Could Boris Johnson return to No. 10 Downing Street?

 

[VIDEO] Boris Johnson resigned as British Prime Minister earlier in September to give way to the now outgoing Prime Minister Liz Truss. I was already hearing quick news reports of the past week which showed that her gov't was fracturing with resignations from her cabinet. It showed a lack of confidence in her leadership and I was wondering at what point will she resign.

Now that she has departed as not only Prime Minister also as Conservative Party leader, now the whole race to replace the outgoing leader begins anew. Remember there was a no-confidence vote of PM Johnson before he ultimately resigned although he succeeded in that vote. Of course whatever was going on in his prime ministership still continued until he resigned. And then PM Truss was rocked by her own issues.

So what could happen next? Well assuming that there is no general election called to determine who will control the British gov't for at least the next five years, the Conservative Party will have to choose a new leader. And in spite of what happened during the past two months one of those potential new Conservative Leader and PM is Boris Johnson. He may get another administration.

As you can see British politics is much different than ours. It would be unheard of for a President to resign if he doesn't have the confidence of his party or even his own gov't. We have fixed terms so we know when the next election will be and no higher authority is expected to call an election. We know that every two years we vote for US Reps and every six years we vote for US Senators and every four years we vote for POTUS.

That Westminster system that predominates over there in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland seems like such a beast! And think about this, the late Queen Elizabeth II appointed Truss as PM not that long before her death. Now her successor King Charles III will soon have to appoint the new PM.