Attorney General Calls On Johnson To Quit As Flurry Of Resignations Continues

Conservative Attorney General Suella Braverman has urged Boris Johnson to resign as Prime Minister but said she would not quit herself, while throwing her hat in the ring when asked about her intentions to run in a potential Tory leadership contest.

• "The balance has tipped now in favour of saying that the prime minister - it pains me to say it - but it's time to go," Braverman told ITV's Robert Peston.
• She was speaking shortly after Welsh Secretary Simon Hart became the third Cabinet member to step down, while Health Minister Edward Argar took the total number of resignations from government ministers and aides up to at least 44.
• In another high-profile departure, Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove was sacked for "disloyalty" after telling the PM in a face-to-face meeting Wednesday morning that he should quit.
• Press reports suggest that Boris Johnson remains determined to dig in and cling to power despite a wave of resignations from his ministers and a growing choir of voices urging him to quit.