BREAKING: Conservative MP John Penrose has resigned as the prime minister's Anti-Corruption Tsar. He joins Sky's Beth Rigby following his resignation and says the PM 'has broken the ministerial code'
Deputy prime minister Dominic Raab has told Kay Burley he is"confident" Tory MPs will back Boris Johnson in tonight's vote.
"We've got a prime minister who has got the big calls right on the vaccine roll-out, on getting the economy fired up, the leadership he’s shown on Ukraine. "We are seeing the sorts of MPs who don't normally hear from now publicly saying extremely scathing things about Boris Johnson. "Back in 2019, when Theresa May faced a confidence vote, Jacob Rees-Mogg was organising against her.
"So even if he survives, this will go on and on. This is now a rolling crisis, an open civil war in the Conservative Party."John Penrose, the Conservative MP for Weston-super-Mare has confirmed he is resigning as the PM's Anti-Corruption Tsar.political editor Beth Rigby"It's pretty clear that one of the fundamental principles underlining the ministerial code which every minister, including the prime minister is expected to follow, is of leadership and integrity.
Mr Penrose said tonight will be the beginning of the end for Mr Johnson, regardless of whether he wins or loses his confidence vote this evening.Angela Richardson, the Conservative MP for Guildford, has confirmed she no longer has confidence in Boris Johnson as prime minister.Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has made his position on Boris Johnson's confidence vote very clear this morning.See his lengthy statement in the Twitter thread below...
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