It was among the Victorian heritage of Manchester’s Museum of Science and Industry, two and a half years ago, that Boris Johnson first made the pitch.
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Christian Wakeford has become the latest Tory to submit a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister after a series of Downing Street parties during lockdown.
The Bury South MP branded the scandal as 'embarrassing' in a series of damning comments last week.
Boris Johnson has been accused of lying to the House of Commons by claiming he thought that a "bring your own booze" garden party on May 20, 2020 was a work event.
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More than 20 Tory MPs who were elected at the 2019 election are expected to submit letters of no confidence in the PM, the Mirror reports.
One Tory MP was quoted as saying: "His time has gone."
Another said: "I think we’ve done it... The whips operation completely backfired. Colleagues now have a sense they aren’t alone."
Mr Wakeford became the seventh Tory MP to publicly announce that he had sent a letter of no confidence in the Prime Minister on Tuesday (January 18).
In a pointed message to Boris Johnson, he called for "openness, trust and honesty" in politics, and "that starts from the top."
The Bury South MP said on Twitter: "How do you defend the indefensible? You can’t!
"It’s embarrassing and what’s worse is it further erodes trust in politics when it’s already low.
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"We need openness, trust and honesty in our politics now more than ever and that starts from the top!"
Exactly 54 letters need to be submitted, with reports suggesting that around half that number had already been reached.
In another blow for Mr Johnson, Whitehall enforcer Sue Gray is expected to interview Dominic Cummings before presenting her findings into Downing Street parties.
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It was among the Victorian heritage of Manchester’s Museum of Science and Industry, two and a half years ago, that Boris Johnson first made the pitch.
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The Prime Minister has been accused of attending a leaving party for one of his senior advisors when the country was in lockdown last January, reports say.
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"I'm still wearing mine, it's still with us isn't it" says Chris Wardle as he pulls his screwed-up black cloth face mask from his coat pocket.
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A Conservative MP has said the Prime Minister was "ambushed with a cake" when, according to reports, a surprise get together was organised for his birthday back in June 2020.
From 'BYOB' to cheese and wine in the No 10 garden, the list of alleged government lockdown-busting parties continues to grow.
The public have been left furious after a Greater Manchester Police tweet resurfaced last night telling of a homeowner being fined for holding a child's birthday party in their garden.
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Bury South MP Christian Wakeford has said Boris Johnson is "living on borrowed time" as he hit out at the prime minister for "poisoning the Tory Party from top to bottom”.