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Ryan Paton

Boris Johnson's 'change' on final day as Prime Minister leaves people overjoyed

People were thrilled as they noticed a change on Boris Johnson's final day as Prime Minister.

Mr Johnson delivered his final address as PM on Downing Street this morning. The MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip is set to hand over the keys to No.10 to Liz Truss after she defeated Rishi Sunak in the Conservative leadership race.

Mr Johnson vowed to offer his support to the new PM once she takes the reins. He said: "I know that Liz Truss and this compassionate Conservative government will do everything they can... this country will endure it and we will win."

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Viewers following the speech on Twitter were outraged Mr Johnson branded the government "compassionate". Mr Johnson's premiership was hit by multiple scandals such as Partygate and the Owen Paterson lobbying row.

The Guardian's political editor, Pippa Crerar, said his tenure has "officially" come to end as she noticed Mr Johnson's Twitter bio has been changed to read "former Prime Minister".

Fans flooded the comments to celebrate Mr Johnson's departure from No.10.

Matt said: "Let's take a moment to enjoy this"

Lakh commented: "Good riddance!"

@hesslebine posted : "Yay"

Dave tweeted: "Off you trot..."

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