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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Andy Gregory and Eleanor Sly

Boris Johnson – live: Ex-attorney general is latest Tory MP calling for PM to resign

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Led by Donkeys video chronicles the times Boris Johnson told people to ‘follow the rules’

Andrea Leadsome has become the latest Tory MP to turn on Boris Johnson amid the fallout from the damning Sue Gray report.

The former business secretary and ally of the prime minister said he resided over “unacceptable failings in leadership” adding it was now time for Conservative MPs to decide on the “right course of action” to restore trust in the government.

Her comments come as William Hague warned that Boris Johnson could face a no-confidence vote “next week.”

Speaking to Times Radio, the former Tory leader said the Sue Gray report has been a “slow-fuse explosion” for Boris Johnson.

“I think the Conservative Party will need to resolve this one way or another, obviously because to be an effective party they either need to rally behind the prime minister they’ve got, or they need to decide to force him out and I think they’re moving towards either next week or around the end of June.”

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