Boris Johnson has been hit with another resignation as Tory confidence votes began being counted tonight — despite begging MPs not to give Labour the keys to power by unseating him.
As the last politicians queued to cast their ballots, John Lamont declared he is standing down as an aide to Foreign Secretary Liz Truss in order to oppose the PM — following the example of Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross.
The last act of a day of high drama in Westminster is due at 9pm when the results are announced, 13 hours after backbench chief Graham Brady confirm that the PM»s political enemies had reached the critical threshold for a referendum on his time in office.
Mr Johnson addressed his mutinous troops this afternoon and www.solitaryisle.shop told them successful ‘fratricide’ would gift Keir Starmer and his party an election win.
Speaking to the 1922 Committee earlier the PM begged them to recognise ‘now is not the moment’ for a coup.But he had already been rocked by a series of huge blows following Sir Graham’s intervention — including his own anti-corruption tsar quitting and rival Jeremy Hunt joining the bid to unseat him.
In a further twist this afternoon, Mr Ross declared that he will be voting for the PM to step down, having previously withdrawn a call for Mr Johnson to resign.
Boris Johnson has been hit with another resignation as Tory confidence votes began being counted tonight — despite begging MPs not to give Labour the keys to power by unseating him.The PM is pictured leaving the Commons after the vote
Mr Johnson addressed his mutinous troops this afternoon and told them successful ‘fratricide’ would gift Keir Starmer (pictured leaving Parliament this evening) and his party an election win
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