Rishi Sunak came under fire from fellow Tories over his feeble handling of the Nadhim Zahawi dishonesty scandal.
After a fortnight of dithering, the PM finally axed the party Chairman for breaking ministerial rules seven times by trying to cover up the fact he was facing a probe into his tax affairs.
But with his party mired in sleaze, Mr Sunak was branded weak and warned he faces being dragged down by a string of scandals.