Why Didn't Boris Johnson Get Fired Before He Quit?
Surprisingly, it wasn’t his long history of diplomatic gaffes that brought down the U.K. foreign secretary.
For a while, it seemed nothing could bring down Boris Johnson. Despite a long history of challenging U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s authority—and an even longer history of diplomatic gaffes—the British foreign secretary proved himself seemingly immune to dismissal.
That is, until he decided to dismiss himself. Citing disagreements over Brexit, Johnson resigned from his post on Monday, following the high-profile resignation of U.K. Brexit Secretary David Davis the day before. Their departures mark the sixth and seventh walk-outs from May’s, and come at a critical juncture in the U.K.’s ongoing negotiations with the European Union over its imminent exit, which will take place in less than nine months.
