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In characteristically dramatic fashion, Boris Johnson let the world know he would be standing down as an MP by publishing a letter claiming he was the victim of a witch hunt and establishment stitch up. Ahead of the publication of a report looking at whether the former prime minister misled…

Jacob Rees-Mogg said the Conservative Party could split in two if people try to stop Boris Johnson returning to Parliament

As ever with the former PM there was plenty of barely hidden subtext as he took aim at perceived enemies

Labour leader Angela Rayner said the former prime minister had ‘jumped’ to avoid facing a potential by-election test.

The former prime minister launched a scathing attack on the Commons inquiry, comparing it to a ‘kangaroo court’

Here is the full text of Boris Johnson’s resignation statement

It has vowed to publish a report into the former Prime Minister as soon as possible

He believes there is a plot to 'drive him out'

Boris Johnson’s spokesman declined to comment on the suggestion he would stand in Nadine Dorries former Mid Bedfordshire seat - after she quit earlier today