Welsh secretary resigns after Boris Johnson sacks Michael Gove and refuses to quit – as it happened
Levelling up secretary had told PM to step down in face-to-face meeting as Simon Hart says it is too late to turn the ship around'
Good morning. I'm Andrew Sparrow, taking over from Hamish Mackay.
Tory MPs critical of Boris Johnson claim that a majority of their colleagues are now in favour of replacing him.
I think there is a majority in the party that wants to see change.
I personally have lost confidence in the prime minister now and I'm very sorry to say that. I think he does need to go.
We are regarded as rebels. We're not. Well over half the parliamentary party now now want Boris Johnson to leave office. That means we're the mainstream ...
About a month ago we had the no confidence vote. Since then there's been a lot of buyer's remorse from those who backed him and it's only been one-way traffic. I haven't heard anybody who voted no confidence in the prime minister has changed their mind since then.
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