Boris Johnson used a lengthy statement to defend his legacy as he prepared to leave office as British prime minister.
On the final day before British lawmakers leave Westminster for the summer break, Mr Johnson said he was “proud of our record” and promised his administration would “continue to deliver in our final weeks”.
Either foreign minister Liz Truss or former finance minister Rishi Sunak will be elected as Conservative Party leader on September 5th, the day the UK Parliament returns from its summer recess, after Mr Johnson was forced out following a revolt against his leadership.
He used a written ministerial statement, usually used for important official announcements, to set out his government’s achievements on areas including Brexit, the response to Covid-19 to support for Ukraine.
Mr Johnson said the statement, which stretched to more than 2,500 words, “puts on record why the millions of people who voted Conservative in 2019, many for the first time, were right to place their trust in me and in this Conservative Government”.
As he prepared, reluctantly, to leave office, Mr Johnson said: “I know that the Conservative Government that follows after us will do what its predecessors have always done and meet the challenges of the day by serving the British people.”
