Wed 06 July 2022:
According to a poll, after a string of high-profile resignations from the cabinet rocked Boris Johnson’s administration, the majority of Conservative voters and two-thirds of Britons believe he should step down.
According to the YouGov snap poll released on Tuesday evening, 33% of Tory voters thought Johnson should stay in office, while 54% thought he should step down, according to The Independent.
According to the pollster, this is the first time that more people are calling for him to leave than are advocating for him to stay.
At 69 percent, the proportion of Britons who supported Johnson’s resignation was at an all-time high.
It comes as Johnson faces the biggest leadership crisis of his premiership after Rishi Sunak quit as chancellor and Sajid Javid resigned as health secretary.
The twin resignations came in the wake of No 10 ‘s bodged handling of the row over scandal-hit former deputy chief whip Chris Pincher.
A humiliating apology from the prime minister was unable to prevent the departure of two senior ministers and potential leadership rivals, with both writing incendiary resignation letters.
Sunak said “the public rightly expect government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously”, adding, “I believe these standards are worth fighting for and that is why I am resigning”.
Nadhim Zahawi was promoted to be the new chancellor, with universities minister Michelle Donelan taking his place as education secretary.
Javid said the British people “expect integrity from their government” but voters now believed Johnson’s administration was neither competent nor “acting in the national interest”.
He was replaced as health secretary by Steve Barclay, the prime minister’s chief of staff.
By the skin of his teeth, Johnson survived a confidence vote last month which saw almost 150 of his own MPs try to force him from the helm of the Conservative party.
And Tory backbencher Andrew Bridgen has warned the prime minister that the backbench 1922 Committee will “deal” with his leadership.
Bridgen said, “The portcullis is the emblem of our Parliament, it is the last defence of our democracy.”
“The 1922 committee will deal with this turbulent prime minister, it’s what it was created for,” he added.
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