Following the quick-fire collapse of the Tory party, Boris Johnson has been pushed to resign from his peers.

The PM made a statement in front of number 10 Down Street today where he will publicly announced his resignation, stating: “It is clearly now the will of the parliamentary Conservative Party that there should be a new leader of the party and therefore a new Prime Minister...

“...I want to thank you, the British public, for the immense privilege that you have given me. “From now on, your interests will be served and the Government of the country will carry on.”

Although resigning as Conservative leader today, it is said he will continue as Prime Minister through to the autumn.

Liberal Democrat MP for Bath, Wera Hobhouse, responds to the resignation telling The Journal: “Make no mistake. There was no honour, no dignity, no pride to be taken in Boris Johnson’s resignation this morning.

“The Prime Minister is a compulsive liar. And though his cronies fell like dominoes over the past two days, each and every one of them who backed him as leader in 2019 must shoulder the blame for the absolute shambles that we, as a country, have had to endure.

“British politics has been dragged through the mud. Whoever and whatever comes next has a mammoth task in restoring our broken reputation.

“Frankly it has been a long time coming. The Prime Minister has shattered public trust in government and will leave a legacy of lies, deceit and law-breaking.”