Boris Johnson

2022 - 9 - 6

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Live updates: Boris Johnson, Liz Truss to see queen in U.K. prime ... (The Washington Post)

Britain will rely on time-honored traditions today as power is transferred from Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Liz Truss.

Where will he live next? What will he do? Where will Johnson fly off to next?

'We will come out stronger': Boris Johnson delivers farewell speech ... (The Guardian)

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.

What will Boris Johnson do next? Surely not a return to No 10 … (The Guardian)

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.”

Boris Johnson gives final speech as British PM, urges colleagues to ... (ABC News)

Boris Johnson gives his last speech as British prime minister, urging his Conservative colleagues to get behind their choice to replace him, Liz Truss.

"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, the baton will be handed over in what has unexpectedly turned out to be a relay race. Mr Johnson said he would be "handing the baton" to Ms Truss, in what the outgoing prime minister described as "an unexpected relay race". Liz Truss has been sworn in as Britain's 56th prime minister after travelling to Scotland and asking the Queen to form government.

UK's Boris Johnson says farewell, for now (The Canberra Times)

In what was a typically bombastic speech, Britain's outgoing prime minister pointedly took aim at those lawmakers in his Conservative Party he blames for ...

"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".

Queen accepts Boris Johnson's resignation (The West Australian)

Boris Johnson has proferred his resignation as British prime minister to the Queen at her Balmoral Castle.

She confronts the latest crisis to buffet Britain with a weaker political hand than many of her predecessors after she defeated rival Rishi Sunak in a vote of Conservative Party members with a smaller margin of victory than expected She is set to meet the Queen who will ask her to form a new government. The Queen has accepted Boris Johnson's resignation as British prime minister during a meeting at her Balmoral Castle in Scotland, a