Boris Johnson. File photoMOSCOW, July 6British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has fired Housing and Utilities Minister Michael Gove, Sky News reported, citing a source.»Boris Johnson fired Housing and Utilities Minister Michael Gove Gove, who previously … told the prime minister to resign,» the channel said. Last week, it became known that the former British Deputy Foreign Secretary for European and US Affairs, Christopher Pincher, had previously staged a drunken brawl in a London club. A number of politicians claimed that Boris Johnson appointed Pincher to the post of deputy coordinator of the Conservative parliamentary faction, although he knew about his not perfect past. Johnson apologized and admitted that, «looking back, he did the wrong thing,» however, the recognition was followed by a series of resignations due to distrust of the prime minister. In less than a day, more than 30 members of the government left their posts, including the heads of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Health .
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