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Bristol Post
Bristol Post
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Tristan Cork

Conservative MP for Kingswood Chris Skidmore demands Boris Johnson goes

Kingswood MP Chris Skidmore has called for Boris Johnson to go as Prime Minister, by urging a change in the Conservative Party rules so he can be kicked out.

The Tory MP, who had previously remained tight-lipped about the questions over Boris Johnson's leadership, described what was 'tantamount to an effective cover up of sexual abuse' in the scandal of the Christopher Pincher affair, which appears to be the final straw for many Conservative MPs.

Mr Skidmore, who served in a number of ministerial jobs in recent years but is currently a backbench Tory MP, wrote a letter to Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 Committee of Conservative MPs, calling for a rule change that would allow for another vote of confidence in the Prime Minister.

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