Daniel McConnell: Boris is going, so it can't get any worse. Can it?

Bilateral relations between Ireland and Britain haven't been so low since the Thatcher years but the Eurosceptics in the Tory party still hold all the power, which doesn't bode well for Ireland

Boris Johnson, the British prime minister, reads a statement outside 10 Downing Street, London, formally resigning as Conservative Party leader.

Even in his exit as British prime minister, Boris Johnson could not manage an ounce of dignity.

Having bowed to the inevitable, rather than go immediately with his empire in flames, the defeated Johnson proposed to remain in office as caretaker until October.