https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/07/07/uk-prime-minister-boris-johnson-resigns-after-mutiny-in-his-party/ > Boris Johnson has resigned following a rebellion in his Conservative Party and said in an address to the nation that the process of choosing a new prime minister “should begin now.” > “It is clearly now the will of the parliamentary Conservative Party that there should be a new leader of that party and therefore, a new prime minister,” said Johnson.