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After trying and failing to withdraw Britain from the European Union, Theresa May will resign this week as the country\u2019s prime minister. Here\u2019s how the man expected to succeed her, Boris Johnson, made Brexit \u2014 and how Brexit may soon make him prime minister. Guest: Sarah Lyall, a writer at large for The New York Times. For more information on today\u2019s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.\xa0\n\nBackground reading:Mr. Johnson has become one of the great escape artists of British politics.Some of Mr. Johnson\u2019s family members, once staunch opponents of Brexit, have had to perform a complicated political jujitsu around his candidacy for prime minister.Prime Minister Theresa May is scheduled to step down on Wednesday. Only 160,000 Conservative Party members can vote for the next leader, sidelining 99 percent of registered voters.