Calls for Boris Johnson’s resignation were circulating on social media this morning in the wake of an explosive blog penned by former Number 10 advisor Dominic Cummings.
The aide, who left Downing Street towards the end of last year, claimed he told the PM his plans to have donors “secretly pay” to revamp his official Downing Street flat were “unethical, foolish” and “possibly illegal”.
He said he had refused to help Mr Johnson organise payments from donors, which Mr Cummings described as a plan that would have “almost certainly” broken the rules on “proper disclosure of political donations”.
He also said the PM feared ‘very serious problems’ with his fiancee if her close friend had to be fired.
Reaction to the blog has been fierce on social media, with several people calling for the PM to resign if the allegations are true.
But regardless of whether they are or not, Labour MP David Lammy says the texts have exposed the ‘sleaze scandal’ at the heart of Number 10.
Here’s what people had to say:
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