City of London as UK PM Johnson clings onto power
By Reuters
07 July 2022 |
10:59 am
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was clinging to power on Wednesday, gravely wounded by the resignation of ministers who said he was not fit to govern and with a growing number of lawmakers calling for him to go.
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