Lessons from the UK on prime ministers and political accountability


Kenneth Cheng Chee Kin

Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson is the architect of his rise to power and fall from grace, enjoying the support of MPs and feeling their subsequent wrath. – AFP pic, July 10, 2022.

ON July 7, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson finally succumbed to immense political pressure and announced his resignation outside 10 Downing Street.

Aside from John Major, who was comprehensively defeated by Tony Blair’s New Labour in 1997, it is interesting to note that most Tory prime ministers in recent history have suffered a similar fate of betrayal and revolt from within their own party, forcing them to stand down.


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