Boris johnson seemed to have a gift for surviving scandal through charm, temporization, prevarication and sheer shamelessness. But in the end, it wasn't enough. It's been agonizing 36 hours since cabinet ministers first resigned. Those resignations were precipitated by yet another scandal, this time over mister johnson's promotion of an m p accused of sexual misconduct. The end of his premiership comes stark contrast to the exuberance of his election victory in 20 19.