for 48 hours, he dug in his heels, even as, one after another, members of his government resigned. in all, five cabinet level and 23junior ministers quit because he wouldn t, along with a couple of dozen parliamentary aides. on wednesday evening, the prime minister sacked one of his oldest allies who d told him to go. another, who d accepted promotion from him just the night before, deserted his cause. mrjohnson insisted the voters had given him a mandate to govern and he would do just that. some feared he was considering a fresh appeal to the nation by calling a general election. a prime minister who d dissolved parliament once when he couldn t get his way might do so again. in fact, come thursday lunch time, borisjohnson decided he had to go. he announced his resignation blaming not himself but the herd instinct of his party. when time is up for tory leaders, they are visited by the men in grey suits , political grandees. the verdict in the dateline studio is delivered
instinct of his party. when time is up for tory leaders, they are visited by the men in grey suits , political grandees. the verdict in the dateline studio is delivered by men and women with grey hairs, with decades of experience between them of writing and broadcasting about the uk. janet daley s weekly column appears in the sunday telegraph, a source of succur to british conservatives. though he hails from the country which hosts the european union, the belgian economist marc roche who writes for le point in france shared boris johnson s enthusiasm for brexit. and thomas kielinger has been explaining the british to his fellow germans for a quarter of a century, having first lived here in the 1960s. a warm welcome to all of you, you have seen so many british prime ministers come in a blaze of optimism and glory or force ministers come in a blaze of optimism and glory orforce majeure, because they ve succeeded some nails who has gone, and then you ve seen them and, sadly, as i thi
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