Politics

His departure will rob the prime minister of a convenient human shield. From here on, the buck stops with Boris.

It comes as top officials declared the November 3rd election as the ‘most secure’ in US history.

Not one to miss an opportunity to wave the saltire and celebrate a Scottish success story, Nicola Sturgeon - the first minister - quickly joined in the party on Twitter.

The map highlights all the contracts which have been handed out, without tender, to political donors and those close to the Tory Party.

Boris Johnson has risked considerable political capital on a man who will now leave as soon as his pet project is done.

“We’ve all had a very significant shock to our economic system because of Covid-19 – the last thing we need now across all of our respective economies is a second major shock.”

"Sadly, the opposing team is hellbent only on scoring own goals."

Dr Gammons follows in the illustrious footsteps of former UKIP leader Dick Braine, who briefly helmed the party before resigning, believing that it was “on its last legs”.

Shadow Commons leader Valerie Vaz said: “It is no wonder the leader doesn’t want to return to remote voting, where you actually have to vote for yourself.