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LONDON, June 9 (Reuters) - Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson abruptly quit as a member of parliament on Friday in a furious protest against lawmakers investigating his behaviour, reopening deep divisions in the ruling Conservative Party ahead of a general election expected next year. Johnson had been under investigation by a parliamentary inquiry looking into whether he misled the House of Commons about lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street during the COVID-19 pandemic. After Johnson received a confidential letter from the committee, he accused lawmakers investigating him of acting like a "kangaroo court" and being determined to end his political career. Accusing the committee of mounting a "political hit job", Johnson said in a statement: "I am being forced out by a tiny handful of people, with no evidence to back up their assertions." Parliament's privileges committee - the main disciplinary body for lawmakers - had the power to recommend Johnson be suspended from parliament. If the suspension is for more than 10 days, voters in his constituency could have demanded he stood for re-election to continue as their representative. Johnson hinted that he could return to politics, declaring he was leaving parliament "for now". But the decision to resign may be the end of his 22-year political career, where he rose from parliament to mayor of London and then built a profile that tipped the balance of the 2016 European Union referendum in favour of Brexit. Johnson...

It continues a remarkable fall for This is a political epitaph that has been “I would deem it unlikely that Boris Johnson has a political future of much consequence,” Nick Dickinson, a Bingham Fellow in Constitutional Studies at the University of Oxford, told NBC News. “While Conservative activists retain a lot of affection for him, he remains extremely unpopular in the country as a result of the scandals which precipitated his fall from power." Johnson essentially quit before he could be fired, as the fallout from the scandal involving boozy parties held during Covid lockdowns threatened to leave him facing a recall vote he was likely to lose. Some saw his charged remarks and shots at his rivals as an attempt to reignite a civil war within the ruling Conservative Party, but aside from a few minor resignations and supportive comments, his departure was greeted more with relief than rage. "The world has moved on," Energy Secretary Grant Shapps Perhaps a sign of Johnson’s faded stature, even his shocking exit was partly overshadowed by the Illegally blond: Boris Johnson's political career • June 2001 - elected member of Parliament • Nov. 2004 - fired as senior official after affair allegation • May 2008 - elected London mayor; reelected in 2012 • June 2016 - spearheads successful Brexit campaign • July 2016 - appointed foreign secretary • July 2018 - quits, criticizes Prime Minister Theresa May • July 2019 - elected prime minister to replace May • Sept. 2019 - suspends Parli...