Boris Johnson’s turbulent three-year premiership was nearing its end on Wednesday night after he was urged to quit by a delegation of his closest cabinet allies on a night of chaos in Downing Street.
As his premiership hung by a thread, the UK prime minister retaliated by sacking Michael Gove, one of the ministers who told him to go, in a sign that Johnson intended to go down fighting.
Johnson was warned that unless he stepped down there would be further cabinet resignations, followed by an inevitable humiliating defeat by Tory MPs in a no-confidence vote next week.
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