The chair of the Commons sleaze committee has accused the government of a “complete abandonment of any kind of moral compass” amid allegations of whips threatening MPs.
Chris Bryant claimed he had spoken to “about a dozen” Tory MPs who had been pressured in this way.
Meanwhile, the ex-Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson said Boris Johnson was “unfit for office” as pressure mounted on the PM to resign over fresh partygate and blackmail claims.
Baroness Davidson, who took her seat in the House of Lords last year after stepping down at Holyrood, was a vocal opponent of Mr Johnson’s Tory leadership bid as well as being steadfastly against Brexit – a campaign led by the PM.
Speaking to The Times, she said if she was an MP, she would submit a letter of no confidence to the 1922 Committee – 54 of which are needed to trigger a vote on Mr Johnson’s leadership.
