Former health secretary calls on colleagues to consider following his lead after resigning from cabinet
Sajid Javid has called on cabinet ministers to consider resigning from Boris Johnson’s government to help oust him as prime minister, saying he quit as UK health secretary after deciding “enough is enough” over issues of truth and credibility.
“I have concluded that the problem starts at the top, and I believe that is not going to change. And that means it is for us who have a position of responsibility to make that change,” Javid said. Javid, watched by a grim-faced Johnson, said he had not wanted to leave his post and had given the prime minister “the benefit of the doubt” over several issues, not least after being assured that no parties took place in Downing Street during lockdown.
“I also believe a team is as good as its team captain, and that a captain is as good as his or her team. So loyalty must go both ways. The events of recent months have made it increasingly difficult to be in that team.
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