Latest updates: William Hague, former Tory leader, says Johnson’s position is ‘completely untenable’
, the justice secretary and deputy prime minister, was doing the interview round this morning and he urged Johnson’s opponents in the party to respect the result and move on. He told Sky News:
But we have had that vote now, I think it was the prerogative of those calling for it to have it, the prime minister won it clearly, he won it by 63 votes ... and now the most important thing I think is to respect that result and to move forward.who is also a former Tory leader, and someone who was in parliament when Margaret Thatcher and John Major were facing leadership challenges, has come to a different conclusion.
No individual in politics matters more than the health of our democracy. That health depends on voters having faith in the integrity of leaders even if they disagree with them, respect for how government is conducted, and a competitive choice at a future election. The votes just cast show that a very large part of the Conservative party cannot see Johnson providing that.
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