in the past few minutes, another conservative mp has announced that he is resigning, triggering a by election. his name is nigel adams, a big supporter of former prime minister borisjohnson, who is stepping down with immediate effect. this comes after borisjohnson himself resigned as an mp, blaming a witchhunt against him. in an explosive statement, he likened the inquiry to a kangaroo court, and criticised the current direction of the uk government. it s a political headache for prime minister rishi sunak, who now faces a by election in mrjohnson s constituency, at a time when his conservative party is languishing in the polls. the resignation came after borisjohnson received an advance copy of a report into whether intentionally misled parliament over covid lockdown parties at downing street. charlotte wright reports. he is rarely farfrom the headlines,
in the past 2a hours, triggering a series of by elections and raising questions about the future of rishi sunak s government. the latest to announce he s stepping down with immediate effect is nigel adams, a big supporter of former prime minister boris johnson. on friday another political ally of mrjohnson, nadine dorries, announced she was quitting, swiftly followed by the former prime minister himself, claiming he was the victim of a witchhunt. that s after he received an advance copy of a report into whether he deliberately misled parliament over covid lockdown parties at downing street. charlotte wright reports. he is rarely farfrom the headlines, and last night he made more. borisjohnson bowing out with a blistering statement. criticising everyone from the privileges committee who were due to decide
for prime minister rishi sunak, who now faces a by election in mrjohnson s constituency, at a time when his conservative party is languishing in the polls. the resignation came after borisjohnson received an advance copy of a report into whether intentionally misled parliament over covid lockdown parties at downing street. charlotte wright reports. he is rarely far from the he is rarely farfrom the headlines, and last night he made more. boris johnson bowing out with a blistering statement. criticising everyone from the privileges committee who were due to decide whether he lied to parliament over lockdown breaching apartments in downing street, to sue gray, who wrote the first report on those breaches, and the direction of his own party s government. boris johnson shown his own party s government. boris johnson shown himself his own party s government. boris johnson shown himself to - his own party s government. pr? 3 johnson shown himself to be a coward once more. he has not hel
charlotte wright reports. he s rarely far from the headlines. and last night he made more borisjohnson bowing out with a blistering statement. criticising everyone from the privileges committee who were due to decide whether he d lied to parliament over lockdown, breaching parties in downing street to sue gray, who wrote the first report on those breaches and the direction of his own party s government. well, i think borisjohnson has shown himself to be a coward once more. you know, he s not held his hands up and taken responsibility as he should do. the privileges committee, a well respected committee that a made up majority of tory mps and he s just tried to trash them and say, i ve got no responsibility, i ve done nothing wrong. he s a man that can never hold his hands up to what he s done. and i think he s an absolute disgrace. today, one government minister refused to be drawn into a row. the determination of whether or not
now announced their resignations in the past 2a hours, triggering a series of by elections and raising questions about the future of rishi sunak s government. the latest to announce he s stepping down with immediate effect is nigel adams a big supporter of former prime minister boris johnson. on friday another political ally of mrjohnson, nadine dorries, announced she was quitting, to be swiftly followed by the former prime minister himself, claiming he was the victim of a witchhunt . that s after he received an advance copy of a report into whether he deliberately misled parliament over covid lockdown parties at downing street. three by elections will now be held at a time when rishi sunak s conservative party is languishing in the opinion polls. charlotte wright reports. he s rarely far from the headlines. and last night he made more borisjohnson bowing out and last night he made more.