(UTV | UNITED KINGDOM) – Amid a string of resignations, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday told a parliamentary committee that he was not going to resign, and that an election is ‘the last thing the country needs’.
Johnson, whose government has been hit by several scandals, including the party gate controversy during the Covid-19 pandemic, made the statement after more than two dozen MPs resigned over a span of two days.
“I am not going to step down and the last thing this country needs, frankly, is an election,” the UK Prime Minister said, when asked to confirm he would not seek to call an election rather than resign if he lost a vote of confidence.
Senior ministers of Johnson’s government were reportedly geared up to ask Johnson to quit as prime minister, over the latest developments. The process to replace him may take a couple of months.