Them's the breaks

Boris Johnson said he plans to remain on as Prime Minister until a replacement is elected.

That evening, Mr Johnson gave an interview in which he apologised for making the appointment saying it “was a mistake” and “in hindsight, the wrong thing to do”. But thems the breaks" says Johnson “At Westminster, the herd instinct is powerful and when the herd moves, it moves,” he said. He noted that he tried and failed to persuade his Cabinet it would be “eccentric” to change prime minister at the current time. He thanked the people that voted Tory in the last election and claimed the reason he fought so long to remain in office was because “I thought it was my job, my duty and my obligation to you”. Earlier, opposition parties in the UK warned that they would table a vote of no confidence if he tried to “cling on” as “caretaker” PM.