Johnson poised to make explosive resignation speech to MPs
Boris Johnson is poised to make a potentially explosive resignation statement to MPs, nine days after quitting as Foreign Secretary.
Many MPs believe it could be as spectacular and dramatic as that of Sir Geoffrey Howe in 1990, which brought about the downfall of Margaret Thatcher.
Mr Johnson was spotting approaching the Chair and seeking the permission of the Commons Speaker, John Bercow, during one of the votes on the Government's latest Brexit legislation, the Trade Bill.
He has opted to make a formal resignation statement, as he is entitled to do under parliamentary convention, rather than speak in a Commons debate, as David Davis who also quit the Cabinet over Brexit chose to do on Monday.
That way, again according to Parliamentary convention, the former fore...
