The Chancellor who has been in the post less than forty eight hours has written an open letter telling Boris Johnson that he must resign
In a remarkable turnaround Nadhim Zahawi has told Boris Johnson: “You must do the right thing and go now.”
In the last few minutes the Education Minister Michelle Donelan,again only appointed on Tuesday night has also resigned
He has lost seven more ministers this morning as he continues to cling to power this morning
The Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis who flew back from the province yesterday evening to join the group of ministers asking the Prime Minister to resign has himself resigned this morning
Lewis in his resignation letter,Lewis said that a decent and responsible Government relies on honesty, integrity and mutual respect
“It is a matter of profound personal regret that I must leave Government as I no longer believe those values are being upheld.”
Lewis has been joined by the security minister Damian Hinds and Treasury minister Helen Whately telling Boris Johnson there “are only so many times you can apologise and move on”.
Science Minister George Freeman became the fourth minister to resign saying
Enough is enough. This can’t go on.
The chaos in No10, the breakdown of Cabinet collective responsibility, the abandonment of the Ministerial code, the defence of impropriety & defiance of Parliament are all insults to the Conservatism I believe in and stand for:
This morning,the resignations have continued With James Cartridge saying “As Courts’ Minister, I have felt duty bound to remain in post because of the very challenging situation in the Crown Court. But it’s clearly impossible to continue.
Johnson has now lost 51 ministers in less than 48 hours
