Boris Johnson is facing mounting pressure to get a grip on the drip feed of revelations about No 10 rule-breaking as he fights to stay in office. A sixth Conservative MP on Saturday came forward to call for the Prime Minister to quit over the way he has handled the so-called partygate revelations. The newspaper said staff bought a £142 fridge to keep their bottles of alcohol chilled, and the Prime Minister was aware of the socialising. Former defence minister Tobias Ellwood (Yui Mok/PA)But backbencher Andrew Bridgen said he did “not need to see what Sue Gray says to know that, for me, Boris Johnson has lost the moral authority to lead the country”. “We’ve got a Prime Minister who is absent – he is literally in hiding at the moment and unable to lead, so that’s why I’ve concluded that he has got to go.

Source: The Times January 15, 2022 11:53 UTC