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‘Bye Bye Boris’ – crowds boo PM Johnson as he resigns

By Reuters
08 July 2022   |   1:28 pm
A crowd playing music and singing "Bye Bye Boris" gathered outside Downing Street on Thursday (July 7) to boo British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he announced he would step down.

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