A Welsh Conservative MP has quit her job with a scathing message that Boris Johnson "cannot be trusted to tell the truth". The Tory MP for Ynys Môn said the Prime Minister's position was "untenable" following the number of allegations of "impropriety and illegality.
She was the eighth Conservative MP to hand in her resignation on Tuesday, July 5, following two Cabinet resignations from Rishi Sunak as Chancellor and Sajid Javid as Health Secretary. The series of exits follow the Prime Minister's apology for appointing former deputy Chief Whip Chris Pincher to a top job despite being aware of a previous complaint against him.
In her letter, posted to her Facebook, the MP wrote: "I am forced to say that the sheer number of allegations of impropriety and illegality - many of them centred around Downing Street and your Premiership - is quite simply making your position untenable.
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"I am of the view that if you continue in office then you risk irrevocably harming this government, and the Conservative party and will hand the keys of Downing Street to a Labour Party unfit to govern.
"The inaccurate and contradictory statements over what you knew about the former Deputy Chief Whip's conduct before you appointed him was the last straw. I cannot continue to defend your actions to my Ynys Môn constituents who are rightly very angry.
"Like others, I have given you the benefit of the doubt on many occasions. This was in the hope you would gain control of the situation. However, I believe the situation is becoming worse I have no idea what is happening at Downing Street but it appears you are either badly advised or unable to change or reform the dysfunctional operation at the centre of the government you lead."
She also stated the "dysfunction" at the centre of Government "in no way reflects on the brilliant work many ministers are doing in other areas of government - often despite what is happening around yourself and your immediate entourage."
The MP added that the continued scandal and allegations does not reflect the "vast majority" of her colleagues, and that, while she does not believe the Conservative party or government are broken at the core, she said " I believe they are now broken at the top."
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