How can Boris Johnson survive this one? That’s the question all of Westminster is asking today after the resignations of Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid. A number of other colleagues have chosen to follow them out of the door: you can keep track of resignations here. But it’s not just ministers who want Boris gone: more than a dozen backbenchers have now gone public with their frustrations. This follows last month’s no-confidence vote when 148 Tory MPs voted against Johnson’s leadership; a number that has only increased since then. Below is the growing list of those who have gone public with their demands for Johnson to go…
MPs who have lost faith in Boris Johnson’s leadership and/or called for the PM’s resignation:
1. Aaron Bell, Newcastle-under-Lyme – 12 January: ‘The breach of trust that the events in No 10 Downing Street represent, and the manner in which they have been handled, makes his position untenable.’
2. Tim Loughton, East Worthing and Shoreham – 15 January: ‘The reason for my conclusion in calling for him to stand down is the way that he has handled the mounting revelations in the last few weeks.
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