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Torcuil Crichton

Scottish Tory says MPs are struggling with 'shame and anger' over Downing Street parties

A Scottish Tory MP has called on Jacob Rees-Mogg to apologise for calling Douglas Ross a “lightweight” and said many Conservatives are "struggling" to back Boris Johnson.

Andrew Bowie MP, a former aide to Theresa May, said the Tory Commons leader was “utterly wrong to characterise Douglas Ross as in any way a lightweight figure.”

The Scottish Tory leader was dismissed by Rees-Mogg after being one of the first of six MPs to call for Boris Johnson's resignation over the Downing Street parties during lockdown.

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