Kate Hoey caused a stir in the House of Lords today by suggesting the only reason Brits want Boris Johnson to resign is because he delivered Brexit.
Three in five people have said Prime Minister Boris Johnson should resign from his position, a snap opinion poll has suggested.
YouGov’s poll said 59 per cent of Britons believe he should step down.
The proportion who say that Mr Johnson should resign includes around a quarter (27 per cent) of 2019 Conservative voters, while three in 10 (30 per cent) Britons say that the PM should remain in his role, rising to almost two-thirds (63 per cent) of 2019 Conservative voters.
A total of 2,748 people were surveyed on Wednesday, shortly after Sue Gray’s report into the Downing Street gatherings was published.
The senior civil servant wrote in the report that “senior leadership” in No 10 must “bear responsibility” for the culture which led to lockdown rules being broken at a series of events in 2020 and 2021.
“The events that I investigated were attended by leaders in government.
“Many of these events should not have been allowed to happen,” Ms Gray said.
The Prime Minister has faced fresh demands to resign from SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford, while Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said: “Any other PM would be forced to resign by a report as damaging as this, yet still Conservative MPs defend Johnson and allow him to cling on.”
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