Tuesday, July 5, 2022

"It's over" for Boris Johnson say senior figures in UK's Conservative Party

Former Cabinet secretary Michael Heseltine, who resigned from Margaret Thatcher's government in 1986, says Boris Johnson must now go.


IN:  "This is the end…."

OUT:  "…boil has now burst"

DUR:  22 seconds


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Lord Gavin Barwell was Chief of Staff to former British Prime Minister Theresa May, and says it will be impossible for Boris Johnson to recover from the blows unleashed by the resigning members of his Cabinet on Tuesday.


IN:  “Millions of people….”

OUT:  “….definitely the end”

DUR:  18 seconds


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Andrew Bridgen is a Conservative party lawmaker who has been urging Boris Johnson to resign since January.


He says any member of the Prime Minister’s Cabinet who does not now resign, should be considered ineligible as a future party leader or Prime Minister.


IN:  “Well the next….”

OUT:  “…before now”

DUR:  25 seconds


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Lord Bob Kerslake, the former head of Britain’s Civil Service, says Prime Minister Boris Johnson has presided over an ethical approach to governance in the UK.


IN:  “He simply seems….”

OUT:  “…in this country”

DUR:  38 seconds


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Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says she feels like the end might be near for Prime Minister Boris Johnson after two of his most prominent cabinet ministers resigned.


The SNP's Westminster leader, Ian Blackford, says Scotland will continue to suffer if a Conservative party remains in power and has called for independence.


IN: "This is the end…"

OUT: "...for good."

DUR: 40 seconds


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