Johnson has lost another minister; Northern Ireland Minister Lewis has resigned

British Northern Ireland Minister Brandon Lewis announced his resignation on Thursday, stating that the scandal-plagued government of Boris Johnson has reached a point of no return.

Lewis admitted that in the current situation one cannot “sacrifice one’s personal integrity” to defend the government and that both the Conservative Party and the country deserve better.

Finance Minister Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid reportedly resigned on Tuesday, while more than 30 ministers and other government political officials announced their resignations on Wednesday, showing their dissatisfaction with Johnson’s handling of the various recent scandals.

The Prime Minister’s reputation has been seriously damaged by scandals surrounding parties in Downing Street which were held in breach of Covid-19 restrictions, but on Tuesday Johnson was forced to apologize for forgetting information he had received earlier about former Tory deputy chief constable Chris Pincher. inappropriate behavior.

Pincher was forced to resign last week in response to allegations that he had groped two men at a private club and that Johnson had been informed about it as early as 2019.

On Wednesday evening, several government ministers called on Johnson to resign. Among them were the new Finance Minister Nadim Zahavi, Interior Minister Priti Patel and Transport Minister Grant Shaps.

Johnson rejected the demands of his colleagues and instead of resigning himself, he dismissed the Minister of Housing, Regional Development and Local Self-Government, Michael Gove, who also joined the rebels.

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