The UK’s former justice secretary said the Conservative party must “end this farce” as more than 40 government ministers resigned in a bid to oust Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
“If the writing wasn’t on the wall last night, I’m afraid it’s very clearly written on the wall this morning,” Sir Robert Buckland told Sky News on Thursday. “The prime minister . . . has no choice but to leave office.
“This is now an unreal situation,” he said. “It’s just absurd and we need to end this farce now.”
Buckland’s comments came as the ministerial resignations continued on Thursday, with Northern Ireland secretary Brandon Lewis becoming the latest high profile departure.
Others to resign on Thursday included Treasury minister Helen Whately, security minister Damian Hines, science minister George Freeman, pensions minister Guy Opperman, courts minister James Cartlidge, and Chris Philp, minister for technology and the digital economy.
“There’s one word I’m afraid that [Johnson] needs to listen to which is ‘go’,” said Buckland.
The former justice secretary said a new prime minister could be in office within “a period of six weeks or so”.
“I think the parliamentary votes could be held before the end of this term, and then if there needs to be a membership ballot that could be done in August and we could have a new leader in September,” he said.
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