Boris Johnson today promised unswerving support for his successor Liz Truss, as he left Downing Street for the final time as British prime minister to tender his resignation.
Johnson, whose tenure was dominated by Brexit, Covid and cut short by scandal, bade farewell to cheers and applause from supporters before heading for an audience with Queen Elizabeth II.
In a typical rhetorical flourish, he likened himself to “one of those booster rockets that has fulfilled its function” and would splash down “in a remote and obscure corner of the Pacific”.
