for Downing Street said: “This afternoon, the Prime Minister accepted the resignation of Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary. His replacement will be announced shortly. The Prime Minister thanks Boris for his work.”

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[BumRushDaShow]

1. WOW

Just saw a WaPo breaking.

THAT is a biggy! That guy was just insane.

[IronLionZion]

2. Mr. Brexit does his own Brexit!

The Trump of Britain.

Johnson and Trump should exit to some island somewhere and rule over that, like Napoleon on Elba.

[lagomorph777]

7. Frogface disappeared immediately after Brexit; Boris Badenov waited a little while.

"Able was I, ere I saw Elba."

Backwards, that's

"Able was I, ere I saw Elba."

[Hortensis]

3. Another blow to hard-core conservative nationalism.

And part of what must be a danger point for Putin's plans also. Good luck, PM May.

[LeftishBrit]

4. Good - but it may mean that he will try for Theresa's job

And bad as she is, he's worse.

[Nitram]

5. Does one dare to hope the Brexit will be reversed?

The Brexit vote was clearly as compromised as our presidential election by the same unholy alliance of mega-wealthy right-wingers and Russian disinformationists.

[lagomorph777]

8. We'll be hoping the Brits can overcome their Putin hack.

Just as in WWII, we might end up being the word's last defense against Putin. If we both survive.

[Recursion]

6. It's not clear May can keep a government together at this point

If a confidence vote gets called we might be looking at snap elections. Again.

[NewJeffCT]

10. Does Labour have anybody serious

that can challenge for PM? I got the impression before that the head of Labour wasn't really all that viable for PM last time out.

[T_i_B]

14. Labour are stuck with Jeremy Corbyn

[NewJeffCT]

17. so, if May gets a vote of no confidence

she'd likely be replaced by a hopefully more reasonable Tory/Conservative?

[T_i_B]

18. I would expect a Conservative leadership contest first

Which would most likely be an acrimonious affair, possibly splitting the party. I very much doubt that any successor to Theresa May as Conservative leader would be anything other than a complete fruitcake.

If they then lose a vote of confidence parliament it's a matter of how they can call a snap election. With the Conservatives in disarray it would be a contest to see who can f**k up the least, and Labour could certainly end up as the largest Party, which would result in Jeremy Corbyn becoming PM.

But we live in strange times, and strange things can happen. Just look at the last UK general election!

[videohead5]

9. Why

Don't they vote on Brexit again? I'm pretty sure they would vote to stay in the EU now.

[turbinetree]

11. I just wonder how all of the Brexit crowd feel's that AIRBUS............and other industries

have issued a warning.....................they will move.................14,000 people Britain's are effected by this crap..................and then these same tories complain about the health care system lacking funds, so they want to cut programs ........................figure it out yet....................

I wonder if the Breixt crowd thought that far ahead past there racist view's since that is what Breixt was all about.............and then there is Russia and there intelligence hands being involved in this Breixt shenanigans ........

[T_i_B]

15. Boris Johnson's exact response was.....

Fuck Business

[SunSeeker]

12. Good riddance. nt

[BigmanPigman]

13. The moron's visit, all the protests, Fri the 13th,

and now two resignations today from British govt members should make for an interesting visit.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142104485

[T_i_B]

16. Should never have been appointed

A total disaster as foreign secretary, and Theresa May should have sacked him much sooner rather then letting him flounce of his own accord.

[muriel_volestrangler]

19. His replacement is Jeremy Hunt

who has been running the Department of Health, into the ground, for 6 years.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/09/jeremy-hunt-appointed-to-replace-boris-johnson

At my nephew's funeral, my brother and sister-in-law said "and, of course, we thank all the amazing people in the NHS. Not Jeremy Hunt, of course." And there was a general murmur of agreement. It takes something to get called out at a funeral, and for the whole congregation to think it justified.