Johnson ‘unfit for office’, says former Tory leader as PM branded ‘charlatan’
"There is a fatigue even within the party and certainly by my MP colleagues for the drama that has been emanating from Number 10."
"There is a fatigue even within the party and certainly by my MP colleagues for the drama that has been emanating from Number 10."
Yesterday the prime minister said he had neither seen nor heard evidence to support allegations of intimidation.
William Wragg accused whips of threatening to withdraw funding from rebels' constituencies.
Former Brexit secretary David Davis warned Tories the party faces ‘dying a death of 1,000 cuts’ if MPs do not swiftly oust the prime minister.
Starmer kicked off PMQs by "warmly welcoming" Wakeford to the Labour benches.
Labour leader Keir Starmer has welcomed Christian Wakeford, the MP for Bury.
But the former foreign secretary said "It would take a lot to persuade me to put my hat into the ring".
It comes as new polling shows the chancellor holds a 28-point lead over Liz Truss among Conservative members.
If at least 54 MPs submit no confidence letters to committee chair Sir Graham Brady, there will be a vote on Boris Johnson’s ability to keep his premiership.
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