Boris Johnson will face a no-confidence vote today, Sir Graham Brady has announced.
The chair of the 1922 Committee made the announcement this morning stating: “The threshold of 15 per cent of the parliamentary party seeking a vote of confidence in the leader of the Conservative Party has been exceeded.”
He added that the vote will be held between 6pm and 8pm today with the ballots being counted “immediately afterwards” and an announcement made subsequently of the result.
It comes as almost 30 Tory MPs have publicly urged the prime minister to resign amid the fallout from revelations about Downing Street parties held during lockdown.
Starmer: ‘This is the beginning of the end,’
Keir Starmer tells LBC that Conservative MPs should “show some leadership and vote against the prime minister — he’s lost the trust of the country”.
“Stand up and get rid of him,” he adds.
“This is the beginning of the end,” for Boris Johnson.
Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner last week received questionnaires from Durham Police in their investigation into alleged Covid rule breaking. Mr Starmer said he would resign if he was fined in the probe.