Boris Johnson to resign as UK PM

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By Kate Holton and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) -Boris Johnson will announce his resignation as British Prime Minister on Thursday, a government source said, after he was abandoned by ministers and his Conservative Party’s lawmakers who said he was no longer fit to govern. With eight ministers, including two secretaries of state, resigning in the last two hours, an isolated and powerless Johnson was set to bow to the inevitable and declare his was stepping down later. His Downing Street office confirmed that Johnson would make a statement to the country later. After days of battling for hi…

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