Boris Johnson slammed by MPs but residents split on whether PM should go

Boris Johnson has been slammed by local MPs after yesterday’s no-confidence vote saw the Prime Minister cling on to his job despite suffering heavy blows from members of his own party.

The PM encountered a bruising night, with 148 of his own MPs voting to state that they had no confidence in his leadership amidst ongoing tensions surrounding the partygate scandal. And now a Merseyside MP has called for Mr Johnson’s resignation.

Mick Whitley, member of parliament for Birkenhead, said: “Boris Johnson has the haunted look of a dead man walking. The Tory Party is now hopelessly split, yet Johnson is still in office. This cannot go on - that is what my constituents are telling me. They are dismayed at the moral decay that now festers at the heart of British politics.”