Church of England: why the archbishop’s resignation isn’t justice for abuse survivors: Justin Welby resigned as archbishop of Canterbury following a damning report about a prolific child abuser in the Church of England. The report into decades of abuse of more than 100 boys perpetrated by the barrister John Smyth QC in the UK, South …
Humza Yousaf, Scotland’s departing first minister, and the art of the resignation speech: Humza Yousaf’s resignation as first minister of Scotland was, in the end, expected, after a chain of events made his position untenable. It was trailed from early in the morning that he would be resigning, so when he finally addressed the media …
Mark Drakeford: what the resignation of Wales’ first minister means for the country and the Labour party: This week, Mark Drakeford announced his resignation as Wales’ first minister after five years as leader. Back in 2018, Drakeford built his leadership bid on a platform of “21st-century socialism”. As the manifesto reveals, the mantra was rooted …
Boris Johnson resignation: why Rishi Sunak can’t afford to lose more than one of three impending byelections: The turmoil in the Conservative party unleashed by Boris Johnson’s abrupt resignation from parliament has triggered three separate byelections. The first is in the former prime minister’s London seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip, where he had a …
Nicola Sturgeon resignation: the unanswered questions for Scotland and the SNP she leaves behind: When Jacinda Ardern resigned as New Zealand’s prime minister a few weeks ago, Nicola Sturgeon assured voters she still had plenty left in the tank. Yet apparently, Scotland’s first minister had been thinking about her own future for some time. She …
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Jacinda Ardern resignation has people wondering when to quit – but that’s the wrong way to think about burnout: Alexandros Michailidis / Shutterstock Jacinda Ardern’s resignation as New Zealand prime minister has sparked discussions about burnout and when is the “right time” to leave a job. Some have written admirably about Ardern’s decision to leave, …
Resignation honours: what are they, why are they so controversial and can the system ever be changed?: Time for a quick quiz. What links Nadine Dorries, lockdown-rule-flouting London mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey and David Ross, a Tory donor embroiled in a scandal after funding a prime ministerial holiday to Mustique. If you answered, “They are …
Liz Truss: what happened in the night of Westminster chaos that triggered the PM’s resignation?: Many factors combined to cause Liz Truss’s demise but it was a night of chaos in the British parliament that triggered her resignation. Events in the House of Commons on October 19 made it clear that the prime minister had …
Italian government collapse: the political chess moves behind Mario Draghi’s resignation: Political instability in Italy is nothing new – the country has had 67 governments in less than 75 years. Its politicians are often shortsighted, moved by special interests and career concerns, rather than by the common good. This is what’s behind the collapse of …
Boris Johnson resignation: how the prime minister’s tumultuous week played out: Michael Tubi / Shutterstock After weathering numerous storms that would have sunk others, Boris Johnson’s time as prime minister comes to an ignoble end, mired in scandal and having lost the support of nearly all his MPs. The resignation didn’t come out of nowhere …
Boris Johnson breaks from his party in bitter resignation speech – what he said and what he really meant: Having apparently delayed the inevitable for as long as he could, Boris Johnson finally took to a podium outside 10 Downing Street on July 7 to say he would be stepping down as leader of the …
Boris Johnson’s nightmare day: how to read between the lines in resignation letters from government ministers: Over the course of an extraordinary 24 hours, dozens of Conservative MPs have written to Boris Johnson to announce their resignation from his government following multiple scandals. Many of these letters were published on social media for all to …
Boris Johnson’s leadership: the moral contagion can only be stopped with his resignation: UK Government What is the difference between taking responsibility and bearing responsibility? The former is what the prime minister, Boris Johnson, keeps telling us he is doing. But the latter is what Sue Gray says senior figures at the heart of government …
The truth about the ‘great resignation’ – who changed jobs, where they went and why: 'Cant wait to reach my new cage.' eamesBot The great resignation is a buzzphrase that first appeared in May 2021, and has struck fear into the hearts of employers ever since. Coined in the US, the term refers to the unprecedented …
South Africa in the news: Platinum Group Metals Ltd. Reports Resignation of Board Member Enoch Godongwana Following Appointment as South Africa’s Minister of Finance: Platinum Group Metals Ltd. reports that on ust 5, 2021, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed Mr. Enoch Godongwana as South Africa’s Minister of Finance. As a result, Mr. Godongwana has …
Peru ‘coup’: public fury forces resignation of interim president leaving dangerous power vacuum: Peru is in deep crisis. The week-long regime of interim president Manuel Merino has been brought crashing down in the face of mass protests by tens of thousands of angry protesters. Three people were killed and dozens injured throughout the week when …
Ruth Davidson resignation: where does it leave Scottish Conservatives – and the Union?: Few could have foreseen that a young, gay, working-class woman would transform the fortunes of the Conservative party in Scotland when she became leader eight years ago. But that’s exactly what Ruth Davidson did. Almost singlehandedly, she is responsible for her party’s …