The joke wears thin: Boris quits

But the damage from his wrecking ball career seems immutable.

Outgoing U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers his resignation statement outside 10 Downing Street on July 7. Johnson helped give rise to Brexit, sold it to Britons in 2016, and got the keys to 10 Downing Street to finally make the separation with the EU happen. Which he did. But, after only three years, he is giving up as prime minister, writes Les Whittington.Photograph by Tim Hammond courtesy of No 10 Downing Street's Flickr

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

July 13, 2022

OTTAWA—They used to argue in Britain over whether Boris Johnson really favoured Brexit or whether he jumped into the 2016 referendum on the United Kingdom’s future just to promote his own political career. Johnson had seemed ambivalent over the U.K. leaving the European Union up until just befo...

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