Prime minister Boris Johnson to resign
Boris Johnson has spoken to Tory 1922 Committee chairman Sir Graham Brady and agreed to stand down.
Boris Johnson has spoken to Tory 1922 Committee chairman Sir Graham Brady and agreed to stand down.
It comes as Mark Logan who resigned as parliamentary private secretary, wrote: 'You're taking the p*ss now. #go' this morning on Twitter.
The sacking of Michael Gove is not going down well in the Conservative party. One former Boris Johnson ally tells me: “Sacking Gove is revenge. But Boris is now detached from reality. He is now like Putin.”
37 MPs have resigned from the government since yesterday but Prime Minister Boris Johnson refuses to budge from Number 10.
Priti Patel has sided with the group of Cabinet ministers calling for PM to go, leaving Dorries, Mogg and Raab left.
The Daily Express cast Mr Johnson as “wounded” but “liberated”, while The Times said it is "Game over" for the prime minister.
"Make no mistake, Paul Dacre has lost the internal argument with Jonathan Rothermere… the Mail titles have today suddenly turned on Johnson."
It comes as Russia was forced to pull back its forces from the strategically placed Snake Island in a humiliating blow.
Boris Johnson has furthered angered his Tory critics by claiming he was already planning for a third term in office.
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