Boris Johnson, British Prime Minister announced his resignation in a heartfelt message just after less than three years of being in office.
Boris Johnson reading his resignation letter described the news as “No one in politics is remotely indispensable.”
Mr Johnson also expressed his gratitude to the millions of people who voted Conservative at the last election and said the reason he fought so long to remain in office was that “I thought it was my job, my duty and my obligation to you”, he said this while speaking from Downing Street.
According to him, he tried on several occasions to persuade his cabinet it would be “eccentric” to change prime minister now, but said “I regret not to have been successful in those arguments” and it was “painful not to see it through”.
With a timetable set out next week, the outgoing Prime Minister also announced that the house has already begun the process to elect a new leader.
Meanwhile, the outgoing UK Prime Minster will serve until a new leader is duly elected to replace him.
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Addressing the public, Boris Johnson said: “I want you to know how sad I am to be giving up the best job in the world, but them’s the breaks.”
Sky News reports that there had been intense pressure on the PM to quit after more than 50 resignations from the government payroll, and waves of backbenchers appealing for him to go.
