Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid resigned from their roles following Chris Pincher controversy
The twin resignations of Mr Javid and Mr Sunak mean Mr Johnson’s position is now perilous, but Cabinet ministers including Dominic Raab, Liz Truss, Michael Gove, Therese Coffey and Ben Wallace indicated they would be staying in the Government.
Allies of Mr Johnson believe that is unlikely as it would leave any future leader with a"gun to their head."A sign that the Prime Minister was in danger came with a hastily-arranged broadcast interview in his Commons office. The Prime Minister acknowledged he should have sacked Mr Pincher when he was found to have behaved inappropriately when he was a Foreign Office minister in 2019, but instead Mr Johnson went on to appoint him to other government roles.
No 10 had initially claimed Mr Johnson had not been aware of any 'specific allegations', after Mr Pincher’s dramatic resignation.By Monday that line had evolved to acknowledge the Prime Minister was aware of 'allegations that were either resolved or did not progress to a formal complaint.'
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