Boris Johnson's wife Carrie believes the Prime Minister's enemies are targeting her in a "brutal briefing campaign".
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Former Bury South Tory MP Christian Wakeford told Boris Johnson 'both you and the Conservative Party as a whole have shown themselves incapable of offering the leadership and government this country deserves' as he defected to join Labour.
The contents of Mr Wakeford's resignation letter was revealed as the news was confirmed before Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday.
He said the country needed a government that 'upholds the highest standards of integrity and probity'.
But the Red Wall MP told Mr Johnson, who is battling for his political career amid the 'partygate' investigation, that 'both you and the Conservative Party as a whole have shown themselves incapable of offering the leadership and government this country deserves'.
Mr Wakeford won Bury South, which had elected a Labour MP at every election since 1997, in 2019 - with a majority of just 402, replacing Labour's Ivan Lewis.
He announced his decision in the Bury Times and sent a letter to Mr Johnson explaining why he had lost patience with his leadership.
Mr Wakeford said: "I care passionately about the people of Bury South and I have concluded that the policies of the Conservative government that you lead are doing nothing to help the people of my constituency and indeed are only making the struggles they face on a daily basis worse.
"Britain needs a government focused on tackling the cost of living crisis and providing a path out of the pandemic that protects living standards and defends the security of all.
"It needs a government that upholds the highest standards of integrity and probity in public life and sadly both you and the Conservative Party as a whole have shown themselves incapable of offering the leadership and government this country
Boris Johnson's wife Carrie believes the Prime Minister's enemies are targeting her in a "brutal briefing campaign".
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