
Boris Johnson to resign as Prime Minister
A number 10 source has said that Johnson has spoken to Tory 1922 Committee chairman Sir Graham Brady and agreed to stand down, with a new Tory leader set to be in place by the party conference in October.

A number 10 source has said that Johnson has spoken to Tory 1922 Committee chairman Sir Graham Brady and agreed to stand down, with a new Tory leader set to be in place by the party conference in October.

“Prime Minister, you know in your heart what the right thing to do is, and go now”.

‘It’s over’

Johnson is now the least popular member of the cabinet by quite some distance.

Three male Tory MPs who won their seats in 2019 are in discussions to switch parties.

Boris Johnson’s announcement that he intended to run for a third term and govern into the mid 2030s, is said to have provoked Tory MPs

Labour gained Wakefield from the Tories with a 12% swing, with the Lib Dems gaining Tiverton and Honiton with an almost 30% swing,

‘Deep inside, he should recognise that, and turn his mind to getting out in a way that spares party and country such agonies’

‘We now have Tory cabinet ministers stating on the record how un-prepared the Government was for the pandemic’.

“You are the leader of the Conservative and Unionist party, yet you are putting the Union itself gravely at risk,” he said.