OFF YOU GO, BOJO!
YOU South Africa|21 July 2022
He toughed out scandal after scandal in his 3 years as British PM but Boris Johnson was finally forced to resign. We look back his tumultuous term in office
DENNIS CAVERNELIS
OFF YOU GO, BOJO!

HE'S always been able to get himself out of a tight spot - it's not for nothing he's known as Boris Johnson the greased piglet.

Sex sagas, Covid-19 disgraces, drama with dodgy donors - he's managed to sidestep them all, slipping out of trouble with just a slap on the wrist and a few moments of head-hanging shame.

But someone finally found something to grip onto. Several someones in fact: about 50 of them saying enough was enough and the scandal-ridden leader of the Conservative Party had to go.

"I know that there will be many people who are relieved and perhaps quite a few who will also be disappointed," the 58-year-old said outside his Downing Street office announcing his resignation.

"And I want you to know how sad I am to be giving up the best job in the world. But them's the breaks.

A BRUTAL BACKLASH

Sajid Javid, who was health and social care secretary, and Rishi Sunak, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer - essentially Britain's finance minister started the wave of resignations that led to Johnson's leadership collapsing.

The final straw was the Chris Pincher scandal. The former deputy chief whip was accused of groping two men and resigned when news of the allegation broke. Johnson was accused of lying about how - much he knew of the incident and slated for appointing Pincher. It was the straw that broke the camel's back for him.

"The public rightly expect government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously, Sunak said.

Javid was just as blunt. "At some point, we have to conclude that enough is enough. I believe that point is now." A day after Johnson appointed Nadhim Zahawi to replace Sunak, he called for his new boss to step down. "You must do the right thing and go now, the new finance head said.

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