Jacob Rees-Mogg

Ultra-Johnson loyalist Nadine Dorries was the first to pledge her allegiance to the PM, adding: 'I'm not sure anyone actually doubted this'

“The Prime Minister has a mandate from the British people and a majority in the House of Commons.” That, I think is fundamental. He said: “The Prime Minister won a large mandate in a general election, a vote of the British people and that should not be taken away from him because a number of people resign.

Labour leader Keir Starmer says while it is clear Johnson should step down, only a change of government can give the country a fresh start.

Backing him when he mocked the sacrifices of the British people. Backing him when he broke the law. Backing him when he lied repeatedly. Labour leader Keir Starmer said that although it was clear that Mr Johnson should step down, only a change of government would repair the damage he had done and give the country a fresh start. “What I wanted was to give Chris Pincher, if not the benefit of the doubt, then the ability to prove that he could do better. “I’m afraid the developments of the last week show there is no chance of the prime minister either putting in place the necessary change of approach to running a government or establishing a new policy direction.”

The Independent reported last month that the Brexit opportunities minister and Mark Spencer, leader of the Commons, were widely thought to have vetoed planned ...

The average level of opposition to the ban was just two per cent. The Independent reported that support for the ban in North East Somerset was 87 per cent. Duncan McNair, the founder of Save the Asian Elephants, has now called on Mr Rees-Mogg to explain his decision.

Despite an influx of resignations from politicians who were formerly his biggest fans, Jacob Rees-Mogg believes Boris Johnson has a few more years left in ...

Click here to sign up to our newsletters. "I'm going for Walpole...Walpole did 21 years," he said on Sky News, when asked if he thinks we'll have a new primer minister by the end of the year. Over 20, to be exact.

Jacob Rees-Mogg last night (pictured) issued a staunch defence of Boris Johnson and played down the significance of the Chancellor's resignation.

Last month he gave his strongest indication yet that he plans to stand to become a Tory MP at the next general election. Mr Rees-Mogg insisted Boris Johnson had made a ‘minor mistake’ in the Pincher scandal. Lord Frost resigned from his Cabinet post last December and is calling for a new leader ‘The Prime Minister won the vote. I’m not pretending the Prime Minister didn’t make a mistake. The Prime Minister, forgetting one incident, was not swayed by rumour.’