BREAKING: British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, announces resignation

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it had been an ‘immense privilege’ to serve as Prime Minister and thanked the British public for the privilege to serve.

He said: “Above all, I want to thank you, the British public, for the immense privilege that you have given me and I want you to know that from now on until the new prime minister is in place, your interests will be served and the Government of the country will carry on.

“Being Prime Minister is an education in itself. I have travelled to every part of the United Kingdom and in addition to the beauty of our natural world I have found so many people possessed of such boundless British originality and so willing to tackle old problems in news ways that I know that even if things seem dark now, our future together is golden.

“Thank you all very much. Thank you.”

Details later.