Why Is he PM if he’s not party leader

[3peassuit]

I don’t understand this at all. How is able he to continue albeit for the time being if he has resigned as part leader? Can anyone explain how this is possible.

Caretaker pending new appointment. It's pretty normal

Because there is no party leader at the moment, but there legally has to be a prime minister.

Why isn't it Raab in the mean time like when Johnson was in hospital ?

It's the way it's always done. Cameron remained PM after resigning, until Theresa May was chosen. Then she remained PM after resigning, until Boris Johnson was chosen. Why would you expect it to work differently this time?

Raab would only step in as Deputy PM if the PM was incapacitated (by illness or whatever).

Because a new party leader hasn't been elected yet.

The sooner the Tory party get it done, the better for everyone.

I think this should be an exception and he should go now. A man who does not take sexual assault allegations seriously should not be in office.

David Cameron and Theresa May had policy differences with others as the reasons they left. Not the same as with Boris Johnson.

The membership get a democratic vote and wouldn't want the processed by-passed.

Hopefully they will hurry up and elect a new leader

Because he is party leader, until the new leader is elected. It’s like handing in your notice - you’re still doing the same job during your notice period.

There has to be a PM, and the PM can only be appointed by the monarch. There is no such thing as a caretaker PM. The office holder has the full powers of PM.

Earlier posters have mentioned changes of PM through resignation, but you should also note that even though Gordon Brown lost the election on 6th May 2010, he remained as PM until 11th May while Labour and Torys negotiated with the Lib Dems, and the Queen then invited David Cameron to become PM.