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Torcuil Crichton

SNP Ian Blackford calls for Boris Johnson 'to do the decent thing' and resign

Boris Johnson "feels no shame" for his actions and should resign, the SNP's Ian Blackford has said.

The SNP Westminster leader said the Prime Minister's apology for attending a rule-breaking party in Downing Street gardens rang hollow.

Blackford told the Commons: “What is so galling about that response is that the Prime Minister feels no shame for his actions.

"The public suffered pain and anguish being kept apart from the families and all the time the Prime Minister was drinking and laughing behind the walls of his private garden.”

"The public overwhelmingly thinks that the Prime Minister should resign. Trust has been lost and the public will not forgive or forget.

“If the Prime Minister has no sense of shame, then the Tory backbenchers must act to remove him.

"They know the damage is done, the message is clear - remove this unfit Prime Minister from office and do it now.”

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