Outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised on Tuesday to lend his “strong support” to Liz Truss, who will succeed him, during his last speech as head of government.
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“It’s over friends”, launched Boris Johnson before flying to Balmoral (Scotland) where he will officially present his resignation to Queen Elizabeth II.
In his speech, Boris Johnson, forced to resign in early July after repeated scandals, listed Brexit, vaccination campaign against Covid-19, support for Ukraine in the face of the Russian invasion among the successes of his mandate.
“I will support Liz Truss and her government every step of the way,” he said.
As speculation swirls about his future, Boris Johnson has compared himself to a rocket booster ‘which has served its purpose and will now gently re-enter the atmosphere and fall invisibly into some obscure corner of the Pacific’ .
“And as Cincinnatus,” which served as consul and, some observers have pointed out, finally returned to Rome, “I return to my plan and will offer that government the strongest support.”
Thanking the staff who cared for him and his family and his dog Dylin, Boris Johnson stressed that while the reputedly rambunctious Jack Russell and Downing Street cat Larry “can leave behind their occasional difficulties , the conservative party can too”, after the divisions of the countryside.
Elected on Monday by members of the Conservative Party, Liz Truss, 47, must after the formal resignation of Boris Johnson be charged by the Queen with forming a government.
Liz Truss will be the 15th Prime Minister of Elizabeth II, the fourth of the cat Larry.