welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. here in the uk, the government of borisjohnson is in a state of high turmoil after two of his most senior ministers resigned within minutes of one another. chancellor of the exchequer, finance minister rishi sunak quit saying that the public expected the government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously . the health secretary sajid javed stood down, saying the public considered the tory government to be neither popular nor competent. they were followed by a number of more junior resignations. mrjohnson has been accused of making several misleading statements, most recently about the behaviour of a colleague accused of sexual misconduct. downing street has announced that former education secretary nadim zahawi will become the uk s new finance minister. and former brexit secretary steve barclay takes the post
those who know mrjohnson say his leadership style has caused many of the problems. his own peculiar, distinctive unusual way of doing business, which is to proceed by impulse and intuition. and if you re in there and you re an advisor or a minister, you re with a guy who says he s given you a decision but then may well change his mind. have you been honest, prime minister? some colleagues don t think mrjohnson will ever resign, but no one s ruling out another scandal if he stays. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. vicki young, the bbc s political editor, said some ministers are still unhappy and junior ministers she spoke to have a decided whether they will stay. i ve been speaking to the editor of 0penmedia and former political correspondent at the independent and the independent
on ethics and standards. a few months ago, mrjohnson promised that a new team in number 10 would sort things out, but then came a chaotic response to allegations about chris pincher ministers sent out to deliver lines that kept changing. those who know mrjohnson say his leadership style has caused many of the problems. his own peculiar, distinctive unusual way of doing business, which is to proceed by impulse and intuition. and if you re in there and you re an advisor or a minister, you re with a guy who says he s given you a decision but then may well change his mind. have you been honest, prime minister? some colleagues don t think mrjohnson will ever resign, but no one s ruling out another scandal if he stays. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. to the us now, where prosecutors in the state of illinois say the suspect in monday s mass shooting
of each other, saying they could no longer serve under the prime minister, and that the public expected the government to be, conducted properly, competently and seriously. it follows the unravelling of the official account of what the prime minister knew about the case of chris pincher the former minister accused of sexual misconduct. mrjohnson s given no hint he s considering his own position, with downing street announcing he s appointed nadhim zahawi as the new chancellor. and steve barclay becomes the new heath secretary for england. we start our coverage of the day s tumultuous events with this report from our political editor, chris mason. are we good? not according to the man on the right. sitting next to the prime minister this morning, the then chancellor rishi sunak. a penny for his thoughts. we didn t need to wait long. in a letter to boris johnson, mr sunak said.
decisions to be taken about tax and so on, and if you can t trust the motivation behind those decisions, because you feel that they re being taken in order to shore up this mp s support or that mp s support, i just don t think that is a sustainable way of running a government. any other leader would have resigned by now. but despite the growing opposition on his own side, mrjohnson hasn t resigned. the vote in favour of having confidence in borisjohnson as leader was 211 votes and the vote against was 148 votes. in fact, he called that a new mandate from his mps. there are signs, though, that previous conservative voters don t quite see it like that. this is what the people of tiverton and honiton have said. huge by election defeats at the hands of the liberal democrats have made tory mps nervous. thank you very much. mrjohnson even lost his advisor