Perthshire Conservative MSP says prime minister's position is "untenable" following Sue Gray report

A number of Tory MPs have balloted for a vote of no confidence in Boris Johnson’s leadership, with a count scheduled to take place this evening in the House of Commons.

Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson facing calls to resign over Partygate, many are being reminded of a previous controversy which took down a Tory PM - The Profumo Affair.Arguably one of the biggest scandals in British political history, the Profumo Affair led to jail sentences, suicide and the fall of a government.It took place in the 1960s, when the Conservatives held the office of the Prime Minister through Harold Macmillan. John Profumo, the Secretary of State for War in Macmillan's government was found to have had an affair with 19-year-old model Christine Keeler beginning in 1961.Profumo denied the affair in the House of Commons, but was caught out when a police investigation uncovered the truth - leading to the public losing faith in the credibility of Macmillan's government.The disgraced minister was later snapped looking humiliated as he drove away from Parliament and out of politics.The Secretary of State had denied the affair repeatedly, telling his fellow MPs: "There was no impropriety whatsoever.”But his web of lies began to untangle when it emerged that Keeler had kept one of his love letters.Profumo had wrote: "Darling, In great haste because I can get no reply from your phone — alas something’s blown up tomorrow night...

Boris Johnson's job is on the line after a vote of “no confidence” was officially triggered.The Conservative Party's 1922 committee chairman Sir Graham Brady announced this morning (Monday, June 6) that the threshold for letters being sent to him by rebel MPs in favour of a vote had reached the threshold.The 54 letters total was nearly reached two weeks ago, according to a source speaking exclusively to the Daily Star, but the tipping point was allegedly the booing of the PM during the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations over the weekend. And now, all 180 Conservative MPs will vote today on whether or not they want Boris Johnson to carry on leading the party – or if he'll have to stand aside and let someone else lead the country.

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Last week saw Prime Minister Boris Johnson's actions during lockdown come under the microscope again after the publication of the Sue Gray report, and we want to know in our survey if you think he should resign.

Nicola Sturgeon has been accused by a former SNP MP of presiding over "blunder after blunder" during her time in Scotland's top job.

A senior minister has warned the Prime Minister "is in real trouble here" following the publication of the Sue Gray report into the 'partygate' scandal.

A former Cabinet minister who endorsed Boris Johnson to become Tory leader has slammed the "unacceptable failings" following the publication of the Sue Gray report.

The Conservatives would lose five seats in Greater Manchester if an election were held now, according to a new poll. The party has eight seats in the region, but would keep just three.

A Tory MP has resigned as a ministerial aide after saying he was "shocked and angered" by the behaviour described in the Sue Gray report.

Andy Burnham has described the Sue Gray report as 'shocking' and 'shameful'. The Greater Manchester mayor gave his reaction to the senior civil servant's report into gatherings held in government buildings during Covid lockdowns.

Boris Johnson has twice refused to deny that he asked Sue Gray not to publish her controversial partygate report as he vowed not to resign.

COVID lockdowns.Gray’s long-awaited 37-page report, which includes nine photographs featuring Prime Minister Boris Johnson, was published this morning (May 25) and can be read in full here.“Whatever the initial intent, what took place at many of these gatherings and the way in which they developed was not in line with COVID guidance at the time,” the report says.“Even allowing for the extraordinary pressures officials and advisers were under, the factual findings of this report illustrate some attitudes and behaviours inconsistent with that guidance.”Gray concluded in her report that “a number of these gatherings should not have been allowed to take place or to develop in the way that they did”, and said that “there is significant learning to be drawn from these events which must be addressed immediately across Government”.In a statement given to the House of Commons this afternoon, Johnson said that he “takes full responsibility for everything that happened on my watch” and that proposals for “change and reform” of Downing Street are being implemented.“It is clear from what Sue Gray had to say that some of these gatherings went on for far longer than was necessary and they clearly fell in breach of the rules,” he told MPs, before saying that he had “no knowledge” of proceedings until the report as “I simply wasn’t there”.In response to Johnson’s statement, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said that Gray’s report “lays bare the rot that under this prime minister has spread in Number 10, and it provides definitive proof of how those within the building treated the sacrifices of the British people with utter contempt”.Michael Kill, the NTIA’s CEO, has issued a response on the findings of the Gray report, saying that the

Boris Johnson has said he is sorry for his role in partygate and claimed he has been humbled by the scandal.

Families of those bereaved by Covid have reacted with anger to the publication of the Sue Gray report, joining demands that Tory MPs depose Boris Johnson.

Sue Gray has provided her final report into lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street and Whitehall to the Prime Minister, a Cabinet spokesperson has confirmed. The long-awaited report is understood to be 37 pages long and also has nine photos, including pictures of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Cabinet Secretary Simon Case.

Another damming new Partygate scandal photograph has emerged of a No 10 leaving do with a table inside shown to be littered with bottles of booze.

Downing Street has denied reports that Boris Johnson suggested to Sue Gray to abandon plans to publish her report into the partygate scandal.

Susanna Reid took aim at Grant Shapps after the Tory minister attempted to bring up Keir Starmer's potential breaches of covid rules when discussing partygate in Downing Street.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has defended the Prime Minister after photos appearing to show him raising a glass at an alleged Downing Street party during the second coronavirus lockdown emerged.

When the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge stepped out at the Top Gun: Maverick premiere last week, there was no doubting the future of the monarchy is in safe hands. Kate was the picture of elegance in a monochrome Roland Mouret dress, while dashing William looked full of admiration for his wife as they posed together on the red carpet in London’s Leicester Square.