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Penrith and the Border MP says Boris Johnson must resign ‘once international situation allows’

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14 April 2022
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A Cumbrian MP has called on the Prime Minister to step aside “as soon as the international situation permits”.

Neil Hudson, MP for Penrith and the Border, is the first Conservative MP in the county to call for an end to Boris Johnson’s premiership.

The Prime Minister and Chancellor were issued with fixed penalty notices after attending a lockdown-breaking event in Downing Street.

The Metropolitan Police has also revealed that more than 50 people have been fined over parties held in Downing Street.

The fine calls into question comments made by the Prime Minister to MPs in December.

He told the House of Commons: “I repeat that I have been repeatedly assured since these allegations emerged that there was no party and that no COVID rules were broken.”

In a statement, Dr Hudson said: “As I have previously said, I was shocked and appalled at the reports of numerous gatherings and parties at Downing Street. For me, this is a matter of integrity and honesty at the heart of Government and we need to get clarity and closure as soon as possible.

“I maintain my position that I categorically will not defend the indefensible. I fully share the country’s outrage and upset about these Downing Street parties when people up and down the land were making huge personal and sometimes tragic sacrifices to do the right thing and obey the public health rules. Again I maintain, if rules and indeed the law have been broken, then quite rightly there should be serious consequences for all those involved, no matter who they are.

“The fact that the Prime Minister and Chancellor have been found in breach of the Covid rules and issued with fixed penalty notices is extremely disappointing. The fact that the lawmakers went on to break those very laws they brought in to keep us all safe is deeply damaging for our democracy.

“That situation is untenable moving forward. That said, I do not believe it would be prudent or responsible to change the leadership of the Government in the midst of the international crisis that is the war in Ukraine. Destabilising the UK Government would undermine international efforts to support the Ukrainian people and bring the despicable Russian invasion to an end.

“I will therefore be looking to the Prime Minister to show the statesmanship he has been showing with Ukraine, and outline a timetable and process for an orderly transition to a leadership election as soon as the international situation permits.”

Meanwhile, Workington MP Mark Jenkinson has rubbished claims the Prime Minister should resign over Partygate claiming “the left wants to bring down a democratically-elected government over a birthday cake”.

Liberal Democrat MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, Tim Farron, believes both the Chancellor and the Prime Minister should resign.

A former Penrith Conservative MP says the Prime Minister “must go” over Partygate.

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