U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has lost his majority in the House of Commons, but is pushing ahead with no-deal Brexit plans despite widespread parliamentary opposition.
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's younger brother has quit both as a government minister and a Member of Parliament as Brexit turmoil rocks the administration.
"In recent weeks I've been torn between family loyalty and the national interest - it's an unresolvable tension & time for others to take on my roles as MP & Minister." The prime minister no longer has a majority in the House of Commons after firing 21 M.P.s from the Conservative Party for voting against him in recent days over Brexit.Boris Johnson says he is attempting toBut Parliament voted yesterday to block a no-deal Brexit, seen by many as an economic and political catastrophe that would break up the U.K. and plunge it into a deep recession.
Resignation opens up the possibility that cross-party opposition M.P.s will band together to appoint a caretaker P.M. in charge of a temporary government to steer Britain through its current Brexit impasse.
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