Mark Harper

A Tory MP today became the latest to demand Boris Johnson quit with a devastating attack to the PM's face in Parliament. Mark Harper broke cover as he ...

While only just over a dozen MPs are calling on him to resign, that number could surge if his response to the fine goes down badly. It takes 54 letters of no confidence to the backbench 1922 Committee to prompt a vote of no-confidence in the leader. He later published a letter of no confidence in the Tory leader sent to the chairman of the 1922 Committee of backbench Tories. It said: "I am writing to you, with regret, to say that I no longer have confidence in Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party." The former short-lived leadership candidate also said No10 was mired in a "toxic culture" and sent a letter to the backbench 1922 Committee voicing no confidence in the PM. Mark Harper broke cover as he branded the Prime Minister "unworthy" of the office he holds - and suggested he lied to the public.

ANOTHER Tory MP has called on the Prime Minister to resign during a fiery session in Parliament after he was fined for breaking Covid laws.

Johnson told MPs: "As soon as I received the [fine], I acknowledged the hurt and anger and I said that people had a right to expect better of their Prime Minister – and I repeat that, Mr Speaker, again in the House now. The number of letters is also likely to be lower now after the Scottish Tory leader announced he had withdrawn his letter calling on the PM to resign. He has sent a letter to Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 Committee which regulates when the Tory party can hold a no-confidence vote in its leader.

The former Conservative Chief Whip says the Prime Minister should resign and has submitted a no confidence letter to the 1922 committee.

If 54 Tory MPs submit a letter of no confidence to the 1922 Committee, the PM will face a vote of no confidence in his leadership. ‘Given we now know that the Prime Minister broke the law and there was systemic law-breaking in 10 Downing Street it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the Prime Minister has misled Parliament. A Conservative MP has submitted a letter of no confidence in Boris Johnson and accused the Prime Minister of not being ‘worthy’ of his position.

Boris Johnson, his wife Carrie and Chancellor Rishi Sunak were last week issued with fines for breaking lockdown rules. Opposition politicians have called ...

That is what I will continue to do," the Mr Johnson added. "I paid the fine immediately and I offered the British people a full apology, and I take this opportunity on the first available sitting day to repeat my wholehearted apology to the House," Mr Johnson said, as he faced shouts of "resign". It came as former Tory chief whip Mark Harper told Mr Johnson he is "no longer worthy of the great office that he holds" and confirmed he has submitted a letter of no confidence in Mr Johnson after he was fined for breaking coronavirus laws. The PM replied: "I bitterly regret the event in Downing Street as I have said, but I do believe that it is the job of this Government to get on with the priorities of the British people and that is what we're going to do." As Mr Johnson addressed MPs in the Commons for the first time since being issued the fine by the Metropolitan Police for attending his own birthday party in the cabinet room in Downing Street in June 2020, the Labour leader said "the public does not believe a word the prime minister says", and that partygate "is not a glitch in the system". Sir Keir Starmer has branded Boris Johnson "dishonest" and "a joke" as a senior Tory MP said the prime minister is no longer "worthy" to be in his role following his partygate fine.