Former Attorney General Jeremy Wright became the last Conservative MP to call on Boris Johnson to resign.
In a statement on his website, the former cabinet minister said that if Mr Johnson remained at 10 Downing Street, he would hamper the process of “regaining faith in good governance”.
And he said: “Unfortunately, I have concluded that, for the good of this and future governments, the Prime Minister must resign.
Mr Wright is the latest of at least 25 Tory MPs to call for Mr Johnson to step down, with several coming after Sue Gray’s report last week on the Partygate scandal, which identified “leadership failures” at issue 10.
The MP from Kenilworth & Southam said that he did not consider the issuance of a notice of a fixed sanction of £ 50 to the Prime Minister for birthday number 10 as proof that he had deceived the House of Commons when he claimed that the rules for blocking Covid are observed at Downing street
But he added: “I think there is clear evidence that he was negligent.
“I believe that he could and should have done more to make sure that the assurances he was given and which he in turn gave to parliament were indeed correct.
And he said that the “routine disregard” under Downing Street 10 for Covid’s rules conveyed, at best, negligently and at worst, contempt for the sacrifices made and the suffering experienced by many who strictly observed the spirit, so is the letter of these rules. “
Damn, he added: “I find it impossible to accept that the prime minister is not personally responsible for this tone.
Mr Wright – who was chief prosecutor in the David Cameron administration and culture minister under Theresa May but was fired by Mr Johnson when he took office in 2019 – said the events revealed by Mr – Mrs. Gray, “have caused real and lasting damage to the reputation, not only of this government, but of the institutions and the authority of the government as a whole.”
Evidence that people on Downing Street did not follow the rules they imposed on other Britons makes it “less likely” that the public will once again obey instructions issued by the government in a future emergency, he warned.
“Many will say that if senior government officials are not following the rules, why should I?” He said.
“The exercise of this right is of great importance for the nature of government and for the effectiveness of government policy, and I do not see that moving civil servants or apologies, however sincere, will succeed.
“Accountability and the restoration of faith in good governance require more, both to ensure future public compliance with government instructions, where important, and to allow the current government to implement the important legislation it has introduced, including vital changes in financing social welfare, energy security and online regulation.
“It now seems to me that remaining prime minister will hamper these key goals. I therefore regretfully concluded that, for the good of this and future governments, the Prime Minister must resign.
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