FOG BLOG WORLD NEWS LOG: AFTER SCANDALS AND CABINET RESIGNATIONS, BORIS JOHNSON RESIGNS AS U.K. P.M.

British PM Boris Johnson resigns, but will stay on until new leader is chosen Johnson may now face opposition over his plan to serve as caretaker PM for several weeks Boris Johnson said on Thursday he was resigning as Britain's prime minister, bowing to calls from ministerial colleagues and lawmakers in his Conservative Party.

After more than 50 ministers quit and lawmakers said he must go, an isolated and powerless Johnson spoke outside 10 Downing Street and confirmed he would resign.

"The process of choosing that new leader should begin now. And today I have appointed a cabinet to serve, as I will until a new leader is in place," Johnson said.

The Conservatives will now have to elect a new leader, a process which could take weeks or months.

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Johnson admitted it was "painful" not to carry on the work of his government well into the future, with his resignation announcement coming just over two and a half years after he won a resounding victory in a late 2019 election.

"My friends, in politics, no one is remotely indispensable," he said.