UK PM Boris Johnson clings on despite clamour for his resignation

With a BBC report that a group of his most senior ministers were poised to tell Johnson to quit and govt resignations rising to over 30, some questioned wisdom of Johnson trying to ride out the storm

A group of Boris Johnson's senior ministers were set to tell him to resign as British prime minister on Wednesday, media reports said, after he insisted he would not quit in the face of a mounting rebellion in his party.

With a BBC report that a group of his most senior ministers were poised to tell Johnson to quit and government resignations rising to more than 30, some questioned the wisdom of Johnson trying to ride out the storm, wondering out loud whether there was anyone left to fill the sudden influx of vacancies.

Despite being all but fatally wounded, Johnson said