Boris Johnson’s tenure as Prime Minister is increasingly reliant on the outcome of a potentially bombshell report being prepared by a senior official, as he faced brazen calls for his resignation from his own backbenchers. The scandal prompted furious Tory MPs to call for the Prime Minister to resign. I know my thoughts are is that he’s damaging us now.”Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer also called on the Prime Minister to resign, as did the SNP’s Westminster leader Ian Blackford and Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey. “Then, of course, the ministerial code – which may or may not have been broken – the final arbiter is the Prime Minister himself,” she said. She said she “wouldn’t be surprised” if Ms Gray referred any evidence she found to Lord Geidt, the Prime Minister’s independent ethics adviser.

Source: The Times January 13, 2022 00:38 UTC