Boris Johnson resigns – latest: Sunak by-election headache as Boris ally Nigel Adams is third to quit in 24 hours

Boris Johnson has doled out knighthoods and different gongs to fellow Brexiteers as a part of his resignation honours.

Former Brexit alternatives minister Jacob Rees-Mogg is amongst these to be made a “sir” within the record – a perk for prime ministers who’re leaving workplace.

Different knighthoods included Go away-supporting Conservative MPs Michael Fabricant and Conor Burns.

The privileges committee report that prompted Boris Johnson’s resignation as an MP discovered that he had intentionally lied to MPs and made additional inaccurate claims underneath oath, The Sunday Occasions has reported.

The committee of MPs had been apparently satisfied to impose a harsher punishment on Mr Johnson due to proof submitted to the police, which was additionally shared with the group.

Baroness Cavendish, crossbench peer and the previous coverage director underneath David Cameron’s authorities, stated Boris Johnson’s downfall is Britain’s “Watergate” second.

Dismissing claims of a witch-hunt, she famous that the privileges committee “contains Bernard Jenkin – who was a Brexiter lengthy earlier than Boris Johnson was.

She informed Radio 4’s PM programme: “This was not a witch-hunt by Remainers, it was not a kangaroo courtroom, it was the method of democracy and justice working and I don’t actually suppose we’ve seen something like this in England in 300 years of historical past. This was our Watergate.”

In the end, the second has come when the albino greased piglet hasn’t been capable of save his personal bacon, Sean O’Grady writes.

“Nothing befits Boris Johnson greater than the way of his personal departure.

“Simply as he did in workplace, and all too shamefully and actually throughout the dismal Partygate part, he’s trashing the place on the way in which out.”

Boris Johnson’s ally Nadhim Zahawi has moved to quash any thought he could be subsequent to stop instantly.

The previous chancellor stated “any hypothesis that I could be stepping down from my seat is unfaithful”.

He added on Twitter: “The folks of Stratford-on-Avon, and the nation, need the Authorities to get on with delivering for Britain, I will probably be persevering with to assist the Authorities from the Conservative benches within the Home of Commons.”

Conservatives have downplayed the prospect of Boris Johnson ever making a comeback.

MP Bob Seely has stated the previous prime minister “ain’t going to be chief of the Conservative Social gathering once more”. In a Occasions Radio interview, he added: “[His merits are] all up to now.”

In the meantime Gavin Barwell, a former Quantity 10 chief of employees, tweeted: “Had Boris been the one MP to resign, a comeback post-election may need been doable.

“However that is now trying like a coordinated try to break the Sunak authorities – and subsequently the prospects of Conservative candidates on the subsequent election.

“Bridges nicely and really burnt.”

The fast resignations of Boris Johnson, Nadine Dorries and Nigel Adams has left Rishi Sunak going through three imminent by-elections.

And whereas his Conservative authorities command healthly majorities in Ms Dorries’ Mid Bedfordshire and Mr Adams’ Selby and Ainsty constituencies, the scenario is much extra precarious within the former prime minister’s seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip.

He’ll proceed to seize headlines each time he chooses, distracting consideration from the PM’s painstaking work to tug the Tories again into the sport, writes Andrew Grice.

“It’s a delusion, however Johnson’s goodbye will probably be an extended one. He will probably be throwing rocks for a very good whereas but.”

Tory MP Bim Afolami tweeted a photograph subsequent to occasion activists as they search to defend the seat of Mid Bedfordshire, the place Nadine Dorries has stepped down.

The Conservative gained a 24,664 on the final election in 2019 and Rishi Sunak actually will probably be trying over his shoulder ought to it’s misplaced on the by-election.

Mr Afolami tweeted: “The marketing campaign in Mid Beds has began – nice response this morning.”

Rishi Sunak has “misplaced management” of his occasion and is “too weak” to unite the Conservatives, Labour’s marketing campaign coordinator has stated.

Chatting with Sky Information in entrance of a gaggle of activists within the Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency, Shabana Mahmood stated: “Individuals right here care about the price of residing, the Tories care about themselves.”

When requested whether or not successful the Mid-Bedfordshire and Selby and Ainsty by-elections could be a “tall order”, she insisted the occasion is “preventing for each vote”.

She additionally stated she could be a “billionaire” if she had £1 for each time a journalist had requested her whether or not Sir Kier Starmer and Sir Ed Davey have had discussions about an unofficial pact.

She went on: “We’d like MPs who’re going to be the voice of their areas in Parliament, not treating their MP title as a plaything to do injury to their Tory Prime Minister.

“It’s clear that these resignations and these by-elections are designed to do most injury to this Tory Prime Minister.”