Boris Johnson quits as UK lawmaker after being told he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament

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LONDON (AP) — Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson shocked Britain on Friday by quitting as a lawmaker after being told he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament. He departed with a ferocious tirade at his political opponents — and at his successor, Rishi Sunak — that could blast open tensions within the governing Conservative Party.

https://apnews.com/article/boris-johnson-resignation-honors-list-e82c6897b3786e46252190e28ca6686c?

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Scathing report finds Boris Johnson deliberately misled UK Parliament over ‘partygate’

LONDON (AP) — A committee of U.K. lawmakers harshly rebuked former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Thursday, saying he lied to Parliament about lockdown-flouting parties and was complicit in a campaign to intimidate those investigating his conduct during the coronavirus pandemic.

https://apnews.com/article/boris-johnson-partygate-parliament-lockdown-report-84e0990fa7e58bcb488efbf6c6a5d141?

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Dear white Britain: we hate to say we told you so about Boris Johnson – but we told you so

There is a Jamaican nugget of wisdom: “If yu cyaan ’ear, yu mus’ feel.” It translates to “those that don’t hear must feel”: in other words, if you fail to learn from caution you end up learning from consequence.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/19/boris-johnson-black-britons-warned?