With prime minister in ICU, Britain asks: Who's in charge?
As British Prime Minister Boris Johnson fights the coronavirus in theintensive care unit of a London hospital, the people of his country are wishing him well — and asking who’s in charge.There is no official role of acting or deputy prime minister, and heads of government only leave office through resignation or death, Alex Thomas, a program director at the Institute for Government, political think-tank, said.“Boris Johnson continues as prime minister for as long as neither of
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