Bishop of Buckingham joins calls for Boris Johnson to resign

Alan Wilson calls PM's self-defence nonsense' and says country needs leader it can trust

The bishop of Buckingham has joined the growing calls for Boris Johnson to resign and believes that he obviously" lied over lockdown parties in Downing Street.

The Right Rev Dr Alan Wilson described the prime minister's defence that he did not realise what was going on as nonsense", adding that the country needed a leader it could trust.

Johnson has faced public calls from Conservative MPs to stand down following the final report by Sue Gray into breaches of Covid regulations and the alcohol culture in Downing Street and Whitehall.

Under party rules, he will face a confidence vote if 54 Tory MPs, 15% of the party, submit a letter to the chair of the backbench 1922 Committee Sir Graham Brady calling for one.