Brexit Brief 135

Boris Johnson has resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. After weeks of rumbling discontent – both from the public and from within his own party – matters appear to have reached a head with the Prime Minister’s handling of the resignation of Deputy Chief Whip Chris Pincher. In addition, the UK’s Northern Ireland Protocol Bill passed a second reading, by 295 votes to 211, sparking intense criticism from policymakers in the EU and Ireland, as well as from many politicians in the House of Commons.