Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid have led a string of resignations, with children’s minister Will Quince the latest to step down
in interviews on Monday and he says he has resigned because he used false information in those interviews that he had been given by No 10.that Johnson was not aware of any “specific” allegation made against Pincher when he appointed him to the post of deputy chief whip earlier this year. That was not true.
Quince says in his resignation letter that he spoke to Johnson last night and that Johnson delivered a “sincere apology”. But Quince says he has to resign anyway because he repeated what he was told by No 10 “in good faith”. Effectively he is saying he regards saying things that are untrue to the public as a resignation matter - even though he was not to blame. There are many of his colleagues who do not apply the same standard, and who have given false information to viewers on the basis of a No 10 briefing but who have not resigned.
With great sadness and regret, I have this morning tendered my resignation to the Prime Minister after I accepted and repeated assurances on Monday to the media which have now been found to be inaccurate.
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