🔺 JUST IN: Boris Johnson has been warned that more Tory MPs will put in letters of no confidence unless he retracts his claim that Sir Keir Starmer failed to prosecute Jimmy Savile when he was director of public prosecutions thetimes.co.uk/article/tory-m…
Johnson repeated his claim at prime minister’s questions today after Starmer accused him of “parroting the conspiracy theories of violent fascists to score cheap political points.”
“He knows exactly what he is doing. It’s time to restore some dignity,” the Labour leader said
“He knows exactly what he is doing. It’s time to restore some dignity,” the Labour leader said
Tobias Ellwood, a Tory MP and the chairman of the defence select committee, today became the 11th Tory MP to call for the prime minister to go, citing concerns over Johnson’s comments about Savile 
🗣 “The strategy it seems is one of survival. Rushed policy announcements and attacking Keir Starmer this week with Jimmy Savile. Who advised the prime minister to say this? We’re better than this. We must seek to improve our standards and rise above where we are today”
His concerns are shared by many Tory MPs in the 40-strong One Nation group, who have accused Johnson of behaving like a “pound shop Donald Trump” and suggested that more letters would go in
Johnson first made the accusation about Starmer on Monday as he attempted to fend off revelations about lockdown-breaking Downing Street parties after the publication of an update by Sue Gray, the senior civil servant who has investigated the matter thetimes.co.uk/article/sue-gr…
In an interview in The Sun yesterday Johnson stood by the claim, despite the fact it has been criticised by multiple fact-checking organisations.
Reuters Fact Check investigated the claims last year and concluded they were false
Reuters Fact Check investigated the claims last year and concluded they were false
Read the full story here: thetimes.co.uk/article/tory-m…
🔺 Update: A 12th Conservative MP has called for Boris Johnson to resign amid warnings that more will follow thetimes.co.uk/article/tory-m…
Anthony Mangnall, who became the MP for Totnes at the 2019 election, said: “Standards in public life matter... His actions and mistruths are overshadowing the extraordinary work of so many excellent ministers and colleagues. I have submitted a letter of no confidence”
🔺 Update: Shortly after 5pm Gary Streeter, the veteran MP for South West Devon, became the fifth Tory in 24 hours to say he had submitted a letter of no confidence in Johnson’s leadership. The number of MPs who have called for him to go now stands at 13 thetimes.co.uk/article/tory-m…
🗣 “I cannot reconcile the pain and sacrifice of the vast majority of the British public during lockdown with the attitude and activities of those working in Downing Street. Accordingly, I have now submitted a letter seeking a motion of no confidence in the prime minister”
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