The British leader, who announced his intention to step down two months ago, is expected to meet the Queen late in the morning at her Balmoral home to begin the transfer of power to Liz Truss, the Associated Press reports.
Truss, who was named leader of the ruling Conservative Party on Monday, will be named prime minister during her meeting with the Queen shortly thereafter.
Speaking outside 10 Downing Street, Johnson said his policies gave the country the economic strength to help people weather the energy crisis before he signed off on his usual rant.
“I’m like one of those booster rockets that did its job,” Johnson said before getting into the car and leaving the gates of Downing Street for the last time as prime minister. Invisibly spray water in a remote and mysterious corner of the Pacific Ocean. ”
This is the first time the power has been handed over at Balmoral, the king’s summer resort in Aberdeenshire, and not at Buckingham Palace in London. The ceremony was moved to Scotland to ascertain the schedule as the 96-year-old Queen had problems with mobility that forced palace officials to make decisions about her travel on a daily basis.
Truss, 47, takes office a day after 172,000 Conservative Party members elected her to lead their party.
On Tuesday afternoon, she is expected to deliver her first speech as leader of a nation of 67 million people worried about rising energy bills and a looming winter of recession and labor unrest. These problems have been exacerbated over the past two months because Johnson has had no power to make major political decisions after announcing his plan to step down.
Speaking to Tory members on Monday, Truss promised to “make” the economy, the energy crisis and the battered healthcare system, though she offered few details about her policies. On Sunday, Truss promised to reveal her plans to tackle the cost-of-living crisis within a week.
FKN