by Jacob Thorburn and Harry Howard at Daily Mail
- Boris Johnson’s premiership remains on the brink after a whirlwind 24 hours
- Latest coup d’etat saw 42 Tory MPs sensationally quit their roles in Government
- Historic collapse in trust has seen cabinet members, ministers and PPSs all quit
Boris Johnson’s premiership is on the brink after a whirlwind 24 hours in Westminster that saw 43 Tory MPs sensationally quit their roles in Government.
In an historic collapse the PM suffered the highest number of government resignations of any Prime Minister since 1932, as three Cabinet ministers, 15 ministers, 20 parliamentary private secretaries, four trade envoys and one vice-chair tendered their resignations.
It is the equivalent of around one in five of the total ‘payroll vote’ in the House of Commons – the number of MPs who hold positions from which they would have to resign in order to oppose the Government.
Minister for Children and Families Will Quince was the first to follow last night’s resignations when he quit this morning.
He was followed by a cascade of other ministers and junior aides, including schools standards minister Robin Walker, Treasury minister John Glen and Justice minister Victoria Atkins.
Treasury minister told Mr Johnson in his resignation letter:…
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