BBCNEWS Dateline London July 7, 2024
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 wouldnt, along with a couple of dozen parliamentary aides. on wednesday evening, the prime minister sacked one of his oldest allies whod told him to go. another, whod 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 th...
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