Boris Johnson: The former British prime minister who promised to get Brexit done

Mr Johnson led the Conservatives to a landslide election victory in 2019 – but was given a fixed penalty notice over Downing Street lockdown parties and then forced out by his own MPs after three years in office, following a string of scandals.

Boris Johnson makes a speech outside 10 Downing Street (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Boris Johnson has called time on his political career by lambasting a committee of MPs whom he claims were biased and determined to see him go.

Mr Johnson, 58, announced he was stepping down as MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip – and compared the Privileges Committee probe into whether he lied to Parliament over partygate to a “kangaroo court”.