UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he had tried to persuade his cabinet it would be "eccentric" to change prime minister now but added: "I regret not to have been successful in those arguments. At Westminster, the herd instinct is powerful and when the herd moves, it moves."
Report informs, citing Sky News, that addressing the British public, he added: "I want you to know how sad I am to be giving up the best job in the world, but them's the breaks."
Speaking from Downing Street, he thanked the millions of people who voted Conservative at the last election and said the reason he fought so long to remain in office was because "I thought it was my job, my duty and my obligation to you".
Mr. Johnson said he was "immensely proud of the achievements of this government", pointing towards finalizing Brexit, its handling of the pandemic, and the roll of vaccines, adding it was "painful not to see it through".