Irish Examiner view: Out of the frying pan, into the fire?

The performance of the UK prime minister, throughout yesterday, once again laid bare his narcissism in all its tawdry glory.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Secretary of State for Levelling Up Michael Gove (left), who Johnson fired after Gove requested the PM to resign.

Boris Johnson was never going to go easily — he thrives on chaos.

The succession of cabinet ministers and MPs who called for him to do the honourable thing throughout an extraordinary day in British politics yesterday must remember that it was a raw lust for power that got him into the position in the first place — remember his unquenchable thirst to stay in the job, whatever that entails.