Boris Johnson

The outgoing prime minister was in Balmoral for his final audience with Queen Elizabeth II. Ms. Truss was set to become Britain's third female prime ...

The [Bank of England](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/04/business/bank-of-england-interest-rates.html) raised interest rates by the most in 27 years, and traders bet that rates would need to rise much higher to tackle inflation, which has reached 10.1 percent, even as forecasts for a recession are becoming more commonplace. [state opening of Britain’s Parliament in May](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/09/world/europe/queen-elizabeth-parliament-opening.html) and the [service of thanksgiving at St. In 2018, before becoming prime minister, he was [reportedly paid a salary of ](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/12/world/europe/boris-johnson-speech.html)£ [275,000 a year](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/12/world/europe/boris-johnson-speech.html), or about $350,000 at the time, to write a weekly column for The Daily Telegraph newspaper. She has promised to push through legislation that would upend [trading arrangements in Northern Ireland](https://www.nytimes.com/article/uk-northern-ireland-protocol-eu.html), which remains part of the European single market. It’s time for us all to get behind Liz Truss and her team and her program and deliver for the people of this country,” he added. Johnson made no reference to the scandals that ejected him from office but hinted at his resentment at being ousted, likening the transfer of power to the handing over of a baton in a relay race. “How the next prime minister reacts to the energy crisis will not only have a direct impact on the lives of U.K. But with costs for nearly everything rising, and worries that energy bills could skyrocket to thousands of pounds a year for the average household, there are already signs of cracks in the Conservative coalition. [JP Morgan](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/2008/jan/10/whyblairsworthamilliondol1) and the [Zurich](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/jan/29/uk.tonyblair) Insurance Group, where he advised the Swiss company on climate change. [daunting](https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1566897320137981960?s=20&t=ld-lGvu7JVfaEtc4rpbqdg) picture of the “looming crisis” facing Ms. A year later, as Britain awaited updates on a post-Brexit trade deal, he stole the show by [embarking on an ambitious (and failed) attack](https://news.sky.com/video/larry-the-cat-number-10s-chief-mouser-scuffles-with-pigeon-12172389) on a distracted pigeon. Larry is part of a long tradition of cats in the British government.

Boris Johnson has departed No 10 vowing the government will bail out struggling families from rising energy bills in his final speech, as well as sending a ...

But in a reference to the Roman statesman Cincinnatus, he said he was “returning to my plough” – although Johnson was likely to know the remark would raise eyebrows. “If Dilyn and Larry can put behind them their occasional difficulties, then so can the Conservative party,” he said. He said he would be offering the new government nothing but “the most fervent support”. Johnson said it was a “tough time for the economy, a tough time for families up and down the country. Johnson said he would remain loyal and supportive to Truss after his departure. Truss will be received by the Queen after Johnson’s visit – about half an hour later – and officially asked to form a government, the point at which she becomes prime minister.

Boris Johnson pledged to give his full backing to new UK leader Liz Truss and called for unity in the ruling Conservative Party, even as he took a swipe at ...

Boris Johnson has made his final speech as prime minister from Downing Street before heading to Scotland to give his formal resignation to the Queen a...

"It is time for us all to get behind Liz Truss and her team, and her programme, and deliver for the people of this country. "Congratulations to Liz Truss on her decisive win. We can and we will get through it and we will come out strong on the other side." Johnson also called for his party to unite behind Truss after months of infighting during the leadership contest. "We are, of course, providing the short and long-term solutions for our energy needs, not just using more of our domestic hydrocarbons, but going up by 2030 to 50 gigawatts of wind power," he said. Comparing himself to a "booster rocket", Johnson suggested he would initially take a backseat role in politics. "Boris, you got Brexit done. Making our streets safer, building more hospitals, and yes, we will have 50,000 more nurses by the end of this parliament and 40 new hospitals by the end of the decade," he said, before correcting himself and promising the hospitals by the end of this parliament. Johnson has already faced criticism for not having delivered on the hospital promise. In a tweet after her victory, Johnson congratulated her for her "decisive win" as he encouraged the party to rally behind her. He added: "This is a tough time for the economy, this is a tough time for families up and down the country. "This is it, folks....In only a couple of hours I will be in Balmoral to see Her Majesty the Queen and the torch will finally be passed to a new Conservative leader," Johnson told a large crowd of supporters assembled outside Number 10 for his farewell address.

Latest updates: Liz Truss invited to form a new government after becoming the UK's new prime minister.

She says she told Truss she would be “better placed to support her from outside of the cabinet”. Truss’s views seem to have changed greatly from her Oxford University Lib Dems days when, at a party conference in Brighton in 1994, she contributed to a debate on the abolition of the monarchy, saying “we do not believe people should be born to rule”. He is expected to be made levelling up secretary in the reshuffle later today. He said he expected Truss’s cabinet to include people who supported Rishi Sunak in the leadership contest. Clarke rejected suggestions that the Truss energy package would spook the financial markets. When it is clear an individual can form a government, they are made Prime Minister, to quote Harold Wilson in 1964, “on the spot”. In her letter Dorries partly explains why she likes the outgoing PM so much. The monarch meets the departing prime minister and their successor, often in quick succession. Sir Iain Duncan Smith, the former Tory leader and Liz Truss supporter, told the World at One that he was offered a cabinet job by Truss but decided not to accept it. According to the Commons library briefing, even though Buckingham Palace says Truss “kissed hands” upon her appointment as PM, she probably didn’t. We’ve now got a picture of Liz Truss meeting the Queen. The Queen, of course, has said even less over the past 70 years about her audiences with her prime ministers.

By Elizabeth Piper and Michael Holden. LONDON (Reuters) - Comparing himself to a booster rocket that had fulfilled its mission, Boris Johnson said farewell ...

"He is going to be watching all this and if something happens in the future, as you said, if the ball comes loose in the scrum, then anything could happen. The jury is out, with one source saying it was unlikely. But for most commentators, the big question is will he try to return as prime minister, something many expect from a man who according to one biographer as a child said he wanted to be "world king".

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson left his Downing Street office for the last time on Tuesday before heading to Scotland to formally offer his ...

Johnson took note of the strains facing Britain as he left the prime minister’s official residence at No. Truss, 47, took office a day after the ruling Conservative Party chose her as its leader in an election where the party’s 172,000 dues-paying members were the only voters. The ceremony was moved to Scotland to provide certainty about the schedule because the 96-year-old queen has experienced problems getting around that have forced palace officials to make decisions about her travel on a day-to-day basis. Johnson, who announced his intention to step down two months ago, formally resigned during his own audience with the queen a short time earlier. “But we will see in, hopefully, the next few weeks there’ll be some announcements which will help the normal working person.” She is expected to unveil her plan on Thursday.

Boris Johnson bowed out as British prime minister on Tuesday, ending a tumultuous three years in office and bequeathing his successor Liz Truss a daunting ...

He has refused to show any remorse over the scandals that brought him down, including "Partygate", a series of boozy gatherings in Downing Street while the country was under COVID-19 lockdown, for which he was fined by police. It is not clear how Britain will pay for the support. It's time for us all to get behind Liz Truss and her team and her programme." "What I say to my fellow Conservatives, it's time for politics to be over, folks. She replaces Boris Johnson, who was forced to quit after three tumultuous years in power. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

The former prime minister will make a lot of money writing columns and giving speeches, but friends hint at a Churchillian comeback.

Johnson has long been a popular draw for corporate events, making up to £100,000 a time in 2019. This paradoxical sense of poverty is echoed by the fact Johnson is sometimes described as homeless beyond Downing Street. But one thing seems certain about his time after he leaves Downing Street: he will make a lot of money. Being a former prime minister brings extra cachet, with the notably more wooden Theresa May now making He’ll write provocative articles, make interesting speeches, all of which he’ll make a lot of money from. But whether he actually has plans in place to do it, I’m not so sure.”

After three years in Downing Street, a Brexit, a pandemic and more scandals than we can count, Boris Johnson's notorious spell as prime minister has finally ...

We can only wait in dread to see what Truss has in store for us all. Anyway, see you later Mr Johnson. [both a weird speech](https://www.indy100.com/politics/boris-johnson-final-speech-cincinnatus) and way for his replacement Liz Truss so it feels as good a time as any to look back at Johnson's biggest achievements while he has been in the role.

Boris Johnson's reference to an ancient Roman statesman in his resignation speech has fuelled a fervent online debate, with some suggesting it could imply a ...

Comparing himself to a booster rocket that had fulfilled its mission, Boris Johnson said farewell to his Downing Street residence and office on Tuesday and ...

"He is going to be watching all this and if something happens in the future, as you said, if the ball comes loose in the scrum, then anything could happen. The jury is out, with one source saying it was unlikely. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

The outgoing prime minister said "if Dilyn [the dog] and Larry [the cat] can put behind them their occasional difficulties, then so can the Conservative ...

Once the queen has accepted his resignation, she will meet with Truss and ask the new Conservative leader to form a government in her name. After his farewell address, Johnson departed London and flew to Scotland to formally offer his resignation to the queen, as is traditional. "And I will be offering this government nothing but the most fervent support." Truss will then accept the position and "kiss hands" before returning to London to name a cabinet. and is often pictured outside Downing Street during news reports. Larry the cat is well known in the U.K.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson left his Downing Street office for the last time on Tuesday before heading to Scotland to formally offer his resignation so Liz ...

In theory, Truss has time to make her mark: She doesn’t have to call a national election until 2024. She has said her first phone call with a world leader will be to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. and the 27-nation bloc. Writing in the Financial Times on Monday, Kwarteng said a Truss government would “take immediate action … With the U.K. Like Truss, Kwarteng is a free-marketeer in the mold of 1980s Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. He alluded to that downfall in his leaving remarks, saying he was handing over the baton to Truss in “what has unexpectedly become a relay race.” On Sunday, Truss promised to unveil her plans for tackling the cost-of-living crisis within a week. The price spike, driven by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the aftershocks of COVID-19 and Brexit, has propelled U.K. The ceremony was moved to Scotland to provide certainty about the schedule because the 96-year-old queen has experienced problems getting around that have forced palace officials to make decisions about her travel on a day-to-day basis. Truss, a low-tax, small-government conservative, says her priority is cutting taxes and slashing regulations to fuel economic growth. Those problems have festered for the past two months, because Johnson had no authority to make major policy decisions after announcing his plan to step down.

Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus was a Roman statesman who gave up his power for the good of the Roman Republic. But in one version of the story, he came back.

While historians largely [believe this is the stuff of legends](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lucius-Quinctius-Cincinnatus), some political observers interpreted Johnson’s reference to Cincinnatus in his farewell speech as a sign that he would one day be back. [Cincinnati in Ohio](https://eu.cincinnati.com/story/news/2017/10/11/our-history-who-cincinnatus-inspiration-citys-name/752548001/) is — indirectly — named after Cincinnatus. In 2009, when he was mayor of London, Johnson said in an interview that he could not “foresee the circumstances” under which he would be called on to become prime minister. “This is not the speech of a departing prime minister who necessarily thinks he’s going away forever. [gave up power after just 15 days](https://eu.cincinnati.com/story/news/2017/10/11/our-history-who-cincinnatus-inspiration-citys-name/752548001/) and returned to his farm. “He is a practical man with an honest, backbreaking job outside politics who just gets on with the task in hand with minimum fuss.” He was an absolute elitist Roman patrician — in our terms, he was dead right-wing.” In 1790, the governor of the region that includes modern-day Ohio named the city after the [Society of the Cincinnati](https://www.societyofthecincinnati.org/society-of-the-cincinnati-name/), formed by officers from the Continental Army to commemorate the war for American independence. (He [became prime minister](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/boris-johnson-expected-to-win-british-prime-minister-vote/2019/07/23/0e63fc8e-ac93-11e9-9411-a608f9d0c2d3_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_16) 10 years later.) But, he said at the time, “if, like Cincinnatus, I were to be called from my plow, then obviously it would be wrong of me not to help out.” — a rare position with emergency powers — and led an effort to save Roman soldiers trapped by the forces of The legend goes that he stopped plowing his field, put on a toga and returned to the city. [George Washington was compared to Cincinnatus](https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/cincinnatus/) because he also answered the call to serve, and defeated the British, before voluntarily giving up power after two terms as president.

In his last days as prime minister of Britain, Boris Johnson conducted a farewell tour of the country. Possibly he expected something like the accolades his ...

And although [culture-war issues](https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/17/uk/uk-conservative-leadership-trans-intl-gbr/index.html) have receded in the leadership contest, as the scale of the economic challenge became apparent, Truss’s flouting of progressive orthodoxies (“I’m very clear that a woman is a woman,” [she declared](https://twitter.com/lewis_goodall/status/1565044833466683394?s=20&t=Hlxz5_70BxQRGmOVh_wyDA) at Wembley Arena) is a guaranteed applause line for right-wing audiences. [bloated](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58738741) with mortgage debt. [lockdown parties](https://news.sky.com/story/boris-johnson-fined-prime-minister-apologises-after-receiving-fixed-penalty-notice-for-lockdown-breaking-party-12588712) and [wallpaper](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56878663) and [corruption](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59330152). Postal workers have [two more](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/26/royal-mail-postal-workers-latest-to-strike-as-uk-cost-chaos-continues.html) strike days scheduled in the next fortnight. [strike](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62629776), beginning today. Over the summer, one [87-year-old man](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11120541/Cornwall-pensioner-87-waits-15-hours-ambulance-fall-family-build-make-shift-shelter.html) with a cracked pelvis waited 15 hours outside his house after a fall. [Restaurants](https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-11068607/Pubs-restaurants-fear-closing-thanks-rising-energy-bills.html), [museums](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/aug/31/uk-museums-rising-energy-costs-could-hamper-warm-banks-plan), [nursing homes](https://www.itv.com/news/2022-08-31/care-homes-warn-theyre-cutting-back-on-food-as-cost-of-living-compromises-care), and [schools](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-62659627) are already warning that they cannot cope. One well-regarded forecaster [expects](https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/aug/26/ofgem-raises-energy-price-cap-to-3549) the average British household to be paying the equivalent of £6,616 ($7,633) a year in gas and electricity bills by April. [exploits](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/aug/31/nord-stream-1-russia-switches-off-gas-pipeline-citing-maintenance) the leverage this gives him in foreign affairs. So far, Truss has [rejected](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/liz-truss-rules-out-immediate-27853509) the idea of more direct support, insisting that tax cuts are her economic focus. Yesterday she said something no British leader has said for decades: that the richest would gain most from her tax policy, and she thought that was [ fair](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62786336). By October, the typical bill will be [three times](https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/aug/26/ofgem-raises-energy-price-cap-to-3549) what it was 12 months earlier, and it is expected to rise again in January.

Why it matters: In her current role as foreign secretary, Truss has made headlines for her hawkish approach to relations with the EU and the war in Ukraine.

[expects the economy to slump](https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/uk-economy-faces-recession-before-year-end-213045502.html)into recession and inflation to hit 14% by year's end. [California wildfires rage as scorching heat wave continues](/2022/09/04/california-heat-wave-wildfires) [0.3%](https://www.ft.com/content/1454fe21-5b2e-459c-966c-65fd48d52f8f)) that skews much older, whiter and wealthier than the public in general. - The political winds are also not particularly auspicious. [dangerous heat wave](https://www.axios.com/2022/09/01/heat-wave-california-death-valley-record-temperatures) roasts the U.S. Truss will make that same trip Tuesday to see the queen, before offering her first speech in Parliament. She's also vowed to slash taxes, despite the rocky state of the U.K.'s finances. [narrowed the field](https://www.axios.com/2022/07/20/rishi-sunak-lizz-truss-uk-prime-minister)to two in July. Why it matters: In her current role as foreign secretary, Truss has made headlines for her hawkish approach to relations with the EU and the war in Ukraine. [replied](https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/uk-news/liz-truss-trump-macron-clegg-b2157717.html)"the jury's out." Brits are facing [energy price spikes of up to 80%](https://www.axios.com/2022/08/26/united-kingdom-energy-inflation-price-hike). That's led to [claims](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/conservative-party-leadership-contest-tortoise-b2155872.html)that the process is "undemocratic."

What has Johnson's culture of corruption wrought? The former prime minister has left behind a Conservative Party that is full of his lackeys, ensuring that ...

During the Partygate scandal, he [lied repeatedly](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-false-statements-list-parliament-b2060797.html) to Parliament. He promoted a man with a [history of allegations](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62040915) of sexual assault. The right to protest was [curtailed](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/may/09/boris-johnson-to-force-through-new-anti-protest-curbs-in-queens-speech) so those who saw the reality couldn’t shout the truth of it. [fracked uplands](https://conservativehome.com/2022/09/04/watch-i-support-fracking-but-not-solar-panels-on-farmland-truss): Fracking is one of her possible solutions to our problems alongside a bonfire of [red tape](https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/liz-truss-vows-to-start-a-bonfire-of-eu-red-tape-to-spark-uk-economic-growth-1758029) — that is, a bonfire of protections for workers, consumers, and the environment — and yet more [privatization](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-28/truss-suggests-she-ll-privatize-channel-4-if-she-becomes-uk-pm) and [tax cuts for the rich](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62786336). He [threatened](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/16/boris-johnson-accused-of-targeting-bbc-to-save-his-premiership) the BBC with the decimation of its funding and Channel 4 with a sell-off. [pedestrian “garden” bridge](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/17/absurd-vanity-project-for-our-age-boris-johnson-garden-bridge) over the Thames when he was mayor of London and [a road bridge](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/26/johnson-plan-irish-sea-bridge-tunnel-rejected-official-study-expensive) between Scotland and Northern Ireland as prime minister. [hospitalized with depression](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/25/painting-of-crying-boris-johnson-by-his-mother-stars-in-show-about-loss). [solitary and morose](https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/handshake-fatigue). [Have I Got News for You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NESLGMl56Zk), and I marvel at the prescience of the name. She is, so far, [a Margaret Thatcher impersonator](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/liz-truss-margaret-thatcher-similarities-b2159085.html) with [a lively Instagram account](https://www.instagram.com/elizabeth.truss.mp/?hl=en) and a relationship to authenticity as addled as Johnson’s own. He spent most of this summer of crises — replete with [record inflation](https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-construction-shrinks-again-economy-feels-inflation-heat-pmi-2022-09-06/) and [record temperatures](https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/press-office/news/weather-and-climate/2022/red-extreme-heat-warning-ud) — on holiday abroad or at Chequers, the prime minister’s sumptuous country house. [no sign](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-14/loyalty-to-pm-stopped-me-quitting-says-truss-as-she-hails-record-of-delivery) she will even acknowledge Johnson’s faults.

Boris Johnson is meeting the Queen at Balmoral to hand in his resignation as Liz Truss prepares to take over as prime minister and deliver a plan to address ...

Liz Truss took over as British prime minister from Boris Johnson, who went out with a characteristic verbal bang.

"I don't think this will help to maintain, or strengthen, the position of the country ... London has for quite a long time been actively trying to compensate for the loss of identity and influence in the EU by taking drastic steps on the world stage, including aggressive actions over the situation that has developed around Ukraine." “If she indulges this without good judgment, she could do real damage to Britain’s prospects and standing in the world" - Truss is under pressure to intervene in Britain's energy markets to relieve spiraling household energy costs, which are some of the highest in Europe. "I look forward to deepening the special relationship between our countries and working in close cooperation on global challenges, including continued support for Ukraine as it defends itself against Russian aggression," he wrote on the social media platform. She said "now is the time to tackle the issues holding Britain back." Truss has advocated a hardline approach to Russia over the Ukraine war. Kwasi Kwarteng is widely expected to be Chancellor of the Exchequer, similar to finance minister. - "On the subject of bouncing around in future careers, let me say that I am now like one of those booster rockets that has fulfilled its function," he said. "Like Cincinnatus, I am returning to my plough and I will be offering this government nothing but the most fervent support." - But the Cincinnatus namedrop could be a coded reference to Johnson's ambition to one day lead the country again. Johnson also made the 1,000-mile round trip to tender his resignation, which the Palace said the queen was "pleased to accept."

LONDON (AP) — Liz Truss has persuaded Britain's Conservative Party to make her its leader. On Tuesday, she will become prime minister of the whole U.K. and ...

That paved the way for Truss, a one-time accountant who was first elected to the House of Commons in 2010. In theory, Truss has time to make her mark: She doesn’t have to call a national election until late 2024. Rising food and energy prices, driven by the invasion of Ukraine and the aftershocks of COVID-19 and Brexit, have propelled U.K. But she’s likely to have much cooler conversations with EU leaders, who were annoyed by her uncompromising stance as foreign secretary in talks over trade rules for Northern Ireland, an unresolved Brexit issue that has soured relations between London and Brussels. “I think she’s got a big, challenging job ahead of her,'' Robert Conway, 71, an electronics manufacturer, said in London. Truss, a low-tax, small-government conservative who admires Margaret Thatcher, says her priority is cutting taxes and slashing regulations to fuel economic growth. Truss became prime minister a day after the ruling Conservative Party chose her as its leader in an election where the party’s 172,000 dues-paying members were the only voters. It was the first time in the queen’s 70-year reign that the handover of power took place at Balmoral, rather than Buckingham Palace in London. Johnson took note of the strains facing Britain as he left the prime minister’s official residence at No. “Given people are really worried, given people are losing sleep over their energy bills, businesses aren’t investing because of the crisis, I think that’s really wrong." Johnson, who announced his intention to step down two months ago, formally resigned during his own audience with the queen a short time earlier. “As strong as the storm may be, I know the British people are stronger.’’

LONDON — Queen Elizabeth appointed Liz Truss as British prime minister on Tuesday, tasked with steering the country through a looming recession and energy ...

Britain's Conservative Party announced that Foreign Minister Liz Truss will serve as the nation's next prime minister. She has a lot of work to do in these ...

This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. And she's faced a lot of criticism during this campaign to become leader this summer for some of the pronouncements she's made about taxes. But Liz Truss, for one, has expressed a degree of caution about how close that relationship might be in the future. MARX: Well, she's the third consecutive prime minister to take power without having to win a general election. And that was to pay off some of the debts racked up during the pandemic. MARTIN: She's already - I mean, because she's a conservative, she's already promised to cut taxes and grow the economy. MARTIN: The chaotic withdrawal of U.S. has been going through prime ministers at a fairly brisk rate as of late - four in the past six years, right? MARX: Well, she's been particularly vocal and hard-line about the European Union during discussions over the aftermath of Brexit, which has left the long-term trading status of Northern Ireland slightly unresolved. But it still seems like a really tall order, given everything that you just said and the promises that she's made to help people deal with them. Truss has been pretty vague about details until now, but she's under huge pressure from her party, from Parliament, from the public to ensure that people can afford to heat and light their homes this winter. Truss has said that the government's policies to tackle Britain's energy crisis will be top of her agenda once she gets into Downing Street.

The prime minister's final speech outside 10 Downing Street, delivered before he offered his resignation to Queen Elizabeth II, was vintage Johnson — a quixotic ...

And that is a tragedy for the country and the Conservative Party and for him.” And there was a bitter note amid the boosterism. Johnson says he “got Brexit done,” but the consequences of Britain’s messy, testy divorce from the European Union will roil both sides for decades. For critics, it was a reminder of why his administration collapsed in scandal before it could fulfil Johnson’s lofty policy aims. And it left many observers wondering whether this really is the end for a leader who has long defied political gravity. LONDON -- Boris Johnson’s term as British leader was a mix of high drama and low disgrace.

Liz Truss is officially Britain's new prime minister after she met with Queen Elizabeth II today. She will have to immediately face the country's looming ...

She'll go straight to Downing Street and is expected to make a statement outside its famous black door (or, if the weather has its say, inside the building.) He declined to apologize for the scandals over honesty and integrity that sunk his tenure. She promised to ensure that “people can get doctors’ appointment and the NHS service they need.” She beat rival Rishi Sunak in the Conservative leadership contest on Monday after a weeks-long campaign. - A new Cabinet will be named. But the showers then passed, and some very damp MPs made their way back outside. I am confident that together, we can ride out the storm. The imagery isn't ideal. But the reality is that Truss’ premiership starts under a cloud. Still, starting from a place of low expectations can be helpful to a new leader. She survived a bitter and bruising leadership campaign that saw a number of her own Conservative colleagues trash her economic plan. We should not be daunted by the challenges we face.