UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces two high-stakes encounters in parliament on Wednesday after his government was rocked by the shock departures of two senior ministers.
Rishi Sunak resigned as finance minister, and Sajid Javid as health secretary on Tuesday night. Both said they could no longer tolerate the culture of scandal that has stalked Johnson for months.
The exits of Sunak and Javid were announced minutes after the prime minister apologised for appointing a senior Conservative, who quit last week after he was accused of drunkenly groping two men.Days of shifting explanations had followed the resignation of deputy chief whip Chris Pincher. Downing Street at first denied Johnson knew of prior allegations against Pincher when appointing him in February.
The resignations dominated British newspaper front pages. Under the headline"Johnson on the brink," The Times said the"apparently coordinated" move"dealt a potentially fatal blow to the prime minister". Other cabinet members including Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Defence Secretary Ben Wallace -- two likely contenders for the leadership -- continue to back Johnson, aides said.Jacob Rees-Mogg, a doggedly loyal cabinet ally, dismissed the resignations as"little local difficulties".
"I believe these standards are worth fighting for and that is why I am resigning," Sunak wrote to Johnson.He wrote that the prime minister's survival in last month's no-confidence vote gave him the opportunity to show"humility, grip and new direction". Pincher's departure from the whips' office -- charged with enforcing party discipline and standards -- marked yet another allegation of sexual misconduct by Tories in recent months.
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