Dorries claims vast majority of Tories behind Johnson

Culture secretary dismisses resignation calls over partygate' after another Tory says PM should go

The culture secretary, Nadine Dorries, has rejected calls for Boris Johnson to resign in order to restore trust after the partygate" scandal, claiming that the vast majority" of the party were behind the prime minister.

It comes after the former schools minister, Nick Gibb, became the latest Conservative MP to publicly call for Johnson to go, citing constituents furious about the double standards" and the prime minster's inaccurate" statements in the Commons.