Boris Johnson resigns. Now what?
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 13 June 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
The immediate events that led to Boris Johnson’s resignation as an MP last week began with a phone call from The Times. A total of three Tory MPs have now quit parliament. So with three challenging by-elections round the corner, what does it all mean for Rishi Sunak and the Conservatives as the next election creeps ever closer?
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| 0:00.0 | It has, by any measure, been an extraordinary few days in Westminster. |
| 0:13.0 | You know, the last thing I would want to do would be to cause a violation in my constituency. |
| 0:19.0 | The Dean Doris is standing down as a Conservative MP with immediate effect. |
| 0:24.0 | Something significant did happen to change my mind. |
| 0:28.0 | Doris Johnson is going to stand down. He's quitting as an MP. |
| 0:34.0 | The time says that the Commons Privileges Committee has concluded that Mr Johnson did mislead Parliament. |
| 0:40.0 | A scathing attack on those investigating him over partigate. |
| 0:45.0 | He labelled the committee a kangaroo court and claimed he was a victim of a witch hunt. |
| 0:50.0 | And now we have a third, Nigel Adams. |
| 0:54.0 | So this is beginning to look like a coordinated campaign of resignations. |
| 1:01.0 | But Boris Johnson asked me to do something that I wasn't prepared to do because I didn't think it was right. |
| 1:14.0 | You're listening to stories of our times from the times and the Sunday times. I'm Manviem Ronner. |
| 1:21.0 | Today Boris Johnson resigns now what? |
| 1:28.0 | I'm Laura Spiritt and I am the Times' red box reporter. |
| 1:32.0 | And Laura on Friday evening Westminster was shocked Boris Johnson resigns. |
| 1:39.0 | That resignation is now being linked to two big political stories. |
| 1:44.0 | The investigation by the Privileges Committee into the party gates scandal. |
| 1:48.0 | And also his honours list. |
| 1:51.0 | So let's start with that. Let's start with the honours list. |
| 1:54.0 | Take me back to Thursday night. |
| 1:57.0 | This is the start of days of psychodrama for the Tory party. |
| 2:01.0 | One of our colleagues, Steve Swinford, political editor of the Times, made a phone call. |
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