Boris Johnson embodies a global crisis in leadership
By Nicholas Janni.
John Armitage said he finds "the lack of honour" in modern politics "distressing" - and revealed he donated to Labour last year.
The Newcastle-under-Lyme MP said "the breach of trust" that Partygate represents has made Johnson's position "untenable".
Sir Gary Streeter became the 13th Tory backbencher to publicly call for Johnson's resignation.
Anthony Mangnall, the MP for Totnes and South Devon, is the twelfth Tory backbencher to publicly call for Johnson's head.
A Lancashire County Councillor said there are "much more important things to worry about".
He is the tenth Tory MP has publicly called for Boris Johnson to resign "in the best interests of the country."
"No wonder Armando Iannucci gave up writing new episodes of The Thick of It. How could you now hope to surpass the farce that actually passes for government in this country?", Paul Sweeney tweeted.
“We are meant to operate as MPs without fear or favour. The allocation of taxpayer funding to constituencies should be according to need, not according to the need to keep the Prime Minister in his job.”
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