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Good evening from downing street, on a dramatic day in westminster as the prime minister fights for his political life in the face of intense pressure over parties held here during lockdown. for the second week in a row, borisjohnson faced calls for his resignation at prime minister s questions, among them from a former conservative cabinet member, david davis, who said, in the name of god, go . and moments before the prime minister stood up in parliament, one of his own mps announced he was defecting to labour. borisjohnson again apologised for any misjudgments and told the commons that mps should wait for the results of an inquiry into the allegations, which is due next week. here s our political editor, laura kuenssberg. the editor, laura kuenssberg. atmosphere and the prii minister s the atmosphere and the prime minister s neighbourhood is the risk. danger dangles all around the borisjohnson risk. danger dangles all around the boris johnson with risk. danger dangles all around the
Unexpected moments. tom certainly a day of high drama and unexpected moments. unexpected moments. two big sur - rises unexpected moments. two big surprises for unexpected moments. two big surprises for this unexpected moments. two big surprises for this place, - unexpected moments. two big surprises for this place, and i unexpected moments. two big surprises for this place, and a | unexpected moments. two big i surprises for this place, and a very uneasy mood around here. first off, the call from david davies, the former cabinet minister and fellow traveller on brexit, gave boris johnson a dramatic and clear indication, for a seniorfigure, calling for him to go, not something anyone was expecting this morning, then this defection, a conservative crossing the floor, politically and physically in the commons to go and sit with the labour party, we have not seen that for a very long time. on the one hand, shot like that, the 0n the one hand, shot like that, the nasty surprise, the la