In a televised address outside Downing St, the outgoing prime minister said "I am like one of those booster rockets that has fulfilled its function".
He and his successor Liz Truss will now travel to Balmoral in Scotland where Johnson will offer his resignation to the Queen who will then appoint Truss as the new PM.
What has this dude been smoking? Whatever it was, it was pretty strong. – © Mark Alexander
