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Boris Johnson resigns as leader of Britain's Conservative party, paving the way for the selection of a new prime minister after dozens of ministers quit his scandal hit-government. "It is painful not to be able to see through so many ideas and projects myself" he says outside Downing Street during a resignation statement. SOUNDBITE
Business Insider reports UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has placed himself under self-isolation. The move comes after Conservative MP Lee Anderson, who Johnson spent time with last week, announced he and his wife tested positive for the coronavirus. A Number 10 spokesperson said Johnson 'does not have any symptoms of COVID-19' and is self-isolating. In March, Johnson was hospitalized for ten days for COVID-19. He was moved to intensive care and received oxygen treatment after his symptoms became severe. Currently, Johns Hopkins University reports the UK has over 1.3 million confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.
Former London mayor Boris Johnson wins the Conservative Party leadership contest, defeating Jeremy Hunt by 92,153 votes to 46,656 votes. SOUNDBITE from Co-Chair of the 1922 Committee, Cheryl Gillan
Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) Nigel Farage resigned from his position in London, Monday. He added that a new UKIP leader will be put in place by the party’s autumn conference. As one of the central politicians to lead the Leave campaign in the UK EU referendum, Farage is considered to have been instrumental in using the topic of immigration to push UK voters to withdraw from the union.
Former prime minister Boris Johnson apologises to families of Covid victims, as he began giving evidence at a UK public inquiry into his government's handling of the pandemic. "I am deeply sorry for the pain and the loss and the suffering of those victims and their families," he says at the start of two days in the witness box. Johnson, who has faced a barrage of criticism from his former aides for his indecisiveness and a lack of scientific understanding during the pandemic, is expected to admit that he "unquestionably made mistakes" during two days at the inquiry London. SOUNDBITE
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