According to reports, Michael Gove was the first cabinet member to confront Boris Johnson earlier on Wednesday and demand that he resigns for the benefit of the Tory party and the nation. 

British scandal-plagued Boris Johnson, the prime minister, made an effort to mount a rear-guard attack against a cabinet and Conservative party mutiny late on Wednesday. He fired a key ally and vowed to “fight on” despite hundreds of cabinet members quitting. 

Johnson’s right-hand man during the 2016 campaign for Britain’s Brexit referendum, Michael Gove, was fired from his position as community’s secretary, demonstrating forcefully that the Conservative leader would not go down without a fight. 

Johnson’s parliamentary private secretary James Duddridge confirmed Gove’s dismissal to Sky News and said, “We’re going to see him coming out fighting.” 

The prime minister is “in high spirits and will battle on,” Duddridge said, adding that Johnson would next week reveal a new plan of attack against the cost-of-living problem that is wreaking havoc on Britain. 

Within a few hours, however, Welsh Secretary Simon Hart resigned from the cabinet, becoming the latest of more than 40 members of the government to do so since late Tuesday. 

Johnson was reportedly confronted by Gove, the first cabinet member, earlier on Wednesday, telling him that he must leave for the sake of the Conservative party and the nation. 

After a protracted questioning by a parliamentary committee, a delegation of other cabinet members awaited Johnson’s arrival at Downing Street to inform him that his time was over. 

The Daily Mail and The Sun, two adamantly pro-Tory publications, as well as other media, said that Johnson had rejected their demands for him to quit despite the danger of additional resignations. 

The Mail’s political editor Jason Groves reported that Boris Johnson had informed cabinet members he would not step down because doing so would result in “chaos” and the Conservatives losing the next election “very certainly.” 

A Major Setback for UK PM Boris Johnson as Ministers Rishi Sunak & Sajid Javid Resign- 

The shocking resignations of Rishi Sunak as finance minister and Sajid Javid as health secretary late on Tuesday, following allegations that Johnson had covered up an alleged sexual assault by a parliamentary ally, set off a turbulent day in Westminster. 

Both stated that the scandalous culture that had followed Johnson for months, including lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street, was intolerable and could no longer be tolerated. 

In a little more than 24 hours, Gove was fired, and 43 ministers and their Tory MP aides resigned, most from lower-level jobs outside the cabinet. 

The resignations of the ministers are a serious blow to Johnson’s leadership and come after a day of intense political drama following the revelation of a former civil servant on the way Downing Street handled the accusations against the recently suspended MP Chris Pincher. 

Johnson emphasized the necessity for “stability government, liking one another as Conservatives, and getting on with our agenda” in parliament. 

Javid, though, pushed other ministers to step down in front of MPs. 

He addressed a silent House of Commons, “The problem starts at the top, and I believe it is not going to change and as a result, it is our obligation as those in authority to bring about the necessary change. 

After he finished speaking, the chamber erupted in cheers of “bye, Boris.” 

Sunak and Javid resigned as Johnson expressed regret for recruiting prominent Conservative MP Chris Pincher as deputy chief whip, only for him to resign last week amid claims that he inappropriately touched two men while intoxicated. 

When given the finance brief, former education secretary Zahawi quickly acknowledged the difficult challenge that lay before.