A wax figure of Boris Johnson has appeared outside a Job Centre as the Prime Minister resigned as Tory leader.
Former Tory leader Michael Howard tells Boris Johnson to quit after by-election thrashings
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Boris Johnson should resign as Prime Minister as he has lost the ability to win votes, a former leader of the Conservative Party has said.
Michael Howard led calls for Johnson to go in the wake of the double loss of two by-elections to Labour and the Lib Dems and the devastating resignation of party chairman Oliver Dowden in the aftermath.
Howard, who sacked Johnson from his front bench team in 2004 but remained loyal to him as Prime Minister, said he did not take the step lightly and had always been loyal to the leader of the Tory party.
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He said of Johnson: “His greatest asset has always been his ability to win votes. But I’m afraid yesterday’s results make it clear that he no longer has that ability.
“The party, and more importantly the country, would be better off under new leadership.”
Speaking to the BBC’s World at One, Howard said: “ First of all I think members of the Cabinet should very carefully consider their positions as Oliver Dowd, has done, and it may be necessary for the executive of the 1922 Committee to meet, to decide to change the rules so that another leadership election could take place. Those, those are the two things which I think could make a difference.
Johnson recently won a no confidence vote in his leadership and under current party rules he can not be challenged again for a year.
Speaking in Rwanda, at a Commonwealth summit, the Prime Minister said he will “keep going” despite the double election loss.
He said: “I think as a government I’ve got to listen to what people are saying – in particular to the difficulties people are facing over the cost of living, which I think for most people is the number one issue.”
“We’ve
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