Nicola Sturgeon has declared the "end might be nigh" for Boris Johnson after the Tory Prime Minister was rocked by a sensational Cabinet revolt on Tuesday evening.
Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid stunned Westminster shortly after 6pm when they declared they no longer had faith in the Conservative leader and resigned from their roles as Chancellor and health secretary.
Johnson had just minutes earlier completed an interview in which he apologised over his handling of the Chris Pincher row after it emerged he had forgotten about being told of previous allegations of “inappropriate” conduct.
Reacting to the resignations, the First Minister insisted "the whole rotten lot need to go".
The SNP leader tweeted: "Feels like end might be nigh for Johnson - not a moment too soon.
"Notable tho that the resigning ministers were only prepared to go when they were lied to - they defended him lying to public. The whole rotten lot need to go. And Scotland needs the permanent alternative of independence."
Ian Blackford, the SNP leader at Westminster, said: "This is the end for Boris Johnson. Tory MPs should have got rid of him months ago - and it speaks volumes they are only acting now out of self-interest and fear they will lose their seats at the next election.
"Westminster is in constant crisis. Whoever replaces Boris Johnson, Scotland will still be stuck with a Tory government we didn't vote for imposing Brexit, austerity cuts and damaging policies we don't support."
Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader said, "This is rats deserting a sinking ship. We all know that Boris Johnson is a morally bankrupt and corrupt Prime Minister, and he's leading a corrupt out of touch Tory government.
"That's why the sooner we have a general election, the better. And in that election only Labour can replace the Tories - the rest can just oppose them."
But Scottish Secretary Alister Jack said he would not be resigning from the Cabinet.
The Dumfries MP said: “I fully support the Prime Minister. I am sorry to see good colleagues resign, but we have a big job of work to do, and that’s what we’re getting on with.”
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