later. i think we can speak to the journalist christopher hope now, which just should be setting up journalist christopher hope now, whichjust should be setting up his line. firstly, what is your reaction? is that the face of your reaction? is that the face of your reaction? fair enough! on the way home we hear he has resigned on the way home we hear he has resigned from parliament. governments were given zero notice of their governments were given zero notice of their so governments were given zero notice of their so it governments were given zero notice of their so it was told in the what s of their so it was told in the what s up of their so it was told in the what s up as. i understand boris johnson what s up as. i understand boris johnson is what s up as. i understand boris johnson is known africa. he s not in the uk johnson is known africa. he s not in the uk to johnson is known africa. he s not in the uk to wipe up this mess. he wants the uk to wipe u
appointed a new cabinet, but sir keir starmer has said he must step down immediately or labour will try to bring a no confidence vote in parliament. he needs to go completely none of this nonsense about clinging on for a few months. he s inflicted lies, fraud and chaos in the country. we ll have all the latest reaction from here in westminster as well as from our correspondents and voters around the uk. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. borisjohnson has resigned as conservative leader. despite him saying only last night that he would stay in office, more cabinet level and minister resignations piled on the pressure, and around 9am this morning, the bbc learned that he would step down. but he would not step down as prime minister, he would stay on in office until autumn when a successor is chosen. within the last half hour, the prime minister made a statement outside downing street. let s hear what he said. in the last few days, i ve tried to persuade my co
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drakeford. he said the uk needed a stable government so this was the right thing to do. it has also been welcomed by welsh conservatives, at least those willing to speak to members of the press. it s been a very fast turn over in less than 2a hours. the welsh secretary simon hart was until late last night seen as a borisjohnson royalist but he triggered a second wave of cabinet resignations last night. he has been replaced by robert buckland, is a man who was sacked by borisjohnson last year as the justice secretary. although he was born in wales and worked in wales as a lawyer, he is not a welsh mp. ordinarily that might ruffle some feathers but i think may see him as a bit of a caretaker in that position. the leader of the welsh conservatives, again a big fan of borisjohnson until very recently, has been in praising his legacy. out of that within the 2090 general election, winning seats like wrexham and bridgend, taking them from the hands
the prime minister who has been put on notice. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, downing street. so how did the liberal democrats deliver such a huge political upset in north shropshire and how much can we read into the result? 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth has been out speaking to voters in the constituency. as the sun came up, north shropshire awoke to a new political landscape. liberal democrats, 17,957. cheering and applause. this solid tory turf had been shaken. by mid morning, the lib dems victor had arrived to much fanfare. they threw everything at this, pitching themselves as the challengers, which paid off and as they celebrated, onlookers contemplated what had happened and why. i am not a big fan of borisjohnson. he has disappointed all of us. not everyone was thrilled that the conservatives had lost. it is very sad when you think that they have held it for 200 years. i