Boris Johnson last night addressed the 1922 committee, ahead of Thursday’s crunch vote on whether to conduct a parliamentary investigation into his handling of partygate. The Prime Minister received a warm reception from Tory MPs but many are still refusing him to back him publicly. Of the 357 Conservative MPs in the House, fewer than a third have spoken out in support of Johnson.
Nine MPs calling for him to go:
1. Nigel Mills: ‘He’s been fined, I don’t think his position is tenable.’
2. Anthony Mangnall: ‘Horrified by the conduct of the PM.’
3.Caroline Nokes: ‘I have not withdrawn the letter of no confidence in Boris Johnson that I wrote months ago to Sir Graham Brady… to do so would be letting down all of those people who spent the pandemic doing the right thing.’
4 Tobias Ellwood: ‘He should step back.’
5. Mark Harper: ‘Integrity is about doing the right thing, even when no one is looking.
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