minister and minister williamson resigned last night, following a meeting with the prime minister after a string of bullying claims which he denies. in one allegation he sent abusive text messages to former chief whip wendy morton. in another, he s alleged to have told a civil servant to slit your throat and jump out of the window . last night, more claims were made about intimidation and threatening behaviour. sirgavin who was knighted by borisjohnson has denied the allegations and says he wants to clear his name.and at prime minister s questions this lunchtime, rishi sunak is likely to be challenged about why he brought gavin williamson back into government. here s our political correspondent, jonathan blake returning to government just a fortnight ago, sir gavin williamson was a controversial choice. and after days of accusations about his conduct came to a head, he resigned from his ministerial role last night. in a letter to the prime minister, he wrote.
files into front line politics probably shows the boris johnson that his political career is over, that his political career is over, that he does still have a sort of cabal of allies in the party and thatis cabal of allies in the party and that is something that he will potentially want to capitalise on at a later date, even if it didn t fully come to fruition at this moment in time. in fully come to fruition at this moment in time. fully come to fruition at this moment in time. ., , ~ moment in time. in the daily moyle daily mail. moment in time. in the daily moyle daily mail, for moment in time. in the daily moyle daily mail, for the moment in time. in the daily moyle daily mail, for the good - moment in time. in the daily moyle daily mail, for the good of - moment in time. in the daily moyle daily mail, for the good of the l daily mail, for the good of the party, borisjohnson has had his dream aside. this is a gesture of honour and statement ship. and he did re
boris johnson is wholly incompatible with that. ~ , ., ., , with that. if the mps, though, as ou are with that. if the mps, though, as you are sensing, with that. if the mps, though, as you are sensing, will with that. if the mps, though, as you are sensing, will not - with that. if the mps, though, as you are sensing, will not be - with that. if the mps, though, as| you are sensing, will not be ready for unity, will there be any other option than a general election sooner than it might otherwise be? i have to get themselves ready for unity. that is a crucial thing at the moment. a decision will be taken and, at that moment when a new leader has been chosen, there really has to be coming together. it is leader has been chosen, there really has to be coming together. has to be coming together. it is a -a with has to be coming together. it is a party with a has to be coming together. it is a party with a big has to be coming together. it is a party with a big majority, - has to b
thinking is that if he cannot make it to 100 backers, then perhaps he would not want to go for it. it seems that he has been telling allies that he is up for it and ready to give it another shot. the big problem with borisjohnson is that he was ousted by conservative mps when cabinet ministers started resigning en masse and forcing out of downing street because of the scandals around party and hovering over him is a parliamentary investigation into whether he misled mps that will be kicking off in the next few months. that could damage any support that he could gain, because it causes doubt in conservative mps mines. we heard dominic raab saying that. there are
this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. borisjohnson arrives back in the uk as speculation grows he lljoin the conservative leadership race. the bbc estimates the former chancellor, rishi sunak, has the backing of enough mps to enter the contest. his supporters think he will restore public confidence. he has both the economic credentials, but also can bring people together and the ability to restore confidence of the public. the leader of the commons, penny mordaunt, is the only person to formally announce her candidacy. in other news, at the china congress, president xi s predecessor, hi jintao, is mysteriously led out