{"id":368769,"date":"2018-07-10T09:15:04","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T08:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/johnson-resignation-piles-pressure-on-pm-twitter-erupts-rt-uk-news\/"},"modified":"2018-07-10T09:15:04","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T08:15:04","slug":"johnson-resignation-piles-pressure-on-pm-twitter-erupts-rt-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/johnson-resignation-piles-pressure-on-pm-twitter-erupts-rt-uk-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson resignation piles pressure on PM, Twitter erupts \u2014 RT UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Boris Johnson has resigned as foreign secretary in protest at Theresa May\u2019s post-Brexit trade deal. It risks plunging the Tory government into a full-blown crisis as he\u2019s the third minister to resign in 24 hours.<\/p>\n

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Johnson abandoned his ministerial role after reportedly claiming attempts to defend May\u2019s plan \u2013 agreed on Friday during a 12-hour cabinet meeting at her country residence Chequers \u2013 were like \u201cpolishing a turd.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The Brexiteer \u2013 once described by May as an FFS \u2013 a Fine Foreign Secretary \u2013 said he could not promote the Brexit agreement, which would effectively see the UK abiding by EU regulations in order to establish a free trade area between the UK and EU.<\/p>\n

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Politicians come and go but the problems they have created for people remain. I can only regret that the idea of #Brexit<\/a> has not left with Davis and Johnson. But…who knows?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Donald Tusk (@eucopresident) July 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Germany’s Europe minister is waiting for Boris Johnson to turn up at a West Balkans summit the UK insisted on hosting. Embarrassing. https:\/\/t.co\/jwDddM0ZfJ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jeremy Cliffe (@JeremyCliffe) July 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

A Downing Street spokesman said: \u201cThis afternoon, the prime minister accepted the resignation of Boris Johnson as foreign secretary. His replacement will be announced shortly. The prime minister thanks Boris for his work.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

It comes just hours after Housing Minister Dominic Raab was appointed as the successor to Brexit Secretary David Davis who resigned on Sunday night. Davis said it would not be \u201cplausible\u201d for him to deliver the PM\u2019s trade agreement if he did not \u201cbelieve\u201d<\/em> in it, saying it gave \u201caway too much too easily\u201d<\/em> to EU negotiators.<\/p>\n

Johnson\u2019s abrupt departure was largely welcomed by his political rivals on Twitter, while fellow Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage welcomed his stance against the soft Brexit plan.<\/p>\n

In a Facebook post<\/a> about May\u2019s cabinet woes, Russia\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that \u201ceven the British king of political eccentrics didn\u2019t want to stay in the leaky boat.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bye bye Boris. Sources in the FCO tell me they’re breaking out the bunting and the Bolly.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Owen Smith (@OwenSmith_MP) July 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Don’t let anyone fool you, Boris Johnson and David Davis are not principled. They are the two cowardly captains who take the first lifeboat to safety, as the rest of Britain continues full-steam ahead into the oncoming iceberg of Brexit.<\/p>\n

\u2014 David Lammy (@DavidLammy) July 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Boris could literally throw himself in front of a bus to save a child, and his opponents would still accuse him of being opportunistic. He\u2019d never have wanted to resign from one of the great offices of state. That he did so shows how much he cares about respecting the referendum<\/p>\n

\u2014 Zac Goldsmith (@ZacGoldsmith) July 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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