The British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, is set to step down today after a fatal onslaught of resignations in protest over his leadership.
New Education Secretary, Michelle Donelan, became the fifth Cabinet minister to tender their resignation after accepting the role on Tuesday night, with Johnson’s new Chancellor, Nadhim Zahawi, also publicly urged him to “do the right thing and go now”.
The string of resignations continued on Thursday morning, as David TC Davies, the parliamentary Under-Secretary for Wales, claimed publicly to have effectively turned down the department’s Cabinet role vacated by Simon Hart last night.
The collapse in Cabinet support came after it emerged that Johnson promoted Tory MP, Chris Pincher, despite knowledge of misconduct claims against him.
But an ally of Johnson claimed, on Wednesday night, he had vowed to “fight on”, as the PM sacked Housing Secretary, Michael Gove, for calling on him to step down. Attorney-General Suella Braverman did the same, also revealing ambitions to replace him as PM – but remains in his post.
