Boris Johnson is facing the endgame of his premiership as Michael Gove was reported to have told him to stand down.
Gove who went from loyalist to enemy and back again, is understood to have joined the Tory chief whip in telling Johnson the games was up as a torrent of junior ministers followed former chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid out the door.
In a day of rolling drama, with 26 resignations and counting, Johnson declared to the Commons that we would “hang on in there” as the party finally turned against him over his repeated evasion of the truth and responsibility for a string of scandals.
