Boris Johnson resigns: What next for UK?

<p>After more than 50 MPs’ resigned in a painful 24 hours for Boris Johnson, he’s going, going...gone.</p><p>At about 12.30pm, the ominous Downing Street lectern was carried out into the road, for a speech marking the end of two years and 348 days since Johnson became resident of Britain’s most famous address - the same as Neville Chamberlain.</p><p>And while his innings weren’t as long as Theresa May or David Cameron, he does beat the likes of Gordon Brown and Sir Anthony Eden.</p><p>So what, or who, did for the scandal-ridden PM in the end?</p><p>The knife was certainly twisted by Nadhim Sahawi, who called for Johnson to go just a day after being made Chancellor - with the request made on Treasury-headed notepaper.</p><p>The pound had a small bounce and while the Conservatives seek to anoint a successor, Labour are calling for an election to let the British public decide.</p><p>So, who’s the best person to get our country back on an even keel?</p><p>We’re joined by the Evening Standard’s deputy political editor David Bond and ES columnist Ayesha Hazarika to examine today’s bombshell developments.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>