Children and families minister Will Quince has resigned, saying he had "no choice" after he appeared on television to defend Boris Johnson using Number 10 briefings "which have now been found to be inaccurate".
suspected borisjohnson could have been out of here by the time the ten o clock news came around. that didn t happen. he dug in, he appointed, he replaced. now people say he could be here for the duration. let s look at the papers. they had a tough job putting together the front pages. not quite knowing what was going to happen in those late hours. johnson on the brink , is the headline on the front of the times today. it describes the cabinet resignations as a coordinated move that dealt a potentially fatal blow to the prime minister. the sun s headline reads, last chance saloon and the paper says mrjohnson is clinging on after the shock walkouts . the mail compares mrjohnson to a greased piglet , over his ability to escape seemingly impossible situations, and asks if he will be able to wriggle out of this .
ahead of the uefa women s european championships. the first match sees england take on austria here tonight at 8pm. good morning. for the northern half of the country it is going to be windy, fairly cloudy, the rain easing. for the southern half, after a cloudy start, sunny intervals and it will feel quite warm. details coming up. good morning. it s wednesday, 6thjuly. if you went to bed last night wondering if the prime minister would still be in downing street when you got up, the answer is, he is. he is digging in, determined to remain in office. it s been a whirlwind 24 hours for the prime minister, who is fighting for political survival after two unexpected and high profile cabinet resignations from the health secretary, sajid javid, and the chancellor,
before the cabinet resignations, borisjohnson invited me in for a hastily arranged interview. do you accept it was a grave error to appoint chris pincher to your government? yes, i think it was a mistake, and i apologise for it. i think, in hindsight, it was the wrong thing to do. i apologise to everybody who s been badly affected by it. your spokesman said you were not aware of a specific allegation. on sunday, a cabinet minister sent out to interview i ve been informed this morning he you didn t know about a specific allegation, but you did. you re saying that now. yesterday, another minister, he had been given a categoric assurance you weren t aware of a specific allegation. day after day after day, people speaking on your behalf were talking rubbish. well, i don t know. i was, i m afraid, focusing on other things at the time, but what i m telling you now is my recollection of events. and my recollection is that there was
the spokesman added. by yesterday, downing street had changed theirtune, saying. lord mcdonald was categoric. before the cabinet resignations, borisjohnson invited me in for a hastily arranged interview. do you accept it was a grave error to appoint chris pincher to your government? yes, i think it was a mistake, and i apologise for it. i think, in hindsight, it was the wrong thing to do. i apologise to everybody who s been badly affected by it.