Boris Johnson resigns as British Prime Minister, will serve until November | FULL

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Boris Johnson announced his resignation as prime minister amid political fallout on Thursday, saying he regretted not being able to stay on.

After days of battling for his job, Johnson was deserted by all but a handful of allies after the latest in a series of scandals broke their willingness to support him.

"Of course, it is painful to not to be able to see through so many ideas and projects," Johnson said at the door of Number 10 Downing Street.

"It is clearly now the will of the parliamentary Conservative Party that there should be a new leader of that party and therefore a new prime minister, and I've agreed with Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of our backbench MPs, that the process of choosing that new leader should begin now and the timetable will be announced next week. And I've today appointed a cabinet to serve, as I will, until the new leader is in place." He added.

Johnson will continue serving as prime minister until a new leader is chosen in November.