<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Johnson" id="mwAVM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a> announces his resignation as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leader_of_the_Conservative_Party_(UK)" id="mwAVQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)">leader of the Conservative Party</a> following days of pressure from the Members of Parliament (MPs) during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_2022_United_Kingdom_government_crisis" id="mwAVU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis">July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis</a>.<sup about="#mwt34" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-4"}}' id="cite_ref-4" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./July_7#cite_note-4" id="mwAVY" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAVc">[4]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-4"><cite about="#mwt31" class="citation web cs1" id="mwBgY"><a class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62076257" id="mwBgc" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Boris Johnson resigns: It is painful to leave Downing Street, says PM"</a>. <i id="mwBgg">BBC News</i>. 7 July 2022.</cite><span about="#mwt31" class="Z3988" id="mwBgk" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=BBC+News&amp;rft.atitle=Boris+Johnson+resigns%3A+It+is+painful+to+leave+Downing+Street%2C+says+PM&amp;rft.date=2022-07-07&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk-politics-62076257&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJuly+7"></span></span>