UK minister: 'The world has moved on' from Boris Johnson

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UK minister: 'The world has moved on' from Boris Johnson
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Grant Shapps said that the rest of the country does not miss the drama of his period in office.

Johnson quit parliament late on Friday in protest against an investigation by lawmakers into his conduct as prime minister during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when lockdown- breaking parties were held in Downing Street.

Parliament's privileges committee - the main disciplinary body for lawmakers - had the power to recommend Johnson be suspended from parliament. If the suspension is for more than 10 days, voters in his constituency could have demanded he stood for re-election to continue as their representative. His administration's combative and often chaotic approach to governing and repeated scandals exhausted the goodwill of many of his lawmakers. Opinion polls show he is no longer popular with the public at large.

Johnson's former director of communications Guto Harri told Sky News the former leader had been"hounded" out of politics.

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