Politics

Boris Johnson could soon be forced to stand down as prime minister to make way for Jeremy Corbyn

Boris Johnson could soon be forced out of office, in order to make way for Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn to become prime minister. Here's why.

The UK prime minister is currently the leader of a minority government, following the defection of one former Conservative MP to the Liberal Democrats and Johnson's own decision to expel 21 members of his own party.

Johnson's advisers originally believed this would only be temporary and that opposition parties would swiftly vote for a general election, which some polls suggest he would win.
However, the opposition has other ideas and are currently blocking a general election until Brexit has been delayed beyond its current deadline of October 31.