questions over the future direction of number ten. and elena narozanski hung up her gloves today, another member of the prime minister s policy unit. the prime minister was clear in his response to the sue gray update that there would be changes at number ten downing street. four people had served their country fantastically well, some during the whole pandemic, borisjohnson thanked them for their service, they have resigned and he has accepted. but this runs deeper, with the prime minister being criticised by some of his long serving allies. and there was this from the chancellor, a frontrunner to replace mrjohnson. being honest, i wouldn t have said it, and i am glad that the prime minister clarified what he meant. a politician careful with his words, distancing himself from his boss s comments. among tory mps, growing frustration. i am troubled, i find it very upsetting, my constituents are upset. i feel we have lost face and public
on the winter olympics and much more on the bbc sport website. that s bbc.co.uk/sport. that s all from me. as we ve been hearing, borisjohnson has been rocked by a wave of downing street resignations in another blow to his leadership. yesterday, four of his most senior advisers quit, with another adviser, elena narozanski, leaving her role this morning. the pm is battling to save his premiership as conservative mps consider whether to oust him over lockdown parties in downing street. the health secretary sajid javid was asked if the prime minister s position was now untenable. the prime minister has been really clear in his response to the reports, the update from sue gray. he came to parliament as he said he would, he apologised, and he set out
criticising her boss over incorrect comments suggesting sir keir starmer was linked to the decision not to prosecutejimmy savile. these three have left too the prime minister s director of communications, his principal private secretary and his chief of staff, all three caught up in the parties row, but their departures leave big questions over the future direction of number 10. and this morning, a fifth resignation elena narozanski, another member of borisjohnson s policy unit, hanging up her gloves. the prime minister was clear in his response to the sue gray update that there would be changes at number 10 downing street. that is what has happened. four people have served their country fantastically well, some during the whole pandemic, borisjohnson has thanked them
this is the man who won the conservatives an 80 seat majorityjust two years ago. but now some of boris johnson s own mps want him out of number 10. they say he s lost voters trust and that he s losing his grip. she s a fighter and a quitter. elena narozanski has represented england at boxing. today she dealt the prime minister a blow by resigning from his policy unit. she s a close ally of munira mirza, the number 10 policy chief who was one of four stuff to resign yesterday. her departure was seen as the most significant, as she had been one of borisjohnson s closest aides. she said she resigned when he refused to apologise for his false claims about keir starmer when he was director of public prosecutions. and today, you couldn t mask the difference in tone between the prime minister and the health secretary. keir starmer, when he was running the dpp, did a good job and he should be respected for it.
elena narozanski hung up her gloves today, another member of the prime minister s policy unit hanging up her gloves. the prime minister was clear in his response to the sue gray report update that there would be changes at number 10 downing street. that is what has happened. four people have served their country fantastically well, some during the whole pandemic. borisjohnson has thanked them for their service, they have resigned and he has accepted their resignation. but this runs a lot deeper, with the prime minister being criticised by some of his long serving allies. and there was this from the chancellor, a frontrunner to replace mrjohnson. being honest, i wouldn t have said it, and i am glad that the prime minister clarified what he meant. a politician careful with his words, distancing himself from his boss s comments. among tory mps, growing frustration. i am troubled. i do find it very upsetting. my constituents are upset. i feel like we ve lost face