“We can’t continue the business as usual,” he wrote In a letter To the Prime Minister.
Dowden’s resignation comes just hours after the Conservatives lost seats to the opposition Labor Party and the Liberal Democrats.
The Prime Minister, who is in Rwanda for a meeting of Commonwealth Heads of Government, said: “I am not going to pretend that these are wonderful results. We need to listen and learn. When asked at a news conference if he was abroad, he said he was concerned that critics in his own party were plotting against him.
Johnson has been away from the UK for several days. After the Commonwealth Summit, he travels to Germany for a seven-member delegation and then to Spain for the NATO Summit.
Amid the cost-of-living crisis and the revelation that he and his staff have violated the lawsuit of Govt.
Rishi Sunak, Treasurer, Has tweeted that His support for Johnson. “We are all responsible for the results and I am committed to continuing to work to tackle the cost of living,” he said. Chunak was once considered Johnson’s potential successor, but his stardom has been declining in recent months.
Others, including former Conservative leader Michael Howard, have called for Johnson to resign “for the good of the country.” He told the BBC it was time for the Conservative Party to change its rules to implement the new leadership challenge.
Johnson recently won a cliffhanger No-confidence vote Under his leadership, he was summoned by disgruntled colleagues who wanted to oust him. Under current rules, another vote cannot be called for one year.
Special elections were triggered by the top resignations of two Conservative legislators. Neil Parish of Diverton and Honeyden resigned after being caught watching pornography in the House of Commons. Imran Ahmed Khan, from Wakefield, has been convicted of raping a teenage boy.
Conservatives still dominate the 650-seat council. But with signs of a tactical vote against the Tories and defeats in constituencies of minor importance, the losses will worry the party.
In the south-west of England, with the presence of Diverton and Honeydon, The Liberal Democrats received 53 percent of the vote and the Conservative Party 39 percent. The loss in this area, sometimes referred to as the “blue wall” – Dwerton’s voted conservative for more than a century – raises questions about other conservative sites that are considered more secure.
Ed Davy, leader of the Liberal Democrats, hailed it as “the biggest by-election victory our country has ever seen.” This is the third time in the past year that the Liberal Democrats have seized seats from the Conservatives in areas where the formerly healthy Tory had a majority.
Meanwhile, the main opposition Labor Party won in Wakefield, a former industrial area in the north of the UK – part of a once-determined working-class “red wall” area where Johnson’s Conservatives won with the promise of “Brexit and finish” in 2019. Analysts say voter turnout for the Labor Party is lower than dissatisfaction among Conservative voters. They said there were signs of a Labor-liberal democratic tactical referendum and that it could hurt the Tories if it happened again in the next election.
“Johnson’s problem is not only that he has lost his popularity,” said John Curtis, a professor of politics at the University of Strathclyde. In five special elections since his party won a landslide victory in 2019, it is clear that “opposition voters are ready to vote for whoever can best defeat the Conservatives in the county.” In some cases it is labor; Among others, the Liberal Democrats.
If the election happens today, Curtis said. Polls No party claims that Amoka will win. Major political parties need coalitions to gain majority strength.
“It is very important for the Tory party not to have allies,” he said. “If the Tories can’t get a majority or something like that in the next election, they’re stuffed.”
The next general election is scheduled for January 2025.
