英國前首相強森在看到「宴會門」調查報告後，辭去下院議員職務。以他的年齡，大概東山再起的機會不大。跟可能要吃牢飯的川普比起來，這位老兄算幸運了。

俗話說：「不是不報，時候未到」；這雖然是小老百姓自(我安)慰的話，但證諸政治和社會新聞，它們發生的機率畢竟不等於零。喜歡走夜路的人，當然不用擔心會碰到吊死鬼；但好死不死碰上個亂開車的醉鬼倒也不無可能。


Boris Johnson Resigns From Parliament

The former prime minister quit after getting a confidential report about whether he had lied to lawmakers about lockdown-breaking parties.

Stephen Castle and Mark Landler, 06/09/23

Britain’s former prime minister, Boris Johnson, abruptly resigned his parliamentary seat on Friday, another dramatic twist in the career of one of the country’s most flamboyant and divisive politicians.

Mr. Johnson has been under investigation from a committee of the House of Commons that was looking into whether he had lied to Parliament over lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street during the Covid-19 pandemic.

On Friday, having received a confidential copy of their findings, he accused the committee of attempting to drive him out, adding: “They have still not produced a shred of evidence that I knowingly or recklessly misled the Commons.”

The committee had the power to recommend a sanction that could have led to Mr. Johnson being forced into an election to hold onto his constituency just outside London — a contest he might well have lost.

Instead, the former prime minister pre-empted that prospect by quitting. His decision means that there will now be a by-election in the constituency, but one he says he will not contest.

Mr. Johnson had made little secret of his ambition to win back the job of prime minister, and holding a seat in Parliament is a prerequisite of doing so. But it remained unclear whether this was a permanent departure from the House of Commons for Mr. Johnson, who once before resigned a seat to become London mayor, then returned to represent a different constituency.