Brexit Leader Boris Johnson Rules Out Bid To Be Next British Prime Minister

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LONDON, June 30 (Reuters) - Former London mayor Boris Johnson, favorite to become Britain’s prime minister, abruptly pulled out of the race on Thursday, upending the contest less than a week after leading the campaign to take the country out of the EU

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[sugartitty]

I don't envy the person who becomes the next PM and has to deal with this dumpster fire.

[roseembolism]

Nobody wants to be the PM who actually pushes the button. My odds are on May developing a severe illness or family emergency.

[eldvno]

This is getting more ridiculous every day, and by ridiculous, I mean worse.

I don't think anyone thought Johnson would be good, but I also think most people are shocked by this announcement. At this point, even the most involved journalists and politicians have no idea who is actually going to step up.

I honestly, HONESTLY believe that the Leave campaign "knew" they were not going to win, so much of what happened in the weeks/days before the vote suggested low-key self sabotage. I truly believe they just wanted to "send a message" and then use the vote to gain more traction in the UK gov and EU. Now that they have won, pretty much everyone who supported Leave is going, "fuck fuck fuck fuck" and has no idea what to do next.

[scolaro]

Agreed. It very much looks that way.

[shadwing]

Ditto, they wanted a 'political statement' welp THEY GOT ONE!

[lozbabie]

There S an amazing video going round, with that Downfall meme. And that's pretty much the gist of it. No one expected leave to win.

[fenchurchly]

This is absolutely insane.